How weak oversight, opaque contracting, and political incentives have allowed a multibillion‑dollar system to expand with little accountability.

We fail democracy as an American ideal by allowing it to be flawed but expecting it to be flawless.

First‑generation Americans are reshaping civic engagement, bringing new energy, perspectives, and urgency to local and national democracy.

The US Constitution begins with "We the People." These words do not distinguish between Democrats, Republicans, independents, or voters with no party affiliation. They simply recognize the people.

Latino voters are not drifting left or right. They are rejecting a political system that treats ballot access as a party privilege.

ICE related shootings in Maine, Houston, Minnesota, and Illinois reveal a dangerous pattern of deadly force, secrecy, and impunity.

As immigration enforcement intensifies and political rhetoric sharpens, Iowa MMJ and One Human Family QCA remind the nation that justice begins in community.

A recent ICE raid in Manitowoc County is adding pressure to Wisconsin’s dairy industry, which relies heavily on immigrant labor to keep farms running. Farmers say tougher immigration enforcement could make it even harder to find workers to keep up with demand.

When Marcos Wanless founded the Seattle Latino Chamber of Commerce in 2016, he wasn’t trying to reinvent the wheel. He just saw that something essential was missing. “At that time, Seattle and King County didn’t have an active Latino Chamber,” he recalls in an interview with Washington Latino News. “If we, as Latinos, wanted a voice at the economic table, we needed to organize and create an institution capable of representing our community’s interests and potential.”

From its manufacturing roots in aerospace and defense to the impact of global trade on its vibrant small business landscape, discover how the Constitution State navigates political shifts and economic challenges, including the recent tariff crisis that threatened its floral supply chain.

Despite of the risks, undocumented laborers continue to make up a substantial portion of the workforce; about 23% of workers are undocumented, and 42% are foreign-born in this sector.

A cultural hub for the Latino community, blending heritage, hospitality, and bold Caribbean cuisine

At all stages of academia, historically marginalized students are pushed out by various institutional mechanisms that only uphold the white supremacist values of the institution.

"I’m proud to be able to use my bilingual skills to bring attention to the midwest Latino community."

Federal cutbacks raise fears among Chicago area grantees about the future of the program and its ability to sustain funding for low-income children and families.

In order to meet these students’  needs, we must adapt a strategic approach to increasing school funding for our large population of multilingual students.

Teachers say that their students have expressed fear; others feel it’s not a concern for their community.

WSU closed down all cultural centers, harming students.

Implementing the plan will require collaboration, including utility companies and railroads that own patches of land along the river, public pressure, and time.

Rich biodiversity and scenic beauty is vulnerable to industrial development, climate change, and unregulated recreation. 

Some populations are at greater than 99% chance of extinction by 2080.

At a school that primarily served Latino students, the team designed raised planters that mimicked Aztec geometry.

Decades of irresponsible and unjust use of toxic chemicals threaten the health of already disadvantaged communities.

The U.S. Energy Department reported the Hispanic community faces a median energy burden 24% higher than white households.

Granite Staters who identified as Hispanic or Latino of any race were also more likely to be uninsured compared to those identifying as white and non-Hispanic.  

Advocates have been doing work to reach more households, especially in Latino communities

"It moves us from this thinking about groups as kind of separate, into starting to think of everybody as kind of a continuous ancestry."

“It’s important for people to talk about what kinds of care they would most like to have, assess what their financial resources are, and then make a decision from there,” said Christina FitzPatrick, AARP NH State Director.

With higher rates of chronic conditions, less access to quality healthcare, and barriers to vaccination, Latinx populations were the hardest hit by the virus.

Voting is often viewed through the lens of civic duty and political engagement, but it plays a crucial role in shaping the social determinants of health (SDOH).

“We are here. … Georgia is our home. We need to have local governments represent us," says Brittany López, a political activist and student at the University of Georgia.

A community leveraged their diversity and lived experiences in responding to persistent language barriers in education.

CT Latino News’ series—Hartford Children's Health: Equitable Access—explores responses to complex systemic and cultural barriers across Connecticut’s capital that impact the daily health of its youngest residents. About 28,000 children and youth live in Hartford, one of the state’s most diverse communities that continues to address a variety of longstanding health-related disparities. HARTFORD—When Active City Hartford Founder and Physical Education Teacher Brian Gallagher first stepped in to organize Saturday Hoopsters—an informal basketball group in Hartford—with his childhood friend Ben Cruse years ago, about 150 children came to play. The next year, that number doubled to 250.  “We’re like, ‘Oh, we need to really think about this and think about what we’re doing,’” Gallagher said. “So, we decided to look at making this a real nonprofit, and that’s how we came up with the idea with Active City, where we run these two programs—Hartford Soccer and Hoopsters—but then we help [...]

Zeenat Muhammad’s days as a neuroscience major at the University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC) are busy. Now a junior, she’s double minoring in chemistry and nutrition, secretary of the Women’s Health Initiative and vice president of Blood Buds, a student-led organization working to fight period poverty. “A lot of people ask ‘how do you juggle it?’ I don't even look at this as an activity, it's just kind of natural,” she said. “I think passion takes you far.” UIC began stocking period products in some school restrooms during her freshman year but according to Muhammad, the machines were not consistently stocked. Last semester, Blood Buds focused on contacting student advisors from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS), UIC’s largest college, to prioritize making sure the dispensers were filled.  “This semester, fortunately, not only have we seen an increase in the number of dispensers of pads and tampons, they're [...]

Editor's Notes: In healthcare, equity — the notion that everyone should have a fair opportunity to attain their full health potential irrespective of their social, economic, or demographic circumstances — has long been an intense focus. However, the narrative around health equity is often oversimplified in news coverage, limiting our understanding of the complexities involved. To effectively address this social problem within the Latino undocumented community, IL Latino News is applying Complicating The Narrative strategies to tell more accurate, richer, and complete stories about the responses to chronic illness. The discussion surrounding chronic illness has a wide range of lenses in order to fully understand the issue, including the impact these illnesses have on different communities and ethnicities. The Latino community in the United States is the most significantly impacted community by chronic illness. Still, the issue itself transforms racial boundaries as each ethnicity suffers greatly from its effects. [...]

IL Latino News covers the social determinants of health and democracy. Neighborhood and Built Environment have health impacts for the people who live there. Aspects of neighborhood environments include walkability, land use mix and urbanity, retail, recreational areas, restaurants, fast food outlets, cultural and education institutions, and pollution, such as from traffic or waste sites. IL Latino News applies the principles of Solutions Journalism in its invesitgative reporting. Activists across the South Side of Chicago demand transparency from the Department of Water Management as the city attempts to combat lead contamination in drinking water. While the City has not publicly reported new results since the end of 2021, existing data from the City of Chicago website shows that a significant portion of water tests with elevated lead levels were recorded in Black and Hispanic communities. Linda Gonzalez, a member of the People’s Council of Southeast Chicago, is advocating for change following her [...]