While Trump touts he’s going to make the suburbs safer for (implied) ‘white’ voters, Biden just released his plan to empower Latinos; Several studies with a Latino-centric focus are highlighting: the coronavirus impact on Latino communities, impact of economic…
As the days churn towards the November presidential elections, Trump is showing his fear — of voters of color! To suppress our vote, the Trump administration is working overtime. From cutting short the US Census collection dates to a…
Though Trump was soundly slapped back for suggesting a delay for the November vote, the fact remains he is in deep political trouble and knows it. So why does his base continue to think he’s the “savior” of the…
By Edward T. Rincón LatinaLista (Editor’s Note: Crossposted from The Culture of Research blog) It really makes little sense. Despite the fact that Blacks, Hispanics and Native Americans are being hospitalized and dying at considerably higher rates than…
In a democracy that is bombarded daily with attacks from the highest office in the land, whose traditional duty has been to preserve it, we discover there’s an additional low-point: Journalists are now classified the same as these perceived…
As Trump and the countless COVID-19 conspiracy theorists are pushing pathetically ridiculous “cure” videos, the sad reality is that there is no cure and, according to a new study, Latinos and Blacks are apt to die disproportionately in these…
Coronavirus cases keep rising and the GOP keeps pushing for life to get back to pre-pandemic levels. However, the only way we can do that is for an effective vaccine. Today is the start of the biggest COVID-19 study…
The 100-day countdown to the US presidential election is now underway (it’s now, as of today, 99 days) and Democrats are enthusiastic about the small lead Biden has over Trump. Yet, in such a pivotal election, where the future…
The data is in: masks work to stem the spread of COVID-19 — with one caveat: it’s how you wear it. One nurse gives us all a mask-wearing tutorial. Something all Latinos need to know with the latest doomsday…
One, among several, of the darkest chapters of this administration will forever be its handling of migrant families. Now, an appalling story, as reported by the Associated Press, reveals that children as young as 1-year-old were held in hotels…
A popular mantra parroted by politicians used to be “We’ve come a long way,” usually referring to how far the nation has come since the days of Jim Crow, Texas Ranger lynchings of Mexican Americans or the internment of…
The latest COVID-19 maps showing the uncontrolled surges in infection rates are mainly in those states run by Republican governors. New polls show how American voters are correlating that failure to the GOP party and its leader. Now, there’s…
More economists are alerting the nation to all the inequities this particular recession is laying bare. From unequal opportunities in wealth-building to inequality in healthcare access, the notion that we are an equal opportunity nation is increasingly exposed as…
If it’s Friday, it feels like every other day of the week in this nation of chaos and bizarro actions from state and national so-called leaders. We have the White House telling us that we shouldn’t look at science,…
Ivanka Trump revealed what job she may pursue after she leaves the White House — Goya Foods spokesperson! Somehow, in another sign of the Trump family’s disconnect with Latinos, Trump thinks by doubling down on the Goya food fight…
In one of those ‘doh’ moments, a new Pew survey finds majority of Americans feel this way about the state of the country; Disheartening news about the pace of voter registrations — for one party; Could Congress see its…
The pandemic rages on while the economy, the pride of this president, continues its slow descent into unknown economic turmoil. Experts, and even non-experts, agree that all of this could have been avoided had our leaders exhibited the kind…
Starting the week with good news — the national teen birthrate is on the decline! The bad news — just not for Latina and Black teens; Did the Supreme Court just give Native Americans back half of Oklahoma? It’s…
Latino tempers are boiling over at the CEO of Goya Foods and calling for a national boycott of the popular brand for what he said to Trump; The extra $600 unemployment compensation is coming to an end this month….
By Jennifer Barreto-Leyva LatinaLista Venezuela´s politics are the epitome of exhausting, disastrous, bipolar, extremist and fast-changing. To live in Venezuela or be Venezuelan, requires having strong mental endurance and the strength, like a woman giving birth without an epidural,…
Time and time again, throughout this pandemic, we’ve heard how people of color have been disproportionately hit by COVID-19. Now, more evidence surfaces that our health isn’t the only thing coronavirus is ravaging; Experts say to brace ourselves for…
Trump’s racist rhetoric and unjustified attacks against international students and DACA recipients is starting to stir those in his own so-called “base.” Case in point: Trump recently received a request from a segment of his base to not fulfill…
Instead of trying to campaign to the masses, Trump insists on doubling down on his narrow base of racists. To appease them, because he thinks they will get him reelected, Trump is refiling paperwork to end this Obama initiative…
Trump and the GOP’s rush to reopen the economy is wreaking havoc on an already fragile system and nation, where it seems segregation lives on as to whom is suffering the most from the coronavirus; Over 200 scientists just…
On the cusp of celebrating our nation’s Independence Day, we learn sad news of the final hours of young Latina Army soldier Vanessa Guillen. Her murder underscores the inequality that still exists in a society where women are still…
