How This Latino Student Group Campaigned to Remove Discriminatory School Policing
Thanks to the efforts from the student-led community organization Gente Organizada, Pomona Unified School District will no longer allow police patrols…
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Health Care Workers: Find If You Have Implicit Bias & What to Do Next!
Doctors have implicit, subconscious preferences for white patients over those of color, studies show. This is implicit bias. These biases — stereoty…
Data: Child Poverty Grew for Latino Immigrants During COVID-19 Pandemic
Poverty rates among Latino families have grown immensely during the pandemic. The rates are worst for the children of Latino immigrants, according to …
Latinas Are Leaving the Workforce. How Will This Impact Economy Recovery?
During COVID-19, many people were laid off or faced reduced work. Latinas suffered the biggest drop in workforce size of any demographic group, accord…
Videos: Dr. Amelie Ramirez and Other Latino Experts on the COVID-19 Vaccine
Dr. Amelie G. Ramirez, director of Salud America! at UT Health San Antonio, is featured in a COVID-19 vaccine confidence-building communication campai…
Study: Obesity and Heart Factors Combine to Cause Cognitive Decline in Latinos
Obesity is linked to serious health consequences. The 47% of U.S. Latinos who have obesity are at higher risk for high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes…
Congresswomen of Color Introduce WIC for Kids Act
Many Latino families don’t have access to healthy, nutritious foods. To put food on the table, they rely on government food aid programs, such as th…
Major PFAS Legislation Works its Way Through Congress
Extremely harmful toxins, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), contaminate water supplies, products, food packaging, and other everyday sources…
What Latinos Should Know about the Moratorium on Evictions
After a federal moratorium on evictions put in place by the CDC last fall expired on July 31, 2021, the CDC has issued a new two-month moratorium thro…
