COVID-19

Secretary Miguel Cardona grew up in a Puerto Rican household in Meriden, Connecticut; Spanish was his first language. On his first day of kindergarten, he couldn’t speak any English.

The U.S. State Department announced on Tuesday that it will remove the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) from its list of designated terrorist organizations. The updated list will include two dissident groups that were formed as offshoots of the FARC.

Latina political figures, business leaders, entrepreneurs, and heads of various organizations gathered at the 2021 LULAC National Women’s Conference over the weekend discuss and strategize about empowerment and leadership.

Sto Domingo Grocery, which was the main filming location of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s 2021 hit movie ‘In the Heights,’ is experiencing difficult days.

In this episode, we dive into the high cost of caregiving labor for so many women, through the story of Daniela Contreras.

Mexico’s capital returned to the lowest level on its COVID-19 pandemic warning system Monday for the first time since June.

We dive into the racial history behind the chicken processing business in the South and the vicious cycle of an industry that continues to exploit the most vulnerable.

Latino Rebels Radio, October 14, 2021

Latinos have suffered more than most from the pandemic in terms of health and finances. But despite the data, it is possible to use the hardships of the present circumstances to pivot, learn, and thrive. 

The FDA’s approval of the Pfizer vaccine has lifted a weight off of many shoulders. The responsibility is now left to each individual to do the right thing.

During the pandemic the stress of layoffs, the closing of schools, bars and gyms, plus the financial instability, led to an increase of domestic violence cases. Increased stress and proximity created this secondary crisis.

Latino USA dives into the origins of privately-run immigration detention centers and how the detention industry ballooned into a sprawling network ripe with allegations of abuse.

HAVANA (AP) — Cuba has begun commercial exports of its homegrown COVID-19 vaccines, sending shipments of the three-dose Abdala vaccine to Vietnam and Venezuela.

It’s all too familiar: yet another COVID-positive anti-vaxxer was in the hospital on a ventilator.

Sandy Fleurimond, a first generation Haitian-American student at Temple University in Philadelphia, was looking forward to studying abroad during her senior year. But when the program was cancelled due to COVID-19, Sandy’s senior year took an unexpected turn.

In the summer of 2020, Corona, Queens was the epicenter neighborhood of the epicenter city of the global coronavirus pandemic.

We are still in the midst of it. It has not gone away.

It’s important to understand what you can do to self-soothe in healthy ways and to be mindful of the impact of negative news and imagery.

A more evidence-based approach would have helped Mexico over the past 18 months, and it still can going forward.

It seems to me that many people have lost their way.

Latino Rebels Radio: August 12, 2021