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Native Americans Overcome Major Obstacles: Part of Voting Coalition That Led Biden to Victory

Sixty percent of Native American voters reported voting for Joe Biden, which is lower than the Democratic vote share of other racial and ethnic minorities, but significantly higher than White voters nationally.

  • Nov 10, 2020
  • 9:57 AM

So-Called ‘Latino Vote’ Is 32 Million Americans With Diverse Political Opinions and National Origins (OPINION)

Pollsters who specialize in the Latino vote knew for months before the election that Latino support for Biden was soft, with many Latinos —especially in Florida— undecided.

  • Nov 9, 2020
  • 5:10 PM

Evo Morales Returns to Bolivia, Ending Year in Exile

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Former President Evo Morales returned to Bolivia on Monday following an election that returned his socialist party to power a year after he fled the nation amid a wave of protests.

  • Nov 9, 2020
  • 2:11 PM

Arizona Blue

On this episode of Latino Rebels Radio, host Julio Ricardo Varela welcomes Erika Andiola of RAICES and host of the Homeland Insecurity podcast to talk about what’s happening in Arizona.

  • Nov 9, 2020
  • 1:48 PM

Negrito Blues (Remember the Show! Podcast) (OPINION)

Hector chats about being Afro-Latino with William García-Medina, a Puerto Rican PhD candidate in the Department of American Studies at the University of Kansas.

  • Nov 9, 2020
  • 1:17 PM

Pedro Pierluisi Elected as Puerto Rico’s Next Governor

It is the first time that both of Puerto Rico’s major parties received less than 40% of the vote.

  • Nov 9, 2020
  • 10:34 AM

Biden Wins White House, Vowing New Direction for Divided US

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump to become the 46th president of the United States on Saturday, positioning himself to lead a nation gripped by historic pandemic and a confluence of economic and social turmoil.

  • Nov 7, 2020
  • 11:40 AM

Puerto Rican Lawmaker Arrested After Re-Election on Corruption Charges

Néstor Alonso faces nine charges, including federal money theft and receiving kickbacks.

  • Nov 6, 2020
  • 1:09 PM

Reclaiming Our Homes (A Latino USA Podcast)

In the 50’s and 60’s, the California Department of Transportation, better known as Caltrans, bought the house that Martha occupied —and hundreds of other houses— in order to demolish them and build the 710 freeway.

  • Nov 6, 2020
  • 11:34 AM

Puerto Ricans in Unfamiliar Territory as Vote Count Delayed

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — For the first time in decades, voters across Puerto Rico are still waiting for officials to confirm the winners of some of the most high-profile races days after the U.S. territory held its general election.

  • Nov 6, 2020
  • 10:14 AM

Biden Eases Ahead in Georgia; Trump Attacks Election Process

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is testing how far he can go in using the trappings of presidential power to undermine confidence in this week’s election against Joe Biden, as the Democrat gained ground in tight contests in key battleground states, and then inched ahead in Georgia.

  • Nov 6, 2020
  • 8:25 AM

Explaining the Electoral College to My Mexican Father-in-Law (OPINION)

“No, but we” —by which I meant the United States— “don’t elect a president by how many votes someone gets. That’s how it is in Mexico, right?”

  • Nov 5, 2020
  • 5:54 PM

Racism: What Election Polls and Strategists Failed to Account For (OPINION)

Regardless of the election outcome, we must also acknowledge that no one is coming to magically save us.

  • Nov 5, 2020
  • 3:25 PM

Jair Bolsonaro’s Son Faces Corruption Charges

The 39-year-old senator’s affairs have been under the spotlight since his father’s January 2019 inauguration.

  • Nov 5, 2020
  • 2:49 PM

How Latinos and Latinas Did in the 2020 Senate and House Races

While final data is still being gathered, experts say election results are expected to show that Latino voters turned out in record numbers nationwide.

  • Nov 5, 2020
  • 2:15 PM

Me and Kelly Kean Sharp, or My Life as Someone’s Costume (OPINION)

Now that Halloween is over, I am relieved to no longer be anyone’s costume.

  • Nov 5, 2020
  • 12:25 PM

Biden Pushes Closer to Victory in Race for the White House

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Joe Biden was pushing closer to the 270 Electoral College votes needed to carry the White House, securing victories in the “blue wall” battlegrounds of Wisconsin and Michigan and narrowing President Donald Trump’s path.

  • Nov 5, 2020
  • 8:59 AM

Groups on the Ground Deserve All the Credit for Mobilizing the Latino Vote (OPINION)

Today and for the next few days, we get to celebrate. Our community showed up. We stood up for ourselves.

  • Nov 4, 2020
  • 4:52 PM

Eta Lashes Nicaragua With Rains, Deadly Mudslides

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Tropical Storm Eta spun through northern Nicaragua Wednesday after lashing the country’s Caribbean coast for much of the past day, its floodwaters isolating already remote communities and setting off deadly landslides that killed at least three people.

  • Nov 4, 2020
  • 11:35 AM

Puerto Rico Awaits Final Result in Tight Gubernatorial Race

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — People across Puerto Rico awaited final results Wednesday following elections that saw long lines of voters and produced a tight gubernatorial race in the U.S. Caribbean territory.

  • Nov 4, 2020
  • 10:36 AM

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