Former state Sen. Rickey Hendon protests in the Loop with Black and Latino social equity applicants who were denied for cannabis industry licenses in September. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times Illinois lawmakers have again come up short in helping owners of
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Vote Aquí: Join Us for a Live Event on the Latino Vote.
RSVP for the free live event on Oct. 20 at 12 p.m. Eastern. There is no route to the White House without Latino support: This year, with about 32 million eligible voters, they make up the largest minority group to
JPMorgan puts $30B toward fixing banking’s ‘systemic racism’
JPMorgan Chase says it will extend billions in loans to Black and Latino homebuyers and small business owners in an expanded effort toward fixing what the bank calls “systemic racism” in the country’s economic system By KEN SWEET AP Business
US Latino civil rights group moves 2021 convention online
The League of United Latin American Citizens, the oldest Latino civil rights group in the U.S., has decided to move its 2021 national convention online amid concerns and health orders caused by COVID-19. The board of directors of the group,
Why Arizona’s Latino vote has Democrats in a tailspin
Democrats are worried 2020 presidential nominee Joe Biden’s campaign isn’t reaching Latino voters, and heavily populated “purple” states like Arizona could make all the difference come November. Although Biden has maintained a narrow edge above President Trump in several battlegrounds, a
Trump could have opening with Black, Latino men as Biden underperforms in polls, report says
A lack of enthusiasm for Joe Biden from Black and Latino men could provide President Trump with an opening to seize on, according to a Politico report. Though Black women and Latinas still reliably support the Democrat, Biden’s lead with
Pelosi Presses for a Virus Aid Bill
Biden courts military families and Latino voters in Florida, while Harris travels to California in pursuit of voters worried about climate change. It’s Wednesday, and this is your politics tip sheet. Offered a chance to project a more presidential image,
Students continue push toward Chicago History Museum exhibit focused on Latino history
Jair Ramirez, a recent graduate of the Instituto Justice and Leadership Academy, is pushing for a Latino exhibit at the Chicago History Museum. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times Students at Instituto Justice and Leadership Academy created an advisory committee for the exhibit,
Florida Lt. Gov. says Biden falling behind in Latino votes because Trump ‘has delivered’ in community
Presidential nominee Joe Biden is falling behind in Latino voter support in the key swing state of Florida, which Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nunez told “Fox & Friends Weekend” is because of Trump’s approval within the community. “You have a president that has
Researchers find racial disparities across court system
A Harvard Law School report says Black and Latino defendants in Massachusetts are more likely than white defendants to be locked up for drug and weapons offenses and get longer sentences than white people sent to prison for similar crimes
DNC says Biden campaign’s Hispanic outreach is vigorous, despite report to contrary
After the president of a Latino civil rights group reported that the Biden campaign has not sufficiently reached out to Hispanic voters, the Democratic National Committee’s communications director Xochitl Hinojosa said on Monday that the 2020 presidential hopeful has indeed
Marijuana shop finalists include firms backed by Terry Hillard, Phil Stefani: ‘Doesn’t sound … like social equity’
Customers buying marijuana at Rise Joliet. | Sun-Times file Black and Latino lawmakers called on Gov. J.B. Pritzker to delay the issuance of new cannabis licenses over concerns about the application process after just 21 firms advance. A day after
Biden tells Lin Manuel-Miranda Latinos ‘keeping us going’ during pandemic
Joe Biden, in an outreach to Latino voters, told playwright Lin Manuel-Miranda that the path to victory relied on them, and he added that President Trump had “failed” the Latino community. The former vice president said that the pandemic had revealed
Young Adults Report Rising Levels of Anxiety and Depression in Pandemic
The collateral damage from the pandemic continues: Young adults, as well as Black and Latino people of all ages, describe rising levels of anxiety, depression and even suicidal thoughts, and increased substance abuse, according to findings reported by the Centers
Biden again praises Latino diversity as being ‘unlike the African American community’
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden doubled down on his praise of “diversity” within the Latino community “unlike” the Black community. Speaking virtually on Thursday to the National Association of Latino Elected Officials conference, the former VP vowed that his administration will
Meet Members of a Historic University of California Class
ImageFor the first time in the U.C. system’s history, Chicano or Latino students made up the greatest share of Californians admitted to the freshman class.Credit…Jeff Chiu/Associated Press Good morning. This year, as the University of California faces rising calls on
House Votes to Create a National Museum of the American Latino
Supporters of a National Museum of the American Latino are the closest they have ever been to gaining a spot on the National Mall. On Monday, the House passed a bill to establish such a museum within the Smithsonian, delivering
Study of Coronavirus in Pregnant Women Finds Striking Racial Differences
Black, Hispanic and Latino pregnant women in Philadelphia are five times as likely as their white counterparts to have been exposed to the coronavirus, according to data collected from nearly 1,300 women between April and June. The findings, which have
Officers Fatally Shot Latino Man Five Times in the Back, Autopsy Says
An 18-year-old Latino man who was killed in a confrontation with Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies last month was fatally shot five times in the back, according to an autopsy released Friday in a killing the man’s family contends was
Biden’s Spanish-language ads include different versions with Cuban, Puerto Rican and Mexican accents
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is targeting Latino voters by running the same Spanish-language ad — but with the accents from three different Spanish-speaking places. The ads all use the same slogan to contrast him with President Trump– “los cuentos
Latino, Black neighborhoods struggle with test disparities
A Latino cook whose co-worker got COVID-19 waited in his truck for a free swab at a rare testing event in a low-income neighborhood in Phoenix. A Hispanic tile installer queued up after two weeks of self-isolation while his father
Another Nightmare Video and the Police on the Defensive in Tucson
It was another gruesome video of policing in America — a naked Latino man, his face covered by a mesh spit guard, his hands cuffed behind him as he lay dying face down on the ground at his grandmother’s house.
Tucson Police Chief Offers Resignation After Latino Man Dies in Custody
new video loaded: Tucson Police Chief Offers Resignation After Latino Man Dies in Custody transcript Back bars 0:00/1:47 –1:47 transcript Tucson Police Chief Offers Resignation After Latino Man Dies in Custody The police chief of Tucson, Ariz., offered to resign
Questions Surround Police Killing of Latino Man in California
Activists and family members of an 18-year-old Latino man are calling his death in Southern California this week an unjustified police killing. The man, Andres Guardado, was fatally shot by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies in Gardena, Calif., after he
Joe Biden Got Too Comfortable
In the midst of a pandemic that is killing black, indigenous, and Latino people disproportionately, we do indeed have larger things to be concerned about right now than Joe Biden and what he said to Charlamagne Tha God on The
The Overlooked Voters Who Could Decide the 2020 Race
LOS ANGELES — Latino voters are poised to pick the Democratic nominee. Long overlooked by the political establishment and dismissed as a sleeping giant of a demographic that didn’t vote as reliably as it could, millions of Latinos are expected