Tag: hispanics
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Trump administration boosts HBCU funding after cutting grants for Hispanic-serving colleges
The Trump administration is redirecting nearly $500 million in federal funding toward historically Black colleges and tribal colleges, a one-time investment covered primarily by other cuts to colleges serving large numbers of minority students
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Annual Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations make adjustments in current political climate
Each year during Hispanic Heritage Month, huge celebrations can be expected across the U
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Latino leaders condemn ICE over incidents in Chicago, including driver’s fatal shooting
Latino leaders are expressing dismay over recent immigration enforcement operations in Chicago
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Latino Community Foundation Nearly Doubles 2025 Grantmaking, Releases $2.9M in Q3 Investments
SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sep 12, 2025– The Latino Community Foundation (LCF) announced today that it has awarded $2.95 million across 52 unique organizations in Q3 of 2025, including inaugural grant investments in Texas and New Mexico. Nearly half of this quarter’s investments support civic power and community-based voter engagement, preparing Latino communities for the 2026 midterm…
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Income inequality dipped and fewer people moved, according to largest survey of US life
Income inequality in the United States dipped last year, with median household income rising slightly
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La Santa Cecilia reacts to ICE ruling: ‘We have to show strength’
LOS ANGELES — Amid growing fears of renewed mass deportations, the beloved L.A. band La Santa Cecilia hopes its upcoming musical performances can provide moments of joy and humanity for Angelenos. “As musicians, we get the chance to open up a space like that for people to feel, to dance and feel happy,” says La…
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Commentary: You look Latino. You speak Spanish. You work hard. That’s now probable cause
When I was a young UCLA constitutional law major, we learned that the Constitution wasn’t just parchment behind glass: It was a living promise, fragile and ferocious, meant to protect the people when power overreached. But on Monday morning, the Supreme Court taught me something new: that those promises, in the hands of a certain…
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Gustavo Arellano: I’m a US citizen. I’m always going to carry my passport now. Thanks, Supreme Court
My dad’s passport is among his most valuable possessions, a document that not only establishes that he’s a U.S. citizen but holds the story of his life. It states that he was born in Mexico in 1951 and is decorated with stamps from the regular trips he takes to his home state of Zacatecas. Its…
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Chicagoans change routines as immigration crackdown looms. Some carry passports and avoid stores
As the nation’s third-largest city awaits a much-hyped federal intervention, residents are making changes in their daily routines
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Critics fault Supreme Court for allowing immigration stops that consider race and ethnicity
WASHINGTON — Fifty years ago, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that U.S. Border Patrol agents violated the Constitution when they stopped a car on a freeway near San Clemente, California, because its occupants appeared to be “of Mexican ancestry.” The Fourth Amendment protects Americans from unreasonable searches, the justices said then, and a motorist’s “Mexican appearance”…