Latinos

Why abortion bans in Florida and Arizona disproportionately affect the Latina population

By Mel Leonor Barclay, The 19th

While Arizona’s total abortion ban will be in effect only temporarily, it highlights how many Latino people live in states with restrictions on abortion before fetal viability.

Latinos vastly underrepresented in media, new report finds

By Astrid Galvan, Associated Press

A new government report has found that Latinos are vastly underrepresented in newsrooms, Hollywood films and TV and other media industries.

In final Arizona push, Trump and Biden court growing Latino business community

By Stephanie Sy

Latinos make up nearly a quarter of eligible voters in Arizona, but their political power has never been fully tapped. That could change this year.

Sanders' bond with Latinos gets first test of many in Nevada

By Michelle L. Price, Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press

Bernie Sanders, a self-declared socialist from Vermont, is sometimes pigeon-holed as the hero to white college students and lefty boomers. But his presidential campaign believes his outreach to diverse voters, especially Latinos, will be the secret to his success and…

Seeking Latinos' support in Florida, Democrats fight socialist tag

By Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press

President Donald Trump and his allies have been hammering Democrats as leftists and anti-capitalists — knowing such labels call up images of corruption and poverty.

Films lag significantly in Latino representation, study shows

By Jake Coyle, Associated Press

Only 4.5% of all speaking or named characters in the 1,200 top-grossing films from 2007 to 2018 were Latino, and just 3% of leads or co-leads.

Mass shootings have Latinos worried about being targets

By Russell Contreras, Anita Snow, Associated Press

The spate of recent mass shootings have some Hispanics looking over their shoulders, avoiding speaking Spanish in public and seeking out escape routes amid fears they could be next.

El Paso, with deep Mexican American past, rallies amid pain

By Russell Contreras, John L. Mone, Associated Press

The massacre that killed 22 people at a Walmart in El Paso struck a city that has long been the cradle of Mexican American culture and immigration and suffered through bloody episodes of racial violence in the past.

Fact-checking Trump's claim that he has a 50-percent approval rating among Latinos

By Joshua Barajas

President Trump tweeted about a PBS Newshour/NPR/Marist poll result on Tuesday, highlighting that his approval rating among Latinos rose to 50 percent. But the president's assertion about the poll also requires context.