Jun 22 Latinos reveal struggles of being LGBTQ in wake of Orlando shooting By Kenya Downs What's it like to be Latino and gay? Members of Orlando’s Latino LGBTQ community share the struggles they face being a part of two, sometimes dueling, communities. Continue reading
Jun 22 Watch 6:46 In Southern schools, segregation and inequality aren’t just history — they’re reality By PBS News Hour Last month, a Mississippi judge ordered the state’s public schools to desegregate, illuminating the ongoing struggle to comply with the Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling. Special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault talks to Maureen Costello of the Southern… Continue watching
Jun 18 Trump’s ‘Mexican’ label against judge brings up word’s history By Michael D. Regan and Russell Contreras, Associated Press The term "Mexican" describes a nationality for a people of a country south of the U.S, but it also has been used as a slur against U.S.-born Latinos as a way to dehumanize them and dismiss them as foreigners. Continue reading
Jun 15 Watch 8:56 Study slams troubled Oakland police department for racial bias By PBS News Hour The Oakland police department’s history of misconduct — particularly involving African-Americans — has made it the subject of federal oversight for 13 years. Wednesday, Stanford researchers released the results of a two-year-long study into the department, confirming that Oakland officers… Continue watching
Jun 15 Watch 7:55 Muslim-Americans face backlash after Orlando mass shooting By PBS News Hour When Joshua Weil, a member of one of Orlando’s largest mosques, heard initial reports of Sunday’s mass shooting, he thought, “please don't let [the gunman] be Muslim.” But the gunman was, and for Muslim-Americans the attack has raised very real… Continue watching
Jun 14 Watch 5:38 Reflecting on the Charleston church massacre, one year later By PBS News Hour A year ago this week, nine black churchgoers were gunned down inside Charleston’s historic Mother Emanuel A.M.E. Church by alleged white supremacist Dylan Roof, who faces the death penalty if convicted. Among those slain was the church’s pastor, the Rev. Continue watching
Jun 13 Seeking solace in poetry after a mass shooting By Mary Jo Brooks Poets Marjory Wentworth and Marcus Amaker found that poetry helped them cope in the aftermath of the shooting at Charleston's Emanuel AME Church one year ago. Continue reading
Jun 12 LGBT, Latino leaders respond to Orlando massacre By Corinne Segal The attack was the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history and happened during national pride month, which is celebrated in June. Continue reading
Jun 08 #GirlIGuessImWithHer: Disappointed voters show reluctant support for Clinton By Kenya Downs One Twitter, would-be voters are showing reluctant support for Hillary Clinton using #GirlIGuessImWithHer. Continue reading
Jun 06 In California, more Latinos registering as ‘no-party voters’ By Amanda Gomez The Democratic Party is relying on Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric to drive up Latino turnout this fall. But while conventional wisdom holds that most new Latino voters will register as Democrats, an increasing number in California — a key state… Continue reading