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Professor Juan Madrid with his students from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley at a radio telescope in Fort Davis in West Texas.
The World's Global Classroom
‘Embrace the culture, embrace the language’: Offering bilingual courses benefits students beyond the classroom, Texan professor says
Shown in the Spanish language are "He Votado Hoy" stickers or "I voted today" at a polling place in Philadelphia.
Elections
Texas candidates battle for Hispanic vote in US midterm elections
NY Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Race
The complicated history and identity of Latinos in the United States
Signs advertising the 2020 US Census cover a closed and boarded up business amid the coronavirus outbreak in Seattle, Washington, March 23, 2020.
Every 30 Seconds
For Latinos ineligible to vote, US census offers a path to political power
Brayan Guevara in front of Irving Park Elementary School, in Greensboro, North Carolina, where he is a teacher's assistant, June 3, 2020.
Every 30 Seconds
This young Afro Latino teacher and voter wants to be a model for his students
attorney
Education
How can ‘sanctuary cities’ resist Trump? This lawsuit could provide a blueprint.
Residents of Chicago's Englewood neighborhood gather for a candlelight vigil against gun violence.
Conflict
This new book looks at all the kids killed by gun violence on a random day in America
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio was born in Miami in 1971 to Cuban parents.
Global Politics
An El Salvador-born Rubio supporter says his candidate can fix broken immigration system
People shopping in Los Angeles.
Belief
I’m white in Barcelona but in Los Angeles I’m Hispanic?
Latin American Immigrants in the United States