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latinousaLatino USA Alzheimer's In Color 30 minsLatino USA and Black Public Media bring you Alzheimer’s In Color. It’s the story of Ramona Latty, a Dominican immigrant, told by her daughter Yvonne, and it mirrors countless other families of color navigating a disease that is ravaging the Latino community. It’s been four years now since Ramona was diagnosed. Four years of the lonely journey, which in the end her daughter walks alone, because her mom has no idea what day it is, how old she is or where she is. Ramona lives in a nursing home and COVID-19, and months of separation have accelerated the di...2021-02-1730 min
latinousaAfter The Mississippi Raids - Latino USAAugust 7th, 2019 was the day that tore apart an unlikely community of Guatemalan immigrants in central Mississippi. A year ago, hundreds of ICE agents arrived at seven chicken processing plants and arrested 680 workers. Many of them were fathers and mothers whose kids were left behind for days, weeks, or even months. Today, many families are still dealing with the consequences of those arrests, many remain unable to work, as they grapple with the traumatic psychological repercussions. Latino USA traveled to the heart of Mississippi to hear about the long term effects of the largest single-state immigration raid in U.S...2021-02-0548 min
latinousaReclaiming Our HomesOn March 14th of 2020, just as the governor of California issued a state-wide mandate for Californians to shelter in place, Martha Escudero and her two daughters became the first of a dozen unhoused families to occupy one of over a hundred vacant houses in El Sereno, Los Angeles. Some call them squatters, but they call themselves the Reclaimers because the houses they’re occupying actually belong to a state agency.2021-01-2940 min
latinousaLatino USA The Moving Border: Part Two, The SouthProduced by Julieta Martinelli and Maria Hinojosa, and edited by Marlon Bishop. Field production by Fernanda Camarena and Benjamin Alfaro. Additional help by Isabella Cota, Janice Llamoca, Jeanne Montalvo, and Miguel Macias. Featured illustrations by Alexander Charner.
The executive producer for this series is Diane Sylvester. The series was made possible by a partnership with the Pulitzer Center, with additional support provided by the Ford Foundation.2021-01-2648 min
latinousaLatino USA The Moving Border: Part One, The North“The Moving Border” series was produced by Julieta Martinelli, Fernanda Camarena, and Maria Hinojosa, and edited by Marlon Bishop. The executive producer is Diane Sylvester. It was made possible by a partnership with the Pulitzer Center, with additional support provided by the Ford Foundation.
Featured illustration by Alexander Charner.2021-01-2636 min
latinousaAt The Mercy Of The Courts, Latino USAAt The Mercy Of The Courts, Latino USA by latinousa2021-01-2551 min
latinousaBuried AbuseThere’s a long and extensive pattern of sexual abuse and harassment in privately-run detention facilities for immigrants. Over a ten-month period, Latino USA partnered with Rewire.News and dug into the sexual abuse allegations of Laura Monterrosa at the T. Don Hutto Residential Center. What we learned raised troubling questions about The Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) audits and investigations at immigrant detention facilities nationwide and the safety of thousands of people detained in them.2020-02-1310 min
latinousaIf They Kill MeOn May 3, 2017, a young woman named Lesvy Berlín Rivera Osorio was found dead on the campus of UNAM, the National Autonomous University of Mexico. The death was shocking for a few reasons: she had been found strangled with a payphone cord wound around her neck, and the campus of UNAM, a prestigious university with hundreds of thousands of students, is considered to be generally safe.
After her mother, Araceli Osorio, identified her body, the Mexico City Attorney General’s office sent out a series of tweets. They tweeted that the dead woman had been identified, but they also did muc...2020-01-3127 min
latinousaBuried AbuseThis story was done in partnership with Rewire.News.
There’s a long and extensive pattern of sexual abuse and harassment in immigration detention facilities, even though the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) was introduced in DHS facilities in 2014. Over a ten-month period, Latino USA partnered with Rewire.News and dug into one specific case: that of Laura Monterrosa’s sexual abuse allegations at the T. Don Hutto Detention Center. What we learned after reviewing documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request raised questions about the efficacy of internal investigations at immigration facilities across the country and the...2020-01-2435 min
latinousaBuried AbuseThere’s a long and extensive pattern of sexual abuse and harassment in immigration detention facilities, even though the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) was introduced in 2014. Over a ten-month period, Latino USA partnered with Rewire.News and dug into one specific case: that of Laura Monterrosa’s sexual abuse allegations at the T. Don Hutto Residential Center. What we learned after reviewing documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request raised questions about internal PREA investigations at immigrant detention facilities across the country and the safety of thousands of people detained there. The reporting was presented as a 37...2019-06-2835 min
latinousaHow Protests in NYC Bring International Attention to Deepening Crisis in VenezuelaJournalist Paula Moura gives an update on Venezuela. She discusses some of the suppression against dissidents in the country, and explains how activists have organized protests in New York City.2018-12-0307 min
latinousaRakata vs Rakitic LATINO USA MASH UPRakata vs Rakitic LATINO USA MASH UP by latinousa2018-07-1600 min
latinousaAll They Will Call You Will Be DeporteesAfter a fiery plane crash in 1948, all 32 people on-board died—but they weren't all treated the same same after death. Twenty-eight of the passengers were migrant Mexican workers and were buried in a mass grave. The other four were Americans and had their bodies returned to their families for proper burial. It took the work of a determined Mexican-American author to find out who the Mexican passengers were and tell their stories. Latino USA follows Tim Hernandez on his 7-year journey to give names to the dead.
Produced by Fernanda Echavarri and Maggie Freleng2018-06-2832 min
latinousaFrom VALLEY OF CONTRASTSCastulo Estrada grew up in Oasis, a mobile home community on the east side of Coachella. The way he describes it, Coachella is divided into two parts: the west side and the east side. On the west side, there are beautiful homes with large front and backyards. Fifteen percent of all golf courses in California are there, and it tends to be predominantly white. On the east side, you find the mobile homes of the mostly immigrant Mexican and Mexican American communities who go to the west side to do landscaping and house cleaning, or they work in agriculture. The...2018-04-2409 min
latinousa"Niña" por Gabriela OrtegaUn poema.2018-04-0202 min
latinousaValley Of ContrastsCastulo Estrada grew up in Oasis, a mobile home community on the east side of Coachella. The way he describes it, Coachella is divided into two parts: the west side and the east side. On the west side, there are beautiful homes with large front and backyards. Fifteen percent of all golf courses in California are there, and it tends to be predominantly white. On the east side, you find the mobile homes of the mostly immigrant Mexican and Mexican American communities who go to the west side to do landscaping and house cleaning, or they work in agriculture. The...2018-02-0846 min
latinousaHow Mexicans Carried Atlanta to the Finish LineToday, Atlanta is a cultural hub—a center for music, movies and TV shows. But that wasn’t always the case.
Almost three decades ago, the mayor of Atlanta, Andrew Young, wanted to give his city a rebranding. After coming into the national spotlight during the Civil Rights Movement, the image of tense race relations in Atlanta was hard to shake.
But for Mayor Young, nothing represented racial equality and harmony like the Olympics.2018-02-0811 min
latinousaThe Battle Over Chavez RavineVicente Montalvo grew up in Echo Park, minutes away from Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Little did he know, his family had history that was buried underneath the stadium that opened its doors in 1962.
His grandparents told him their story: how they grew up in the ’30s and ’40s in a community named Palo Verde, how they owned a home, and how happy they were among their neighbors in Palo Verde, La Loma and Bishop—three neighborhoods that made up a community called Chavez Ravine.
In the 1950s, the Chavez Ravine neighborhoods were cleared out—through the use of eminent domain—t...2018-02-0816 min
latinousaNeighborhoods of Color in Los Angeles Suffer Higher Amounts of Deadly and Severe Car CrashesIn 2016, 260 residents were killed from vehicle collisions in Los Angeles. That includes drivers, bikers and people walking. What’s more, car crashes are the No. 1 killer of children in all of L.A. The city is aware that its streets are dangerous and is currently looking to a policy from Sweden that was developed in the 1990s to help make their roads safer. It’s called "Vision Zero" and now the City of Angels is looking to reduce their traffic deaths down to zero by 2025.2017-12-1312 min
latinousaErlin MenaErlin Mena habla de su vida.2017-11-1405 min
latinousaLa Santa MuerteDevotion to The Holy Death, a folk saint with the face of a skull, is a religious movement growing in Mexico and Central America that is also represented in New York City.2017-10-3006 min
latinousaLatino USA Meets New Faces of 'Narcos' Ahead of Season 3 PremierePart of our conversation with Chilean actor Pedro Pascal, who plays one of the Netflix series' main characters; Spanish actor Miguel Angel Silvestre, who plays a money launderer for the drug cartel; and Guatemala native Arturo Castro, who goes from playing the sweet gay best-friend in Broad City, to playing the son of a cartel bossman in this season.
Image courtesy of Netflix.2017-08-2505 min
latinousaYou Are Cordially Invited to Hailey’s QuinceañeraYou Are Cordially Invited to Hailey’s Quinceañera by latinousa2017-06-2149 min
latinousaThe USA v. Oscar López RiveraThe USA v. Oscar López Rivera by latinousa2017-06-2148 min
latinousaThe Strange Death of José de JesúsPart 1 and 22017-06-211h 36
latinousaFrom "Unheard but Unafraid: The Story of the San Antonio 4"The following segment is from Latino USA's "Unheard but Unafraid: The Story of the San Antonio 4" story, which first aired on August 12, 2016. To listen to the entire story, visit http://latinousa.org/2016/08/12/san-antonio-4/2017-05-2309 min
latinousaFrom "The USA v. Oscar López Rivera"The following segment is from Latino USA's one-hour episode, "The USA v. Oscar López Rivera," which aired in January, 2017.
Who is a freedom fighter, who is a terrorist, and who gets to decide?
For the complete episode, go to http://latinousa.org/episode/usa-v-oscar-lopez-rivera/2017-05-2309 min
latinousaFrom "The Strange Death of José De Jesús"The following segment is from a special two-part radio series which broadcast in July, 2016.
NPR’s Latino USA investigates the unusual death of a man in an U.S. immigrant detention center, and what his death tells us about conditions —especially mental health services— inside the immigrant detention system. This investigation was reported with assistance from The Marshall Project. For the complete two-part series, go to http://latinousa.org/josedejesus/2017-05-2310 min
latinousaPuerto Rico, You Lovely IslandA 2016 segment from our sister podcast, In The Thick (inthethick.org)
In this conversation, Maria Hinojosa leads a discussion about the almost unbelievably complex relationship between Puerto Rico and the US with guests Sandra Lilley, Managing Editor of NBC Latino, Natascha Otero, a leader of South Florida’s chapter of the National Puerto Rican Agenda, and Julio Ricardo Varela, Political Editor for the Futuro Media Group.2017-05-2309 min
latinousaPuerto Rican Artists Show Jones Act’s ‘Complicated Identity Struggle’ Through ArtThis month Puerto Ricans commemorated the centennial of the Jones Act, the first piece of legislation that gave Puerto Ricans a pathway to U.S. citizenship. Starting in 1917, people born in Puerto Rico, a territory of the U.S, were able to become American citizens through naturalization, and they did so for about 20 years.
"It's a complicated identity struggle with our people," said Adrián Viajero Roman, co-founder of Defend Puerto Rico.
Viajero Roman curated a show called “CitiCien: 100 Artists 100 Years of the Jones Act,” an exhibition that gathers the work Puerto Rican artists to shine a light on how this...2017-03-0904 min
latinousaAlmodóvar on 'Julieta' and US Politics'Julieta' is out in theaters now, and to hear how Almodóvar feels about its place relative to the rest of his films, listen to a snippet of Latino USA’s interview with the director.
http://latinousa.org/2017/01/12/almodovar-julieta-us-politics/2017-01-1205 min
latinousaThe Day Selena’s MAC Collection Hit StoresTwenty-one years after her death, Tejano singer and pop culture icon Selena Quintanilla Perez once again became immortalized. It all started when Patty Rodriguez launched an online petition over a year ago with a single mission: to get MAC Cosmetics to release a “Selena Quintanilla for MAC” limited edition collection. A few months and 38,000 signatures later, MAC said the magic words, “It’s happening! We are excited to announce the MAC Selena Quintanilla collection, available in 2016.” Fans of the Tejano singer would soon have the chance to hold Selena-inspired products made by a global beauty brand. The company went on to say, “L...2016-10-0708 min
latinousaFrom KERA: Maria Hinojosa Discusses THE STRANGE DEATH OF JOSÉ DE JESÚSOn August 1, KERA's Think show talked with with Latino USA executive producer and anchor Maria Hinojosa about the two-part audio series, THE STRANGE DEATH OF JOSÉ DE JESÚS.2016-08-0248 min
latinousa#1630 - The Strange Death of Jose de Jesús (Part 2)In part two of our two-part special, we continue our investigation into the death of a man in a U.S. immigration detention center, examining surveillance video and other clues about what happened.
More info: latinousa.org/josedejesus/2016-07-2253 min
latinousa#1629 – The Strange Death of José de Jesús (Part 1)A man dies in a U.S. immigration detention center, under unusual circumstances. He is found unresponsive in his cell, with a sock stuffed down his throat. His death is ruled a suicide, but little information is put out about what happened, and the family wants answers. In this first part of a special two-part series, Latino USA investigates why José de Jesús died in the custody of the U.S. government, and what his death tells us about conditions—especially mental health services—inside the immigration detention system.
More info: http://latinousa.org/josedejesus/2016-07-1554 min
latinousaTarik DavisTarik Davis writes and performs comedy and also teaches improv to children and adults. He's performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade in New York and The Second City in Chicago.2016-05-2602 min
latinousaJenny YangJenny Yang is a comedian and one of the founders of Disoriented, a (mostly) female Asian-American standup tour. She's based in Los Angeles.2016-05-2602 min
latinousaJes TomJes Tom is a standup comedian who's performed at Caroline's on Broadway, New York Comedy Club, Gotham, and many other venues. They're from San Francisco but currently based in New York.2016-05-2601 min
latinousaThis Land Is My Land: The Story of Reies López TijerinaIn New Mexico during the 1960s, Reies López Tijerina transformed the issue of land rights into an issue of civil rights. He led a movement of Hispanos —people with Spanish, Mexican and Native American ancestry— who had lost their communal land to private landowners or government agencies and demanded it back. López Tijerina’s activism reached its peak with a shootout at a local courthouse in 1967.
Though he was controversial, López Tijerina put the fight for land ownership on a national stage in a way that challenged the basic power structure in New Mexico and the rest of the So2016-05-2514 min
latinousa#1611 – Blood and Betrayal in the SouthwestThe Southwest was once a part of Mexico, but that doesn’t mean that Mexicans have always felt welcome there. Land disputes led to segregation, discrimination and even state-sanctioned violence. Latino USA looks into the history of resistance leaders like Juan Cortina and Reies López Tijerina, the dark side of the Texas Rangers and school segregation in an episode dedicated to the often untold history of blood and betrayal in the Southwest.
Featured image: Texas Rangers mounted on horses in 1915. (PHOTO by Robert Ruynon from the Robert Runyon Photograph Collection, courtesy of the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History)2016-03-1558 min
latinousaSabiduría: The Outsider WithinYoung Afro-Latina entrepreneur Janel Martinez shares a brief essay about coming to terms with her identity.2016-03-0702 min
latinousaBuikaMallorca’s flamenco-soul-jazz singer Concha Buika is as talented as she is fearless. Maria Hinojosa talks with Buika about her music and her joy in the face of adversity.2016-03-0707 min
latinousaMarta Moreno VegaFor decades, Dr. Marta Moreno Vega has helped to define Afro-Latino identity within and outside of the United States. She joins Latino USA to talk about it, equity and cultural capital.2016-03-0706 min
latinousaGarifuna: A US-Honduran StoryHost Maria Hinojosa and producer Marlon Bishop report on the Garifuna community, both in the Bronx and in Honduras.2016-03-0718 min
latinousaSomos: Afro-LatinoWe hear first-person thoughts from four Afro-Latinos on their identity, experience and how Afro-Latinos are represented.2016-03-0711 min
latinousa#1610 – Afro–LatinoAfrican culture runs deep through Latino identity, but are Afro-Latinos underrepresented? We ask Afro-Latinos about this and meet the Garifuna, an Afro-Latino community from Honduras living in the U.S.2016-03-0757 min
latinousaBeing Blaxican In L.A.Walter Thompson-Hernandez is Blaxican: half-Black and half-Mexican. Growing up, he didn't see or hear about anyone like him. That's why he started the Instagram account @blaxicansOfLA.2016-02-2607 min
latinousaDiabetes, Dialysis and Dirty Water in Central ValleyCalifornia’s Central Valley is facing a health crisis: its tap water is undrinkable. And when soda is cheaper than bottled water, many residents find themselves going down an unhealthy path.2016-02-2610 min
latinousaClosing California's Discipline GapOne high school in East Oakland is tackling its own over-suspension problem through restorative justice.2016-02-2609 min
latinousaNo JELL-O AllowedIn Oakland, an elementary school with mostly low-income Latino students is taking the notion of healthy eating pretty seriously.
It has banned all junk food from the school campus.2016-02-2609 min
latinousaAs He Was Stabbing Me, He Told Me, ‘I’m Sorry, Dad’A southern California father fights for mental health reform after trying in vain to get his schizophrenic son treatment.2016-02-2612 min
latinousa#1609 – The Golden StateIn 2014, Latinos became the biggest ethnic group in California. If an issue matters in California, chances are it matters to the Latino community. On this week's episode we look at how mental health, school suspensions, and identity all play roles in this large and complex state.2016-02-2657 min
latinousa#1608 — Sticks & StonesBig elections bring up big talk, and this year there's plenty of rhetoric from presidential candidates, especially Donald Trump. Although this isn't new, an expert says the rhetoric of fear and the attacks from this year's campaigns are the worst he has seen. For this show NPR's Latino USA looks at how these words from Trump and others on the campaign trail are affecting us. The rhetoric may be temporary, but its effects on American public discourse may not be.2016-02-1958 min
latinousaHispandering: The Cristela EditionComedian Cristela Alonzo talks us through some of the candidates’ most interesting moments of the candidates trying to win over Latino voters.2016-02-1909 min
latinousaLatinos for TrumpRepublican presidential candidates are influencing the rhetoric about Latinos, but what do Latino Republicans think?2016-02-1907 min
latinousaRushing to Become Citizens After Anti-Immigrant TalkMany immigrants in the U.S. are working to become citizens so that they can vote. Congressman Luis Gutierrez and a coalition of immigrant rights groups are working to naturalize 1 million people.2016-02-1904 min
latinousaThe Muslim-Mexican Multicultural Coalition of the WillingIn light of words about both Mexicans and Muslims, we put a Mexican (Laura Martinez of CNET en Español) and a Muslim (Wajahat Ali, writer and former Al Jazeera America host) in a studio to discuss.2016-02-1908 min
latinousaWhen Tough Talk Turns to Violence at Trump RalliesRonald Sanchez went to a Donald Trump rally to protest the candidate's position on immigration.2016-02-1904 min
latinousaIs the Rhetoric This Campaign Season More Damaging Than in the Past?Is the level of inflammatory rhetoric from candidates worse this election cycle than ever before? We ask UC Berkeley Professor Ian Haney Lopez for a history lesson.2016-02-1908 min
latinousaThe Trump Pinata BusinessIt's been months since Donald Trump said Mexicans immigrants were rapists and Trump piñatas are still flying off the shelves on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border.2016-02-1902 min
latinousaLove in the Time of XenophobiaSince the presidential campaign started last year there has been plenty of anti-immigrant and anti-Latino rhetoric, especially coming from Republican candidates Donald Trump and Ted Cruz.
Race in general is playing a role in the 2016 election across the country and 23-year-old Bobbi Contreras knows it.
“Things are different when you’re in a biracial relationship,” she said.2016-02-1903 min
latinousa#1607 – Define the RelationshipOur relationships define our lives: from romantic relationships, friendships and even our relationship to ourselves. Latino USA shares stories about how those relationships are tested—figuratively and literally.2016-02-1856 min
latinousaParting Words from Behind the ScenesFor the past four years, Nancy Trujillo has worked behind the scenes at the Futuro office wearing many hats and keeping the whole operation running. This week, Nancy officially leaves us for greener pastures, but that didn’t stop Maria Hinojosa from turning the microphone back onto Nancy to record some of the wisdom she has provided for the office for so long. Nancy talks about her goals, her family and what she’ll miss the most.2016-02-1809 min
latinousaWant to Tune Up Your Relationship? Record an Album TogetherLots of people make a point to keep their personal life separate from their work life. But not Otmaro Ruiz and Catina DeLuna. They’re both Latin jazz musicians—and husband and wife. They enjoyed having separate music careers, but recently they thought they’d switch it up and record an album together. Right in their own home.
Otmaro and Catina tell us what it’s like to work with your spouse in very close quarters, and how this collaboration really paid off in the end.2016-02-1806 min
latinousaThe Stress of Social WorkFamilies in the foster care system are assigned case workers. These are social workers whose job it is to work closely with everyone involved. In Milwaukee, Lilia Figueroa is a mentor at Saint A, a group that oversees half of all of Milwaukee’s foster care cases. Lilia started as a bilingual case worker. She tells us about two of her hardest cases, and about what doing social work means to her.2016-02-1804 min
latinousaFostering Relationships for Public HealthToxic stress is becoming a hot topic in science and brain development. It’s also an emerging public health concern. Experts say the way to avoid toxic stress is through strong relationships that support children and their families. This means that children in foster care are especially vulnerable to toxic stress.
In Wisconsin there’s a movement towards something called “trauma informed care.” This movement is being led by a group called Fostering Futures, which was started by Wisconsin First Lady Tonette Walker with Dr. Angela Carron of Fostering Hope and Laurene Lambach of SET Ministries, Inc.2016-02-1809 min
latinousaMeet the Lesbian Couple that Officiates Weddings TogetherMore than 45 years ago, the Reverends Deirdra Kearney and Luisa Porrata met as young nurses in New York City. They began dating and have been together ever since, marrying in 2011. Porrata now works as a wedding officiant, specializing in bilingual Spanish and English weddings. Together, Porrata and Kearney provide counseling and spiritual guidance for soon-to-be-married couples. In this piece, we hear Porrata and Kearney’s perspectives on love, marriage and the changing climate for LGBT people.2016-02-1804 min
latinousaHow Hard Is It to Commit Marriage Fraud, Really?Marriage fraud is when two people, who are not a couple, get married just so one of them can get legal status: what’s often called getting married for papers.
In 2014 an immigration and customs official estimated that between 5-15% of marriage visas go to sham marriages. That means that there are potentially tens of thousands of fake marriages a year.
In order to get a marriage visa, you need to be able to pass what’s called the marriage fraud interview. Here at Latino USA, we became curious about how difficult the interview actually is. So we set up a fa...2016-02-1812 minlatinousa#1607 – Define The RelationshipOur relationships define our lives: from romantic relationships, friendships and even our relationship to ourselves. For this Valentine’s Day weekend, Latino USA shares stories about how those relationships are tested—figuratively and literally.2016-02-1856 min
latinousaPuerto Rico’s New Crop of Young EntrepreneursIn spite of so many Puerto Ricans leaving their homeland, a small group of young entrepreneurs are staying behind looking for hidden economic opportunities.2016-02-0505 min
latinousaThe Answer to Puerto Rico's Debt Crisis Might Be Gay TourismPuerto Rico is one of the few Caribbean islands that openly accepts gay people. That's starting to pay off economically, with an increase in gay tourism.2016-02-0508 min
latinousaThe Battle for Puerto Rico on Capitol HillWhere does Congress stand on Puerto Rico and will presidential politics play a role in a resolution for the island?2016-02-0506 min
latinousaWhy Are so Many Teachers Leaving Puerto Rico?Across Puerto Rico, teachers are leaving for the mainland and schools are shutting down to save money. Joy Diaz looks at what is driving teachers to move away.2016-02-0505 min
latinousaThe Hot and Cold Love Affair Between the U.S. and Puerto RicoThe debt crisis in Puerto Rico did not appear out of thin air. Juan Gonzalez, a Puerto Rican journalist and scholar, explains the peculiar relationship between the U.S. and Puerto Rico.2016-02-0506 min
latinousaWhy Is Puerto Rico Billions of Dollars in Debt?Puerto Rico is drowning is $72 billion in government debt. Latino USA unpacks how the island's fiscal crisis came to be, with help from Robert Smith of NPR's Planet Money.2016-02-0512 min
latinousaPuerto Rico UnderwaterPuerto Rico is in trouble. With a faltering economy, $72 billion of municipal debt, and a brain drain of young people packing for the mainland, Puerto Ricans are seriously worried about the future of the U.S. territory. Latino USA explores the Puerto Rican debt crisis, from the history of U.S. involvement in the island’s economy to how its fiscal problems are affecting people today. Plus, the battle on Capitol Hill over Puerto Rico’s future.2016-02-0556 min
latinousaLatino USA Listeners Share Their #BilingualProblems StoriesLatino USA put out a call on social media asking listeners to share their linguistic mishaps. Here are the results.2016-01-2903 min
latinousaBefore "Sorry" There Was "Perdon:" The Definitive Theory On Latino Apology AnthemsOne of our producers goes deep into a theory about music and romance she developed in Argentina when she was 16.2016-01-2913 min
latinousaSterilized Without Knowing: How Family Planning Programs Went Wrong in 1970s LAIn the 1970s, Consuelo Hermosilo and nine other Latina women took L.A County Hospital to court for allegedly sterilizing them without proper consent.2016-01-2907 min
latinousaThe Accidental InterpreterMany Guatemalans who come to the US don’t speak Spanish, let alone English. Instead, they speak one of the country’s many indigenous languages.2016-01-2904 min
latinousaWill Siri Ever Speak Spanglish?Mobile phone voice recognition programs like Siri and OK Google are all the rage these days. But when you try to talk to them in a mix of English and Spanish, the results can be confounding.2016-01-2906 min
latinousaLatinx: The Ungendering of the Spanish LanguageThe word Latinx has gained popularity as some people try to change the Spanish language to make it more inclusive.2016-01-2911 min
latinousa#1605 – MiscommunicationsMiscommunications can be pretty typical occurrences for Latinos who are bilingual or bicultural. But miscommunications can also have grave or even humorous consequences.2016-01-2956 min
latinousaAn Update on Luis 'Suave' GonzalezLuis Suave Gonzalez was only 17 at the time, making him a juvenile, but he was tried as an adult and given a mandatory life sentence without the possibility of ever being released. He would spend the rest of his life behind bars, and would ultimately die in prison.
That is, until a few days ago. On January 25 the US Supreme Court ruled in the Montgomery v Louisiana case that people like Suave, called juvenile lifers, have the right to be re-sentenced--which means his life sentence could be reduced to time he has already served... offering Suave and thousands more in...2016-01-2806 min
latinousaDetained And Deported In MexicoFilmmaker Luis Argueta shares stories from Guatemala of children caught at the southern border and deported back to the country from Mexico.2016-01-2206 min
latinousaWhy Are Some Central Americans Saying No to US Aid?As Mexico continues to deport more and more Central American migrants, Congress has approved $750 million for a new plan—one that hopes to tackle poverty, government corruption and violence.2016-01-2208 min
latinousaCentral American Gangs, Made In L.A.The gangs plaguing Central America with violence started in Los Angeles, California. Alex Sanchez, a former member of the feared MS-13 gang, tells his story.2016-01-2212 min
latinousaA Brief History of The U.S. in Central AmericaMass migration from Central America is nothing new. Latino USA visits the 1980s, when the region's civil wars sparked an exodus to the north.2016-01-2205 min
latinousaWhat Are the Presidential Candidate’s Positions on Immigration?Maria Hinojosa sits down with Julio Ricardo Varela to discuss where the 2016 presidential candidates stand on immigration and whether they have spoken about the recent ICE raids.2016-01-2204 min
latinousaReactions to ICE Raids of Central American MigrantsWhat happened the first weekend of 2016 when ICE conducted immigration raids? Central American communities are reacting with fear and a sanctuary movement.2016-01-2207 min
latinousa#1604 – There and BackWhat is happening with Central American migrants and what has been the U.S. reaction? We share some history of how Central America got to this place and present the latest regarding recent ICE raids.2016-01-2256 min
latinousa#1603 — The Kids Are Not AlrightHow does stress at home affect kids? We meet American siblings whose mother lacks legal status to explore the consequences of immigration policies. We also visit a doctor screening babies for mental health.2016-01-1556 min
latinousaAmerican Siblings in a Family Divided by LawA family divided by immigration law. Four U.S. citizen siblings are finding ways to make it work after their mother was denied a green card in Arizona.2016-01-1529 min
latinousaDo Babies Need Psychologists?We’ve been covering toxic stress for over a year. In this new segment, Senior Producer Daisy Rosario looks at how programs are attempting to address mental health from birth.2016-01-1516 min
latinousa#1602 – PerspectivesMaria Hinojosa gets personal with a poet laureate, a feminist scholar and a comedian. We bring one-on-one conversations with some of the most influential Latino thinkers and writers of today.2016-01-0856 min
latinousaThe Enduring Feminist Wisdom of Cherríe MoragaChicana feminist Cherríe Moraga explains why the woman-of-color feminism she helped champion decades ago is needed now more than ever.2016-01-0818 min
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