In the 18th century, many American families saw new children as future workers who would guarantee the household's livelihood when their parents no longer had the physical capacity to work. At the age of five, children helped with agricultural and domestic work. Very large families often could not find jobs for their children and sent them to families that could place them as domestic workers, servants or farmers. The 9th...
There was an increase in population diversity in Texas in 2023 leading the country in the growth of Hispanic/Latino, Asian, and Black residents. Houston added the highest number of Hispanic residents, while ...
On the table is a proposal to create a “heartland visa”, aimed at attracting highly skilled immigrants and entrepreneurs to areas of the United States facing population and economic decline. That idea has...
The first presidential debate of the 2024 general election generated anxiety among some Democrats by showing a fragile and unstable Joe Biden facing the likely Republican candidate, Donald Trump. Despite Tru...
Brookings has created a tool, Visa Outlook Explorer, to project the labor needs of immigrants through 2030, including at the state level and broken down by occupation. According to the organization’s p...
The United States will resettle “more than 100,000 refugees, the highest number in three decades”, according to a White House factsheet, which explains the Biden administration's efforts to rebuild and...
An article by the Spanish news agency EFE highlighted recent efforts by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to resume and intensify direct deportation flights of migrants to Venezuela and incre...
Mike Madrid, author of “The Latino Century”, offers a unique perspective on the Latino electorate in the United States due to his professional experience and education. Raised in a Mexican American family in So...
Late last year, Scarlett Lanzas, while chatting with neighbors at the community pool in Miami, heard a false rumor about the 2024 presidential election. This incident highlighted the importance of Lanzas' work a...
Carnegie Hall in New York will celebrate Latino culture in the United States with the “Nuestros Sonidos” festival during the 2024-2025 season. The event will feature three main concerts that highlight the r...
Lindsay Mendez is a Mexican American actress who grew up in Norwalk, California, and collects accolades for her experience in the theater industry. Mendez has highlighted the lack of Latino representation in the...
Jenni Rivera, a renowned Mexican American singer, has been elected to a posthumous tribute and will receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced that the ribbon-cutti...
Julio Frenk, a public health expert and president of the University of Miami, has been named the next president of the University of California (UCLA), as announced by the University of California Board of Rege...
Last Wednesday (26), students from the International Relations course at UNESP in Marília and the Facultad de Contaduría y Administración at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) held an online me...
Liza Colón-Zayas, born 1972, is an American actress and playwright best known for her role as Tina Marrero in the comedy-drama series “The Bear”. A New Yorker of Puerto Rican origin, Colón-Zayas brought her s...
Ritchie John Torres (born March 12, 1988) is an American politician affiliated with the Democratic Party. He was elected in 2013 to New York City's 15th District Council, becoming the first publicly gay candidate t...
Juan José Canales, known as Johnny Canales, was an influential Mexican Tejano singer and television host. Canales was born in General Treviño on August 19, 1947, and passed away in Corpus Christi on June 12, 2...
Julio José Frenk Mora (born December 20, 1953) is a Mexican physician and sociologist. He is currently the sixth president of the University of Miami, a position he has held since 2015. Frenk earned his medical de...
Susie Jaramillo is President and Chief Creative Officer of Encantos Media, PBC, a family-friendly entertainment and education company that creates direct-to-consumer brands for the contemporary multicultural world....
Ernesto Montemayor "Sonny" Ganaden is a 43-year-old Filipino Mexican-American lawyer and politician who has served as a member of the 30th district of the Hawaii House of Representatives since 2020. His father w...
