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Hispanic Heritage Month puts diversity and culture at the forefront
Huge celebrations across the U.S. are expected to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month, an annual tradition that showcases the awe-inspiring diversity and culture of Hispanic people. Celebrated each year from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, the month is a chance for many in the U.S. to...
Temple or museum? How Diego Rivera designed a place to honor Mexico's pre-Hispanic art
MEXICO CITY (AP) — In the 1940s, Mexican artist Diego Rivera had a dream: to build a sacred place to preserve and display his lifelong collection of pre-Hispanic art. The Anahuacalli Museum in Mexico City, which celebrates its 60th anniversary this month, is everything he hoped...
US higher education advocates welcome federal support for Hispanic-serving institutions
Higher education advocates in Latino communities say they are optimistic about a new federal effort to support hundreds of local colleges and universities. Hispanic-serving institutions, or HSIs, which are not-for-profit schools with a full-time equivalent undergraduate student...
Texas Republican attorney general sues over voter registration efforts in Democrat strongholds
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued two of the state's largest counties to block efforts to register voters ahead of the November general election, drawing claims of voter suppression from state Democrats. Paxton announced Friday a lawsuit to block...
Nebraska is evolving with immigration spurring growth in many rural counties
WAKEFIELD, Neb. (AP) — It’s lunch, and Rosa Brambila rings up an order of enchiladas and rice for a man from Guatemala, here in Nebraska to work. She pours a beer for a woman from Nicaragua, then brings out a burrito for the town’s only newspaper reporter. On the TV behind the...
Freshman classes provide glimpse of affirmative action ruling's impact on colleges
Some selective colleges are reporting drops in the number of Black students in their incoming classes, the first admitted since a Supreme Court ruling struck down affirmative action in higher education. At other colleges, including Princeton University and Yale University, the share of Black...
What to know after Texas authorities searched the homes of Latino campaign volunteers
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A series of raids in Texas on the homes of Latino campaign volunteers has outraged civil rights groups who want federal action after officers seized electronics and documents as part of a state investigation into alleged election fraud. No charges have been...
U.S. Latinas contributed $1.3 trillion to the GDP, about as much as Florida's economy, report finds
Latinas contributed $1.3 trillion to the U.S. gross domestic product in 2021, up from $661 billion in 2010 and at a growth rate nearly triple that of non-Latinos during the same time period, according to a new report funded by Bank of America and conducted by professors at California Lutheran...
Latino voting rights group calls for investigation after Texas authorities search homes
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Latino voting rights group called Monday for a federal investigation after its volunteers said Texas authorities raided their homes and seized phones and computers as part of an investigation by the state's Republican attorney general into allegations of voter fraud. ...
It’s not just South Texas. Republicans are making gains with Latino voters in big cities, too.
For years, Carmen Cavazos’ neighborhood in southeast Houston has voted reliably for Democrats up and down the ballot. In 2016, Hillary Clinton won 68% of the vote in Cavazos’ voting precinct, a mostly residential enclave of about 3,000 people near Hobby Airport. But something is...
