Latest Hispanics News

Wilmer Valderrama's 'American Story' is one of service to his family and his country

Oct. 08, 2024 10:06 AM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Wilmer Valderrama vowed to “never let his family down” the night that he landed his breakthrough role as foreign exchange student Fez on “That '70s Show.” “I have been given the chance to lift us all, and I won’t blow this incredible opportunity....

Takeaways from AP investigation on the struggle to change a police department

Oct. 08, 2024 08:08 AM EDT

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Like many American cities, in June 2020 Tucson was struggling with the murder of George Floyd. What protesters didn’t know was that their city had two undisclosed deaths of Latino men who — like Floyd — said they could not breathe after officers pinned them face down. ...

Mexican immigrant families plagued by grief, questions after plant workers swept away by Helene

Oct. 06, 2024 12:12 PM EDT

ERWIN, Tenn. (AP) — With shaking hands, Daniel Delgado kissed a photo of his wife, Monica Hernandez, before lighting a candle in a supermarket parking lot. Family members hugged pictures printed on poster board, some collapsing into them in tears as search helicopters flew overhead in the...

Wilmer Valderrama. Rosario Dawson. America Ferrera. Star-led drive aims to get Latinos to vote

Oct. 01, 2024 14:49 PM EDT

With a star-studded cast of celebrities and influencers, the Voto Latino Foundation launched a $5 million initiative Tuesday to encourage Latinos to vote in the upcoming election. The “Vota Con Ganas” (’Vote with Enthusiasm”) campaign will feature personal stories and...

Awareness of 'Latinx' increases among US Latinos, and 'Latine' emerges as an alternative

Sep. 29, 2024 13:38 PM EDT

“Latino” and “Hispanic” have long been the most prominent terms used to describe people in the U.S. with roots in Latin America and Spain. But over the last several years, “Latinx” has become a de-facto gender neutral alternative to Latino and Hispanic, according to a new study by race...

Abortion-rights groups are courting Latino voters in Arizona and Florida

Sep. 27, 2024 10:24 AM EDT

PHOENIX (AP) — When Lesley Chavez found out she was pregnant at age 16, she saw her daughter as a blessing from God and never considered an abortion, a view reinforced by her devout Christian mother. If she could have voted at the time, Chavez would have opposed expanding abortion access. ...

John Leguizamo reaches back in time to reclaim Latin American history for a PBS documentary series

Sep. 24, 2024 12:26 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — If you think Latin American history starts with Christopher Columbus, John Leguizamo would like to have a word. He points out there were great empires and civilizations during the thousands of years before 1492 — like the mighty Incas, Aztecs and Maya, whose great...

Most Hispanic Americans support abortion access: AP-NORC poll

Sep. 23, 2024 09:50 AM EDT

For decades, some political analysts have sought to depict Hispanic Americans as “socially conservative” — and indeed many of them are. But a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that a solid majority of this diverse population —...

For families of Key Bridge collapse victims, a search for justice begins

Sep. 17, 2024 18:33 PM EDT

BALTIMORE (AP) — Years after immigrating to the U.S. and settling in the Baltimore area, Maria del Carmen Castellón was working toward a new chapter of her family’s American dream, hoping to expand her successful food truck business into a Salvadoran restaurant. Her husband,...

Tough treatment and good memories mix at newest national site dedicated to Latinos

Sep. 17, 2024 00:32 AM EDT

In the second half of the 20th century, Mexican and Mexican-American children in Marfa, Texas, were educated in an adobe-style building in classrooms that alumni describe as barracks. They received secondhand textbooks and were paddled for speaking Spanish instead of English in a...