Latino USA

Trump V. Babies: The Battle Over Birthright Citizenship

08 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

“I'm waiting for my baby with the greatest love in the world, but with all these problems.” Latino USA spoke with a pregnant Venezuelan woman who...

Selena Was the Queen of Tejano, Johnny Canales Was the King

06 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Long before Latin music ruled the airwaves and charts, Tejano was king… and there was one man at the center of it all: Johnny Canales.His impact on ...

Frank’s 'Revolutionary' Queer Quince at 30

01 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As a young boy, Frank Rojas watched his older sister shine at her quinceañera. He secretly longed for a celebration of his own, but knew that these c...

Tennessee’s Push to Punish Kids as Adults

30 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After the Supreme Court ruled that mandatory life sentences for juveniles were unconstitutional, a flurry of re-sentencings followed across the countr...

'I'm a Political Prisoner': From Church Sanctuaries to ICE Detention

25 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

“I am a political prisoner,” Jeanette Vizguerra said in an exclusive interview from inside a detention facility. She’s been a symbol of resistan...

Doctora Polo: 'This Is Who I Am'

23 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

If some Latinos hear la doctora, it doesn’t evoke the image of a medical doctor. Instead, it’s that of a Cuban American attorney-turned-show host ...

My Faja Saved Me

18 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Two years ago, 18-year-old Lisbeth Bencosme was shot four times on a sidewalk in Harlem. She was a new mom at the time, and it was her faja, a staple ...

'I Am a Dutchirican': Puerto Ricans in Pennsylvania Dutch Country

16 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After World War II, Puerto Ricans began settling in Pennsylvania Dutch Country, drawn by economic opportunities among Mennonite farming communities. S...

New Pope: From Chicago to Chiclayo

11 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the news this week: Pope Leo XIV, or Papa León 14, has been selected to lead the Catholic Church and its 1.4 billion congregation worldwide. And o...

I’m Not Dead

09 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the early 70s, Miguel Angel Villavicencio was focused on making his most ambitious dream possible: to become a famous singer in Bolivia and across ...

Venezuelans, 'The Most Vulnerable Diaspora,’ Fight Back

04 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The National TPS Alliance and seven plaintiffs, including Temporary Protected Status holder Cecilia González, recently sued the Trump administration ...

Francisco: The Legacy of the First Latin American Pope

02 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Pope Francis, history’s only Latin American pope, died on April 21st. As the cardinals of the world set to choose a new leader, we look back on Fran...

'We Are in a Constitutional Crisis': A Mega Prison and What's at Stake

27 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What began as an ordinary traffic stop for Kilmar Abrego Garcia escalated into a nightmare at the center of a Supreme Court decision. The immigrant Ma...

Suave: Parole & the Pursuit of Happiness

25 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Latino USA shares episode 2 of Suave: Season 2. Suave can’t drink. He can’t smoke weed. He can’t travel. He can’t visit old prison...

Suave: Roses and Manure

20 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Latino USA shares episode 1 of Suave: Season 2. Years have passed since Season One, and Suave is thriving. He’s got a great job. He’s ...

‘Loca’: Migration and Queerness in Alejandro Heredia’s Literary Debut

18 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Alejandro Heredia’s debut novel “Loca” has been praised as “quintessentially American”. It takes place in both the Dominican Republic and th...

Culture Is Freedom: Remembering Garifuna Legend Aurelio Martínez

13 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On March 17, Honduran recording artist Aurelio Martínez died in a tragic plane crash. Aurelio was the voice of the Garifuna people and a fierce defen...

'We Need to Reimagine Latinidad': Being Latino in 2025

11 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What does it mean to be Latino/Latina/Latinx in 2025?Is Latinidad a fiction?Should Latino be considered a race?On this episode of Latino USA, Maria Hi...

Building The Future: A Message From Maria

07 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We’re doing something different! Today, Maria Hinojosa joins listeners for a special message announcing something new from Futuro. Been dreaming of ...

Don't Cross Kat

06 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Latino USA shares episode 1 of the podcast Don't Cross Kat.Kat Torres shows an Instagram-perfect life to her large following. She’s a Braz...

Bilingual Is My Superpower

04 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In 2018, Producer Jeanne Montalvo reported on the choices her parents made when raising her in a bilingual household. Five years later, Jeanne’s two...

Mahmoud Khalil's Case: "The Goal Is to Silence Dissent"

30 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

“What the Trump administration is trying to do to Mr. Khalil is a blueprint, and if they are able to get away with it, then they will replicate it.”...

15 Days in Guantánamo

28 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On the first days of his migration journey, “Juan” posed for a photo outside a bus terminal to remember the moment. Two years and two thousand mil...

The Little Black Dress: A Hidden History

23 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Before it was the classic dress we all know and many still love today, the little black dress was mostly worn by working-class shopgirls and domestics...

A Scarier, Sexier Drácula

21 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Bella Lugosi's leading role in the creepy 1931 film Dracula made him a horror icon. But there's another, even better version of Dracula that was shot ...

Can El Salvador Really Jail Americans?

16 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the news this week: We discuss Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele’s unprecedented and controversial offer: to jail U.S. citizens in El Salvador. ...

The Real Lives of Human Smugglers With Jason De León

14 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s news and reporting, we discuss the links between the booming business of human smuggling and U.S. immigration policies and much more....

Teresa Urrea: The Mexican Joan of Arc

09 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the late 1800s, Teresa Urrea was a superstar. She was a ‘curandera,’ or healer, a revolutionary, and a feminist. At only 19 years old she was e...

How I Made It: Ayodele Casel

07 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For Ayodele Casel tap dancing is magic. As a young high school student, she dreamed of one day dancing like Ginger Rogers as she recreated Ginger’s ...

The U.S. and Mexico: A Complicated Relationship

02 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

To say that the United States and Mexico have a complicated relationship is to put it lightly. We’re talking over 200 years of a complicated power d...

Harvey Guillén: Breaking Hollywood Molds

28 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Harvey Guillén talks with Maria Hinojosa about his role as Guillermo de la Cruz in the FX vampire comedy, What We Do in the Shadows. Harvey reflects ...

The Fight Over the Panama Canal

23 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As President Trump threatens to take the Panama Canal back, journalist Cristela Guerra recalls her childhood memories growing up between the U.S. and ...

The Debate Around Emilia Pérez

21 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Emilia Pérez has sparked significant controversy not only because of polarizing remarks from its director and lead star, but for its eccentric storyt...

Hombre: Understanding Latino Men ft. Two Voters, Two Views

16 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the second episode of our new series "Hombre: Understanding Latino Men," Maria Hinojosa sits down with two young Latino voters from Texas. Alejandr...

A Sister’s Quest for Justice With Cristina Rivera Garza

14 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Author Cristina Rivera Garza’s memoir received the Pulitzer prize in 2024. In Mexico, the book sparked a feminist movement demanding justice for gen...

Toñita’s Club Fights Erasure

09 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When you enter the Caribbean Social Club, or Toñita’s, it feels like you could be in your grandmother’s living room. And that’s exactly what it...

A Day in the Park in Queens, New York

07 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Latino USA, we're sharing an episode from Code Switch. We bring you a different kind of immigration coverage. We're telling a New York s...

AOC: 'I’m Not Going to Give Them My Fear'

02 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Amid the chaos generated by Donald Trump’s first days back in the White House,  Maria Hinojosa sits down with someone who has sounded off on the fo...

'Mexicans Don’t Play Basketball'

31 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In 1939, a Mexican-American high school basketball team shocked the world. Basketball, at the time, was considered a white man's game. Until Lanier Hi...

Understanding 'LatinoLand' With Marie Arana

26 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

“Latinos are not a monolith” is something we hear whenever politicians want to court Latino voters, and no one understands the nuances of this com...

A Vengeful Return

24 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Trump has been sworn in as the 47th president of the United States, signing sweeping executive orders targeting climate, trans rights and immig...

LA on Fire and in Solidarity

19 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Latino USA, listen to those directly impacted by the devastating wildfires across Los Angeles County, where at least 25 people have died,...

Indigenous Science With Jessica Hernandez

17 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As a Zapotec and Maya Ch’orti’ environmental scientist, Dr. Jessica Hernandez has always found academia to be a hostile place. She had looked forw...

Hombre: Understanding Latino Men ft. Chuck Rocha

12 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Much has been said about Latino men after the presidential election, but a lot of it lacks context. In order to deepen our understanding of Latino man...

'One Hundred Years of Solitude' on Screen

10 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Netflix has brought Gabriel García Márquez’s iconic novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude" to life with a two-part limited series spanning over 16 ...

Nacho's Special

05 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Nachos: They’re one of the most popular snack foods in the United States, and the name is instantly recognizable worldwide. Bright yellow nacho chee...

iLe on Song and Protest

03 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Ileana Cabra — known by her stage name, iLe — music has always been a way to reflect and comment on the world a...

If They Kill Me

29 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On May 3, 2017, a young woman was found dead on the campus of a prestigious university in Mexico City. Soon after the Mexico City Attorney General's o...

Spain’s Pact to Forget

27 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Filmed over six years, "The Silence of Others" reveals how survivors and their families have struggled to cope in the aftermath of Spain’s 40-year d...

Reservations

22 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Yakama Indian Reservation in Eastern Washington is home to 11,000 Native Americans and almost three times as many Latinos. Over recent decades, th...

The Return

20 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Javier Zamora was nine years-old when he made the journey from El Salvador to the U.S.-Mexico border. Last year, nearly 20 years later, he returned to...

Natasha Alford on Growing Up 'American Negra'

15 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Natasha S. Alford has always been three things: Black, Latina and an overachiever. Weeks after a historic presidential election, Maria Hinojosa and Na...

An All-American Tragedy

13 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week Latino USA brings you an episode of the In The Thick podcast.ITT hosts Maria Hinojosa and Paola Ramos are joined by NBC News correspondent J...

The Border Has Eyes

08 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The “virtual wall” across the U.S.-Mexico border is made up of things like drones, sensors, cameras and… surveillance towers.Both Democrats and ...

The Burden: Avenger

06 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week Latino USA brings you an episode of the The Burden: Avengers podcast.Miriam Lewin is one of Argentina’s leading journalists today. At age ...

Portrait Of: Immortal Technique

01 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Felipe Coronel, aka Immortal Technique, is a legendary underground hip-hop artist known for his skills on the mic and his raw, highly political lyrics...

Portrait Of: ‘Taina’ and the Love of Nostalgia TV

29 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In 2001, Nickelodeon started airing "Taina," a show about a Latina teen who attends a performing arts high school in NYC and daydreams of being a star...

The Dream 9

24 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

With DACA and the Dreamers poised to be back in the center of the national conversation, Latino USA revisits this episode about what it means to be yo...

Fixing Immigration

22 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week Latino USA brings you an episode of Future Hindsight.Host Mila Atmos is joined by Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, the Policy Director at the America...

More Than A Friendship: An Intimate Conversation With Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal

17 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Maria Hinojosa sits down with award-winning Mexican actors Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal to talk about their latest projects together—"La Máqu...

Becoming Paloma: A Young Woman’s Transition Journey

15 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When Paloma, a second-generation Mexican-American trans woman, was attending Maria Hinojosa’s class at Barnard College, she was using they/them pron...

Unpacking American Extremism

14 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A week after the re-election of Donald Trump, Maria Hinojosa is joined by ITT all-stars Imara Jones, journalist and founder of Translash Media, and Ka...

The Tenant Association

12 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Latino USA brings you the first episode of The Tenant Association, produced by Los Angeles Public Press. The series follows a group of ten...

Trump Is Back, Now What?

08 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

To cap off our 2024 election coverage, The Latino Factor: How We Vote, Latino USA teamed up with Futuro Media’s political podcast In The Thick to br...

Going Viral: How Influencers Are Impacting the Battle Over Young Latino Voters

03 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Since 1986, there has been an enduring 26-point gap in youth voter turnout in presidential elections. And as the Latine population continues to grow i...

Latino USA Presents: The Voter Suppression Playbook

01 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In The Thick hosts Maria Hinojosa and Paola Ramos are joined by LaTosha Brown, co-founder of Black Voters Matter, and Frankie Miranda, president and C...

The Misinformation Web

27 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The 2024 presidential election has seen a rise in Spanish-language misinformation and in the content creators making a living by pushing out false con...

Latino USA Presents: The Rise of the Latino Far Right

25 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week Latino USA shares an episode of The In Thick podcast.Maria is joined by co-host Paola Ramos, author of “Defectors: The Rise of the Latino ...

38 Years for a Double Life

24 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Latino USA shares the conclusion of Futuro Investigates podcast series USA v. García Luna. The day finally arrived. Genaro García Luna, o...

From Cuba to New York and Around the World With Paquito D’Rivera

20 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ever since he can remember, music has been part of Paquito D’Rivera’s life. The 76-year old jazz pioneer has played on stages across the world and...

Azul, The Musical: Bringing Spanglish on Stage

18 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Argentinian composer and guitarist Jacinta Clusellas didn’t expect that she would end up writing musicals when she moved to the United States to stu...

The Movement For Indigenous Peoples’ Day

13 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the U.S., Columbus Day is a federal holiday in honor of the Italian navigator Christopher Columbus—and it’s a day of Italian-American celebrati...

Spanish as a First Language

11 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Being a new parent comes with a series of challenges—one being the decision whether or not to teach your child a second language. Latino USA explore...

Elián, Part Two: The Ultimatum

06 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

After Elián’s rescue he was released to relatives in Miami. Just a day later the Cuban government sent a note: the boy’s father and Fidel Castro ...

The Elián González Saga, Revisited

04 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It was Thanksgiving of 1999 when two Florida fishermen rescued a little boy from the sea. His name was Elián González—a Cuban 5-year-old who had s...

The Diary of an ‘Undesirable’

29 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In 1945, 20-year-old Anthony Acevedo was held in captivity with other American soldiers inside a Nazi concentration camp called Berga. There, the sold...

Portrait Of: Rubén Blades

27 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Rubén Blades is a singer, songwriter, actor, lawyer, and politician, born in Panama and a New Yorker since 1974. After four decades in the public eye...

Journalist Roundtable: Unlocking the Latino Vote

22 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A few weeks from the November 2024, Maria Hinojosa brings together three super-star Latino journalists for a roundtable; John Quiñones, Maria Elena S...

Ernesto Londoño’s Journey Into Psychedelics

20 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ernesto Londoño is a national correspondent with The New York Times, where he covers the U.S. midwest. He’s also the author of a new book named “...

Decoding the Debate

17 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Latino USA brings you the launch of In The Thick’s new popup season—to help you break down this unprecedented political moment and what it means f...

The Taco Index: Inflation and the Latino Vote

15 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In recent years, rising grocery prices have shocked many of us, changing how we discuss inflation. For economists, inflation measures how quickly pric...

The Literary Phenomenon of Irene Vallejo

13 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Irene Vallejo never imagined she would become a global literary sensation. In 2019, the Spanish author and academic published an essay about a somewha...

The Moving Border: Part Two, The South

08 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In Part 2 of The Moving Border, we visit Tapachula, Mexico in search of a young man whose life is in danger and we find a new frontier where refugees ...

How I Made It: Making Movies

06 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Making Movies is a band based out of Kansas City, Missouri that mixes Afro-Latino rhythms and psychedelic rock’n'roll. The group members have roots ...

The Moving Border: Part One, The North

01 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this 2-part investigation, The Moving Border from Latino USA delves into the increasing pressure put on refugees seeking safety in the United State...

How I Made It: From Med School Student To Cimafunk

30 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It was only a few years ago that Erik Rodriguez was attending medical school in his native Cuba, following his family of careerists’ footsteps. But ...

Guns, Latinos and the 2024 Election

25 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Gun violence is a top voting issue for Latinos and Latinas this election cycle. So to explore how Latines are thinking about the topic, we traveled to...

How I Made It: Draco Rosa

23 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Puerto Rican singer and songwriter Draco Rosa just released a new album, "Monte Sagrado," after several years without sharing a new collection of ...

The Spillover: How the Texas Abortion Ban Shook Up Eastern New Mexico

18 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

After Texas passed a six-week abortion ban and Roe v. Wade was overturned, many abortion clinics had to close in the Lone Star state. Some providers c...

Imperfect Paradise: Return to Mexico

16 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week Latino USA shares an episode from the podcast "Imperfect Paradise: Return to Mexico," from LAist. In 2011, Daniel Zamora took a road trip t...

The Mortgage Wall

11 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Mortgage Wall is a special episode by Futuro Investigates in collaboration with Latino USA. As housing has become one of the top five concerns for...

Daymé Arocena: Straight Outta Havana

09 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Daymé Arocena is a Cuban singer, songwriter and composer who left the island looking for artistic freedom. Arocena has been described as one of the m...

The Battle Over Chavez Ravine

04 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Vicente Montalvo's grandparents grew up and fell in love in Palo Verde, one of the neighborhoods that make up a community known as Chavez Ravine. In t...

How I Made It: Alaska, on an LGBTQ Anthem en Español

02 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Alaska is a Mexican-born singer from Spain with one of the most definitive LGBTQ Spanish anthems: "¿A quién le importa?" by the duo Alaska y Dinaram...

In Conversation With Kamala Harris

28 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As Vice President Kamala Harris ascends as the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate this November, we revisit Maria Hinojosa’s sit-down 202...

Corruption in Venezuela: Journalist Roberto Deniz and the U.S. Factor

26 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Roberto Deniz is a Venezuelan investigative journalist whose work has uncovered widespread corruption in Nicolás Maduro’s government.With the elect...

More Than a Meme: Astrology Today With Isa Nakazawa

21 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Many of us grew up flipping to the horoscope section in magazines or waited for that weekly hit with celebrity astrologer Walter Mercado—or maybe yo...

Ruth Behar: The Dancing Anthropologist

19 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Anthropologist Ruth Behar is a groundbreaking scholar who also delights in salsa dancing.Born in Cuba to a Jewish family, Ruth draws from her heritage...

My Divo: Juárez and Its Secrets

14 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today, Latino USA shares episode 2 of the "My Divo" podcast.Get in, we’re going clubbing in Juárez! It’s going to be glitzy, it’s going to be g...

Introducing: My Divo

12 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Latino USA shares an episode of the "My Divo" podcast.For host Maria Garcia, Mexican megastar Juan Gabriel has always held a singular allur...