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In August, a group of food industry participants including leading Hispanic supermarket chains Northgate Gonzalez and Vallarta Supermarkets announced the formation of the Latino Food Industry Association (LFIA). LFIA is a trade group that will represent the interests of Hispanic food sellers and purveyors, and promote their impact on the national economy. LFIA, based in […]

Juan Ortiz, 34, came to the U.S. illegally when he was just 18 years old from Mexico in order to try and help his family get out of poverty. He is now a naturalized citizen and a third-year general surgery medical resident at the Riverside University Health System’s Medical Center in Moreno Valley (RUHS-MC). His […]

President Trump’s decision in August to pardon Joe Arpaio, the former sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, for his conviction on criminal contempt of a federal court order that he refrain from detaining people based on their immigration status has been heavily criticized by various groups. Critics of the pardon view the move as a direct […]

According to USC’s annual “Inequality in 900 Popular Films” report, Latinos, the largest minority in the nation, and the largest racial or ethnic group in California and Los Angeles, are virtually disappearing from the big screen. The report claims that the film and television business, which is in the midst of taking more than $1.5 […]

In August, the University of California was awarded a nearly $14.7 million multi-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to study contributors to dementia in the Latino population in the United States. The multicenter study will examine the biological underpinnings of stroke, mild cognitive impairment, and Alzheimer’s disease among Hispanics. The study will pursue […]

According to a new study from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, the housing market collapse that started in 2006 and led to the deepest recession and worst financial crisis in generations had a disproportionate impact on minority communities that still hampers the ability of low-income households to fully participate in the economy. The […]

Actress and producer Zoe Saldana is launching a digital media company by the end of this year that will focus on empowering Latinos. The start-up, called BeSe, will create cultural storytelling targeting millennial and Generation Z audiences, for distribution across social and digital platforms. Saldana will serve as the founder and CEO of the company, […]

A study released in July by the Latino Donors Collaborative claims that Latinos are becoming an increasingly critical engine for America’s economic growth. The Latino Donors Collaborative is a nonpartisan association of Latino business, political, and academic leaders. According to the study, the 55 million Latinos living and working in the U.S. in 2015 were […]

There is a rising number of Latinos who are living homeless in Los Angeles. According to county reports, Latino homelessness shot up by 63 percent in the past year. Latinos delivered one of the sharpest rises in the homeless population and added more than 7,000 people to the surge. Officials believe that Los Angeles’ rising […]

According to an analysis of traffic stop data conducted by Stanford University researchers, police officers across the United States are more likely to cite, search and arrest black and Latino drivers during routine traffic stops than white drivers. The study was published in June and the findings are based on a nationwide database of state […]