Hispanics

House impeachment manager from Texas endorses Joe Biden

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is looking ahead to the critical Super Tuesday primary slate with a new endo...
13:30 19 February 2022

Klobuchar shifts on immigration before Nevada caucuses

LAS VEGAS — Democratic presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar says she no longer believes English should be the national language of the U.S., disavowin...
5:44 15 February 2022

In interview, Klobuchar, Steyer can’t name Mexican president

Democratic presidential hopefuls Amy Klobuchar and Tom Steyer were stumped when asked during a televised interview in Nevada to name the Mexican presi...
21:30 14 February 2022

Suit: District wrong to punish students over racist posts

SALINE, Mich. — Four students in a southeastern Michigan town sued their school district over discipline they received in the wake of racist social me...
17:07 12 February 2022

Confusion over what data schools can provide for 2020 Census

ORLANDO, Fla. — The U.S. Census Bureau this week starts its process of counting students living in college-run housing, but there's confusion over wha...
21:57 2 February 2022

Trump campaign tries robust outreach to expand his appeal

WASHINGTON — Selfies on a “Women for Trump” bus tour through Iowa. Volunteer training at a “Black Voices for Trump” organizing session in Philadelphia...
11:23 17 January 2022

Pence courts evangelical Latino voters in Florida

KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Marilyn Del Valle climbed to her feet at the Nacion de Fe church in Kissimmee on Thursday, clapping and taking photos as Vice Presid...
0:37 17 January 2022

Will Puerto Ricans new to Florida swing state to Democrats?

DAVENPORT, Fla. — When Martha Santiago moved to Polk County, Florida, from Puerto Rico in 1979 to teach in one of the county's first bilingual schools...
16:13 10 January 2022

Advocates warn citizenship, digital divide may affect Census

Leaders of advocacy groups warned lawmakers on Thursday that the fight over a failed citizenship question, the digital divide and the wording of quest...
21:44 9 January 2022

Gender gap opens among Hispanics who could be key in 2020

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5:08 23 December 2021

US Latinas need twice the time to match white male’s income

WASHINGTON — Government figures show that on average, Latinas in the United States are paid 54 cents for every dollar that a white, non-Hispanic male ...
0:29 20 November 2021

LA’s Gómez elected 1st Hispanic to lead US Catholic bishops

BALTIMORE — Archbishop José Gómez of Los Angeles, an immigrant from Mexico, overwhelmingly won election Tuesday as the first Hispanic to head the U.S....
15:24 12 November 2021

Hispanic immigrant in line to lead US Catholic bishops

Clergy sex abuse is once again on the agenda as U.S. Catholic bishops meet this week — but so is a potentially historic milestone: Los Angeles Archbis...
18:08 10 November 2021

Prosecutors charge man with hate crime in acid attack

MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee prosecutors on Wednesday charged a 61-year-old man with a hate crime for allegedly throwing battery acid on a Hispanic man's fac...
20:10 6 November 2021

Family says suspect in acid attack is veteran, suffered PTSD

MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee police arrested a man suspected of throwing battery acid on a Hispanic man who says his attacker asked him, "Why did you come he...
0:14 5 November 2021

Trump 2020 targeting Hispanic vote in nontraditional places

YORK, Pa. — President Donald Trump's reelection campaign is making contrarian appeals in the most unusual places, trying to win over Hispanic voters i...
5:05 23 October 2021