Should Latinos Be Considered a Race?

Should Latinos Be Considered a Race?

Victor Landa March 27, 2023

In January, the Office of Management and Budget posted notice of proposed changes to the federal government’s standards for collecting data on race and ethnicity. On the past five censuses, […]

Racial equity news coverage of Latinos is lacking, a new study finds

Victor Landa March 20, 2023

Latinos are barely part of the conversation in newspapers and online media outlets covering the issue of racial equity and racism, a new study has found. Only about 6% of […]

Advocates worry vaccines will be out of reach for Black and Hispanic neighborhoods devastated by COVID-19

Victor Landa January 11, 2021

COVID-19 has been disproportionately deadly for communities of color in Texas. And advocates for those communities are worried that they will have more trouble accessing vaccinations than the white population […]

When COVID Info Doesn’t Reach Everyone, These Trusted Messengers Step Up To Help In Hard-Hit Latino Communities

Victor Landa January 5, 2021

A silver van pulls up to a coronavirus testing site in the parking lot of La Familia, a daycare and family services center in Fort Collins. Cristina Diaz and her […]

NBC calls Tom Brokaw’s assimilation comments ‘inaccurate and inappropriate’

Victor Landa January 29, 2019

New York (CNN Business) – NBC News, facing mounting backlash stemming from former “NBC Nightly News” anchor Tom Brokaw‘s comments that Hispanics should “work harder at assimilation” into American culture, distanced […]

The effort to undermine minority voting

Victor Landa October 1, 2018

I see a clear method to the apparent madness of Texas redistricting. I fear that Texas is moving toward redistricting based on voter population only — disadvantaging minority voting — […]

Declining white population is spawning fears, bias

Victor Landa July 23, 2018

Over the last three decades, demographers have told us that there would come a day when the declining white population would become less than half of the U.S. population. The […]

2018: a year for the Latino Vote

Victor Landa January 8, 2018

We have said it before: being a minority does not mean being powerlessness, especially when a large part of the outcome of an election could be transformed thanks to the mass […]

New Poll Reveals One in Three Latinos Have Faced Discrimination In The U.S.

Victor Landa November 13, 2017

National Public Radio (NPR) has been working on a project called “You, Me and Them: Experiencing Discrimination In America.” Partnering alongside the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School […]

Latinos are disproportionately affected by asthma, and Trump’s policies are making it worse

Victor Landa September 6, 2017

Many Americans live where it is unsafe to breathe. About 40% of the U.S. population — more than 126 million people — live in areas that do not comply with national ambient […]