Marcela Betancur: Improving policymakers’ understanding of the community’s needs

The Latino Policy Institute focuses in areas including education, economic equity, housing, health, and workforce development.

Factory Farm Pollution Can Be Seen From Space, Scientists Say

Study uses satellite data to document environmental inequities in North Carolina.

Local News Outlets Begin Next Phase of Engagement Reporting in Chicago suburb

College-aged journalists to help local newsrooms fill gaps in coverage of underreported communities with rigorously reported stories that uplift solutions and common ground.

Giving the Gift of a Smile: A Pediatrician’s Experience in Bolivia

While these mission trips bring hope, they also highlight the deeper issues of healthcare inequity.

Chicago death doula provides at-home, Spanish language services to Mexican American families

“No necesitas el lenguaje para tú enseñarle a otra persona que tú estás ahí, que ellos no están solos”, Bianchi said.

New bill would extend food benefits to undocumented Oregonians

Data shows hunger across Oregon has climbed in recent years, and Latino communities are disproportionately impacted.

Tracking Mass Deportation by the Numbers, Not Smoke and Mirrors

The White House apparently is flooding social media platforms with disinformation.

Preserving Latino Narratives of Resilience, Community, and Pride

150 years of Mexican history in Milwaukee

Chicago South Siders impacted by air pollution can help shape future environmental policy

"The Southwest Side and the Southeast Side are becoming the black lungs of the city’s infrastructure"

SJN: Embracing international students’ experiences, seeking solutions to common challenges

"We feel it is important to address current issues in order to highlight solutions that will help students and their mental health."

Los Amigos Books connects Chicago parents with Spanish stories

“If you know yourself and your culture and where you come from, you’re more sound of mind and comfortable with yourself and your own identity.”

Will Trump’s immigration crackdown be good or bad for the economy?

Sensationalized headlines about the small number of lawbreaking immigrants will not change the fact that entire industries, from construction and health care to agriculture, restaurants, and elder care, rely on immigrant labor, which accounts for anywhere from a quarter to half of certain occupations.

One faction in Congress DOES look like America

Hispanic and Latino House Dem’s are at 17 percent, compared to 19 percent in the U.S.

Seattle Public Schools’ Dual Language Education Programs Show Demographic Disparities

“We're still considering bilingual education as a privilege, not as a right,” the director of a language program said.

Tennessee Tech recruitment specialist honors immigrant family

'They came with nothing and gave me everything.'