The thousands of Central American and Mexican children that have come to the US border in the past few years are not getting here on their own. Here are the 10 things you need to know about so-called ...

Many Latinos grew up listening to the story of La Llorona, but a lesser-known story is that of La Lechuza—the witch who, through magic, can turn herself into giant white owls. But in Texas’ Rio Grande ...

In this two-part investigation, we look into Los Angeles County’s Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), the largest child welfare agency in the U.S., and what happens when the system that ...

Café de olla is a drink steeped in Mexican history. During the early days of the Mexican Revolution in 1910, soldaderas, also known as adelitas, supported soldiers by cooking, cleaning and setting up ...

On May 5, 1993, the first episode of Latino USA aired on more than 50 public radio stations across the country. Today, we are celebrating 30 Years of Latino USA with something we’ve never done before: ...

In the 1960s and 1970s, a group of poets in New York City created a movement. As New Yorkers of Puerto Rican descent, they called themselves the Nuyorican poets, reclaiming a word once used as a slur ...

Artist and singer Kali Uchis was born in Virginia to Colombian immigrant parents. When she was four or five years old, her family moved back to Colombia. She spent several years living in a small town ...

My manners: we haven’t properly been introduced! My name is Gustavo Arellano, and if you’ve heard of me at all, it’s probably because —take your pick— I was editor of OC Weekly/I wrote the syndicated ...

For most of his second term, President Barack Obama was nicknamed the “Deporter-in-Chief” because of the high number of deportations under his watch. Now, as he leaves the White House, he walks away ...