President Evo Morales arrived in Mexico on Tuesday after accepting Mexico’s offer of political asylum. His resignation on Tuesday comes after months of political unrest unfolding in Bolivia after the October 20 election, in which ...
Today, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments over whether Trump was justified in seeking to end one of Obama’s landmark executive orders. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) was a program established in 2012 under ...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art will celebrate its 150th anniversary with a fashion retrospective spanning the past century-and-a-half using 160 pieces of women’s clothing. Most of the showcase will be comprised of the museum’s holdings, ...
Earlier this week Julián Castro graced the soundstage of the Daily Show with Trevor Noah and delivered his best on-air interview yet. He announced that his campaign was financially healthy—having met their fundraising goals—and dug ...
The president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, has resigned. The decision comes after the president faced backlash over the highly disputed election of October 20th, 2019. The Organization of American States conducted an audit of the ...
The number of hate crimes carried out against immigrants is rising in the United States. Recently, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that Clifton A. Blackwell was charged with first-degree reckless injury and use of a ...
Growing up in Chile in the 1990’s, we all heard our parents tell stories about the horrible things that had happened before we were born, during the seventeen years in which Pinochet’s dictatorship ruled our ...
Humberto Leon, Co-Founder and Creative Director of fashion line Opening Ceremony, released a series of photos on Instagram earlier this week titled “The Familia: A Portrait Series.” The shots are part of Opening Ceremony’s Spring ...
Canadian singer and songwriter Jessie Reyez has been making waves in the media with her new music video “Far Away.” The video features two lovers who are brutally separated by I.C.E. In this interview with ...
With the 2020 Election officially less than one year away, the undecided voters have been a recent topic of conversation. Three insider polls were orchestrated on September 25-26, October 3-4, and October 16-17. The results? ...
The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery has been holding it’s Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition since 2006. For the first time in its existence, a LatinX artist has won the competition. Hugo Crosthwaite’s animated work titled, “A ...
As of Tuesday’s elections, Regina Romero made history by becoming the first female and Latina mayor of Tuscon, Arizona. The historic win, which captured at least 53% of the votes, comes after her previously beating ...
A Mormon family driving between Sonora and Chihuahua were killed in a deadly massacre carried out by local criminals on Monday. Nine lives were lost during the attack, including three women and six children, all ...
Sen. Bernie Sanders was featured on DESUS & MERO this week where he discussed his recently proposed marijuana legalization plan. According to the plan, within 100 days in office Sanders would appoint a new attorney ...
YOU MIGHT HAVE AN ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 5TH IF YOU LIVE IN THE FOLLOWING STATES! Some of these are statewide and some are county specific, so follow this link here to find out! Alabama Arkansa ...
There is a lower age limit for US Presidents, so why not an upper one? A candidate for President must be at least 35 years old. This rule has been around since 1789. The idea ...
Another fight has begun over making it easy for people to vote. Mobile polling places are often set up so people can vote early, and are often at or near college campuses. This makes it ...
Activists gathered at the Museum of Modern Art’s grand reopening in New York this past week. Their protest called for the removal of Steven Tananbaum from MoMA’s board. The group says that Tananbaum owns $2.5 ...
The House of Representatives passed a resolution to to formalize the Trump impeachment inquiry yesterday. The vote breaks down to 232 yays and 196 nays. For the full breakdown, see below: All Democrats voted in ...
“Chiquita no me digas,” (Don’t call me little girl) Ofelia Fernández told a pundit during a heated televised debate in late 2017, demonstrating her strength and potential from the start of her young career. That ...
Before the news officially broke, speculation swirled surrounding the status of celebrity couple, Maluma and Natalia Barulich. Fans took note that the oft-socially-gushy duo had not posted together in about a month. During the couple’s ...
Latinx singer Luis Fonsi was honored with the SOMOS Humanitarian Award from the AIDS Healthcare Foundation at its fifth annual SOMOS Gala held in Miami last weekend. The award acknowledges Fonsi’s philanthropic works with St. ...
Earlier this week, administration officials granted thousands of Salvadorans Temporary Protected Status (TPS) extensions. With TPS, recipients are safe from deportation and have the right to work in the U.S. The New York Times estimates ...
The Taubman-Osuna debacle from last week has carried with it a dark cloud that now looms over all of Major League Baseball. The original incident occurred the night of Astros’ decisive win against the New ...
Moments of achievement are often rife with self-doubt. Particularly for those who have defied tremendous odds to represent a minuscule percentage of minorities in arenas of high acclaim and success. Recently, award-winning author Reyna Grande ...
The Unicode Consortium, a non-profit organization in charge of standardizing emojis, recently received a proposal from Apple asking for 13 additional emojis that include the disabled demographic. “One in seven people around the world has ...
You may have heard of the “Green New Deal” from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Bernie Sanders, and others. But did you know that there are many Green New Deals out there, with different plans? We’re gonna dive ...
Center-left candidate Alberto Fernández defeated Argentine President Mauricio Macri in a close race on election night this past Sunday. It’s a relief to many Argentinians, who have highly contested against Macri’s financial plans with the ...
Claudia López became an overnight sensation after being elected as Bogota’s first female and lesbian mayor on Sunday. López beat out runner-up Carlos Galán by 2.3% with over 1.1 million votes, marking a significant victory ...
If your dream was to travel to Cuba this year, do it now, because the clock is ticking. The Department of Transportation announced last Friday that flights and cruise ships traveling any Cuban city except ...