By Hansi Lo Wang, NPR The 2020 census continued a longstanding trend of undercounting Black people, Latinos and Native Americans, while overcounting people who identified as white and not Latino, according to estimates from a report the U.S. Census Bureau released. Latinos — with a net undercount rate of 4.99% — were left out of […]
By Eileen Grench and Jessica Washington, The Fuller Project, THE CITY When Marilyn Mendoza took over as the education justice organizer with Make the Road in Jackson Heights three years ago, she noticed that many of the Latina immigrant mothers in her parent group Comité de Padres en Acción craved a safe place to vent. […]
City Council Member Carlina Rivera and Mayoral candidate Eric Adams at rally for Adams with Latino leaders at Grand Slam Banquet Hall. – – October 13, 2021 (Shutterstock) By City and State NY Every year at the SOMOS conference, leaders from across New York come together to exchange ideas about the challenges Latinos face and […]