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News Articles: latinx

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders answers a question while taking part in a panel discussion during a Republican Governors Association conference, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, in Orlando, Fla.

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  • Politics

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is banning 'Latinx' from state documents

Huckabee Sanders argued in an executive order that the term, used to be inclusive of non-binary people, is "ethnically insensitive" and not commonly used by the Latino community.

January 13, 2023
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
With TikTok trends like "copy-paste Latinas", the standard for what a Latinx woman <em>could</em> or <em>should</em> look like is squeezed into a very narrow set of ideals.

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  • Pop Culture

How Latin identity became fodder for content

From TikTok trends to mainstream music, popular culture is embracing — and mimicking — Latinos, with some creators actually pretending to be Latinx for social cachet.

December 10, 2022
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By:
  • Manuela López Restrepo
Lin-Manuel Miranda speaks at a campaign event for Sen. Raphael Warnock on Oct. 19, 2022

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  • News

Lin-Manuel Miranda aims to energize Georgia’s Latino voters ahead of midterm elections

Lin-Manuel Miranda says his support of Georgia political candidates is rooted in commonalities rather than star power.

October 21, 2022
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By:
  • Kristi York Wooten
 During a community event held at Atlanta’s Rohan Law, former state Rep. Brenda Lopez Romero encouraged more Latinas to get involved in politics and law. She is a senior assistant district attorney in Gwinnett County and served in the Legislature from 2017-2020.

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  • News

Georgia’s Hispanic political power grows but survey finds those voters feel neglected

In the 2020 presidential election Hispanics demonstrated their power in Georgia when the growing ethnic group overwhelmingly supported Democrat Joe Biden over incumbent Donald Trump in a race decided by fewer than 12,000 votes. But heading into this November’s midterm election, Latino voters in Georgia say political parties and candidates are guilty of ignoring their concerns.

September 06, 2022
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
Yolanda López died on Sept. 3 of complications liver cancer. Her first museum solo show at the  Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego was delayed by a year due, in part, to the pandemic.

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  • Arts & Life

Yolanda López's first museum show opens Saturday, just weeks after the artist's death

The exhibit at San Diego's Museum of Contemporary Art will include 50 of the artist's pieces, including the Virgen de Guadalupe triptych which remains one of López's best known works.

October 15, 2021
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
As the nation begins its annual celebration of Latino history, culture and other achievements, it's not too late to ask why we lump together roughly 62 million people with complex identities under a single umbrella.

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  • Race

Yes, We're Calling It Hispanic Heritage Month And We Know It Makes Some Of You Cringe

Opinions around the word Hispanic versus Latino or the newer Latinx are rooted in personal experiences. Here's a look at how more than 62 million people in the U.S. fall under the Hispanic umbrella.

September 17, 2021
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is urging New Yorkers to get the COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available to them. He says between 70% and 90% of New Yorkers need to be vaccinated for the vaccine to be effective.

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  • Race

Gov. Cuomo Says N.Y. Is 4th State To Find A Variant Coronavirus Case

Cuomo says the patient is recovering. The governor also pledged not to receive the vaccine until Black, Hispanic and poor people do.

January 04, 2021
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By:
  • Brakkton Booker and
  • Laurel Wamsley
Volunteer Esmeralda Raymond gets a roll of "I Voted" stickers ready at a polling site in Las Vegas on the first day of in-person early voting on Oct. 17.

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  • Politics

Election 2020: Latinx Women's Vote Could Affect The Outcome

"It's the dehumanizing rhetoric President Trump uses when referring to immigrants" that drove Lourdes Vázquez to become a U.S. citizen and to vote in this election for the first time, she says.

October 25, 2020
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By:
  • Marisa Peñaloza
GPB News NPR

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  • Race

Latinx Is A Term Many Still Can't Embrace

People born or descended from Spanish-speaking nations are still debating if any of the ethnic labels used to identify them in the United States feel right.

October 01, 2020
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By:
  • Marisa Peñaloza
The flags of the Organization of American States (OAS)

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  • Race

'Hispanic,' 'Latino,' Or 'Latinx'? Survey Says ...

New research shows "Latinx" hasn't really caught on among U.S. adults in that heritage group: While one in four have heard of the term, only 3% use it.

August 12, 2020
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  • Shereen Marisol Meraji
Maria Hernandez (top row, second from left) and her extended family live together in Los Angeles. When she was diagnosed with the coronavirus, she self-isolated in an upstairs bedroom.

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  • Health

Extended Families Living Together Raise Risks For COVID-19 Transmission

Public health experts are concerned about the spread of the coronavirus within multigenerational households. Families of color tend to live in such households more than white families.

August 08, 2020
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By:
  • Elly Yu
GPB News NPR

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  • Health

In Rural Missouri, Latinx Communities Learn To Contain And Cope With The Coronavirus

Rural Carthage, Mo., is home to a growing community of Latin American immigrants. Language barriers and economic stress have made it harder to slow the spread of COVID-19.

August 01, 2020
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By:
  • Sebastián Martínez Valdivia
'La Choloteca' DJ Wendy Noreña prepares a playlist for the night.  The party attracts members of the Latinx community from around the Atlanta metro area.

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  • Latin America

'La Choloteca' Celebrates The Diversity Within Atlanta's Burgeoning Latinx Community

La Choloteca is not just any dance party. What began as a simple idea between friends in late 2016 has grown into a monthly gathering spot for Georgia's...

January 24, 2020
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By:
  • Pria Mahadevan

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