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Hispanic Heritage Month
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.

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

Oct 15, 2021
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.
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Hispanic Heritage Month
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.

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

Sep 17, 2021
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.
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COVID Concerns Limit Access At The Legislature

Apr 22, 2021

Lawmakers had to pass a lot of bills ahead of a legislative deadline on Tuesday.

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Coronavirus Updates
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is urging New Yorkers to get the COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available to them. "This is not only an individual responsibility; it is a community obligation," he said.

Cuomo Won't Get Vaccine Until His Group's Turn In Black, Hispanic, Poor Communities

Jan 04, 2021
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said testing for COVID-19 was more readily available in richer, whiter communities in the state. He added: "This can't happen again, and it can't happen with this vaccine."
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Politics
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.

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

Oct 25, 2020
"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.
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America Reckons With Racial Injustice

Latinx Is A Term Many Still Can't Embrace

Oct 01, 2020
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.
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Race and Racism
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As LatinX In Nevada Grows, So Do Racial Challenges

Dec 30, 2020

(Editor's note: This discussion originally aired Sept. 3, 2020.)

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Code Switch
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'Hispanic,' 'Latino,' or 'Latinx'? Survey Says...

Aug 11, 2020
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.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
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.

Extended Families Living Together Raise Risks For COVID-19 Transmission

Aug 08, 2020
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.
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Shots - Health News
The industrial complex in Carthage where many Latinx residents work is a half-mile walk from the town square.

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

Aug 01, 2020
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.
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UNLV's Latinx Voices: Jocelyn Cortez, Immigration Attorney

Apr 08, 2019

UNLV's Special Collections has

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UNLV's Latinx Voices: Javier Barajas And Eddie Escobedo, Jr

Apr 05, 2019

It is the stories of a community that really make it a community, which is why the UNLV Special Collections has been working for years to collect and save those stories through its Oral History pro

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Race
Kerrilyn Gibson designed prototypes for an Afro hair emoji.

One Woman Wants To Create This: *Insert Afro Emoji Here*

Mar 31, 2019
Writer Rhianna Jones is petitioning the Unicode Consortium for an emoji of a person with an Afro.
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Code Switch
Change your name, change your life?

What's In A (Hispanic-Sounding) Surname? We Gave Our Advice. Here's Yours

Sep 17, 2017
Last week, Ask Code Switch heard from a woman who was considering trading her white-sounding last name for her boyfriend's Latino one. Here's a roundup of the best advice we got from our readers.
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Code Switch
Marangely Valdes said ten of her friends were killed in Sunday's shooting at the Pulse nightclub.

Latinos At Home And Abroad Mourn After Orlando Shooting

Jun 16, 2016
Orlando's Latino community is coming together to help those affected by Sunday's shooting from afar.
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