Latino USA

Futuro Media and PRX

4.7 (7)
SOCIETY & CULTURE
UPDATED TWICE WEEKLY

Latino USA offers insight into the lived experiences of Latino communities and is a window on the current and merging cultural, political and social ideas impacting Latinos and the nation.

7 HR AGO

Becoming Paloma: A Young Woman’s Transition Journey

When Paloma, a second-generation Mexican-American trans woman, was attending Maria Hinojosa’s class at Barnard College, she was using they/them pronouns. Back then, she was downcast and barely spoke a word. Years later, Maria started seeing Paloma’s social media posts as a fabulous and outgoing drag performer. How did that happen? In this episode, we follow Paloma in her journey to womanhood—a journey that started in her family home in the Bay Area and continues today, after months of Hormone Replacement Treatment (HRT). Follow us on TikTok and YouTube. Subscribe to our newsletter by going to the top of our homepage.

25 min
14 HR AGO

Unpacking American Extremism

A week after the re-election of Donald Trump, Maria Hinojosa is joined by ITT all-stars Imara Jones, journalist and founder of Translash Media, and Karen Attiah, Washington Post Opinion columnist. They dive into the far-reaching implications of Trump’s victory for our communities and what it means for the future of American democracy. Follow us on TikTok and YouTube. Subscribe to our newsletter by going to the top of our homepage.

32 min
3 DAYS AGO

The Tenant Association

This week, Latino USA brings you the first episode of The Tenant Association, produced by Los Angeles Public Press. The series follows a group of tenants who came together and fought back against their landlord. It’s a story about neighbors—elderly, young, immigrant, working class renters. Many of them are Latine and Asian and had lived for decades in an apartment complex in LA’s Chinatown. Until they got a rent increase that was basically an eviction notice… and decided to fight to stay in their homes. They’ve become a political force to be reckoned with, and changed what we think is possible for renters in Los Angeles. The tenants of Hillside Villa have been fighting for six years, and they’re not done. You can follow and subscribe to the series here.

25 min
8 NOV

Trump Is Back, Now What?

To cap off our 2024 election coverage, The Latino Factor: How We Vote, Latino USA teamed up with Futuro Media’s political podcast In The Thick to bring you a special episode. In the election that many Americans said was “the most important of their lifetimes,” Maria Hinojosa spends the day speaking to voters, students, journalists and movement leaders across the country. Later Maria is joined by journalists Paola Ramos, Jean Guerrero and Jamil Smith to unpack why Trump won the elections—including the popular vote—with increased support from Latinos. This story is part of our special election coverage: The Latino Factor: How We Vote. Follow us on TikTok and YouTube. Subscribe to our newsletter by going to the top of our homepage.

50 min
3 NOV

Going Viral: How Influencers Are Impacting the Battle Over Young Latino Voters

Since 1986, there has been an enduring 26-point gap in youth voter turnout in presidential elections. And as the Latine population continues to grow in the US, they are making up a large portion of new young eligible voters. So, in this election, both parties aggressively courted young Latinos for their votes. We follow two young Latinos who have been hand-picked by the parties to get out the youth vote, on the ground– in battleground states and all over social media. This story is part of our special election coverage: The Latino Factor: How We Vote. Follow us on TikTok and YouTube. Subscribe to our newsletter by going to the top of our homepage.

36 min
1 NOV

Latino USA Presents: The Voter Suppression Playbook

In The Thick hosts Maria Hinojosa and Paola Ramos are joined by LaTosha Brown, co-founder of Black Voters Matter, and Frankie Miranda, president and CEO of the Hispanic Federation to discuss voter suppression in Black and Latino communities. They break down the legal, social and political methods being used by the far-right and reveal how these misunderstood voting blocs could decide the outcome of the 2024 election. Follow us on TikTok and YouTube. Subscribe to our newsletter by going to the top of our homepage.

30 min
27 OCT

The Misinformation Web

The 2024 presidential election has seen a rise in Spanish-language misinformation and in the content creators making a living by pushing out false content. For months, Futuro Investigates in collaboration with Latino USA, tracked how lies and conspiracies about the election and the candidates that originated in English soon found their way to Spanish-speaking audiences, amid the expanded monetization of tech platforms and the rise of technologies like AI. We meet face to face with social media influencers pushing out misinformation in Spanish, and with the experts combating it. This story is part of our ongoing election coverage “The Latino Factor: How We Vote.” Follow us on TikTok and YouTube. Subscribe to our newsletter by going to the top of our homepage.

55 min
25 OCT

Latino USA Presents: The Rise of the Latino Far Right

This week Latino USA shares an episode of The In Thick podcast. Maria is joined by co-host Paola Ramos, author of “Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America,” to examine the growing support for extremism in America and why Latinos can be especially susceptible to far-right ideologies. Follow us on TikTok and YouTube. Subscribe to our newsletter by going to the top of our homepage.

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Maria Hinojosa

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7 Ratings

Me encanta escucharlos

01/04/2019

laurabdr

Es uno de los mejores Podcast que te conecta realmente con la historia de nuestra Lationoamérica y de todos las personas que han migrado a Los Estados Unidos, porque... ¿Quién en Latinoamérica no tiene un familiar o un conocido que se haya ido a vivir el sueño Americano? Gracias por hacerme sentir tan lindos sentimientos y orgullo con cada una de sus historias. Un abrazo desde Colombia.
Identity

06/07/2015

Ximena0121

It’s so great to see something I can identify with as a hispanic american. i grew up in the US and the code-switching (Spanglish) used in this podcast is like the way I think. I love it.

Latino USA offers insight into the lived experiences of Latino communities and is a window on the current and merging cultural, political and social ideas impacting Latinos and the nation.