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With Hispanic Heritage Month currently underway, and this year’s awards season just clearing its throat, it’s worth examining the contributions that Latinos have made in the industry. More importantly, how those contributions have been interpreted with the Academy in its 92-year history. While it’s easy to point out the many…
As schools across the country are back in session in largely remote or hybrid learning settings, coupled parents and single parents once again need to meet the education and care needs of their school-age children. Women whether furloughed from their jobs or on telework status due to the pandemic contributed an…
Acclaimed Broadway Latino star Caesar Samayoa remembers the theater before coronavirus. Like many Americans, Samayoa noticed small changes occurring at his job beginning last March. Performing in the Broadway musical, Come From Away, Samayoa recalled that, one day, hand sanitizers appeared backstage, Then we were told that we couldnt have…
After a summer of racial unrest and protest on a scale not witnessed since the civil rights era, four prominent art museums have decided to postpone an exhibition that, depending on who is asked, would either exacerbate tensions or deepen understanding of the societal problem of systemic injustice. Last week,…
The LatinxPitch for Kid Lit group just held their first Twitter event where writers and illustrators pitched ideas. Illustration by Tatiana Gardel/www.tatianagardel.com Children don’t often get to read stories by or about Latinos. The American book publishing industry remains overwhelmingly white, according to the Cooperative Children’s Book Center, which found…
Elaine Montilla is the founder of 5xminority, a TEDx Speaker, and the Assistant Vice President and CIO for IT at the Graduate Center, CUNY. getty According to Catalyst, employee resource groups (ERGs) are “voluntary, employee-led groups that foster a diverse, inclusive workplace aligned with organizational mission, values, goals, business practices, and objectives.” ERGs…
Judy Heumann is one of the leading advocates of the disability-rights movement in the U.S. In addition to being the former special adviser on International Disability Rights for the U.S. under the Obama administration, shes also one of the stars of Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution, a documentary film about…
This profile is part of our series Quiénes Somos, which focuses on nine amazing and original creators in the Latinx community. You can read more by visiting our Latinx Heritage Month homepage. Artist Natacha Bustos quiet activism comes in the form of Moon Girl. Bustos is the illustrator behind the…
Presented by Amazon DRIVING THE DAY HAPPY SUNDAY. A HANDFUL OF NEW BIG POLLS this morning, 37 DAYS out from Election Day: — WAPO/ABC: JOE BIDEN is leading DONALD TRUMP 53-43 among registered voters, and 54-44 among likely voters. WaPos Dan Balz and Emily Guskin with more ABCS @rickklein: Clinton…
COVID-19 widespread testing is crucial to fighting the pandemic, but is there enough testing? The answer is in the positivity rates. USA TODAY Americans have a long way to go for “herd immunity” given that only about 9% of adults in the U.S. have been exposed to COVID-19. That’s according…
