Shannon Heffernan’s work focuses on prisons and jails across the U.S., sexual and gender-based violence, immigration and ...

At the end of 2019, newsrooms across the United States were sent a book for review: American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins. The book has a white jacket cover featuring blue birds, reminiscent of traditional ...

Many Latinos grew up listening to the story of La Llorona, but a lesser-known story is that of La Lechuza—the witch who, through magic, can turn herself into giant white owls. But in Texas’ Rio Grande ...

In a special two-part radio series, NPR’s Latino USA investigates the unusual death of a man in an U.S. immigrant detention center, and what his death tells us about conditions —especially mental ...

Artist and singer Kali Uchis was born in Virginia to Colombian immigrant parents. When she was four or five years old, her family moved back to Colombia. She spent several years living in a small town ...

On May 5, 1993, the first episode of Latino USA aired on more than 50 public radio stations across the country. Today, we are celebrating 30 Years of Latino USA with something we’ve never done before: ...

In this two-part investigation, we look into Los Angeles County’s Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), the largest child welfare agency in the U.S., and what happens when the system that ...

The thousands of Central American and Mexican children that have come to the US border in the past few years are not getting here on their own. Here are the 10 things you need to know about so-called ...

In 2015, Teresa Matías joined Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Huntsville, Alabama. Holy Spirit is the only Catholic church in the area that provides a service in Spanish, and it’s where a majority of ...