Don Lupe had been living in the U.S. for 27 years when he was detained by ICE agents during a worksite raid in New Jersey. Then his family fought to have him freed.

Jorge and Paola Ramos talk about press neutrality, human rights, and Latino voters reconsidering the American dream under Trump.

Latina actress Judy Reyes talks about her Hollywood journey, government censorship, ICE raids, and immigration crackdowns in Los Angeles.

We travel to Half Moon Bay, where an unconventional music program is helping farmworkers victims of a shooting heal from their deepest wounds through the keys and wails of the accordion.

She was in labor, fainted, and woke up in handcuffs. In El Salvador, nearly 200 women have been incarcerated in the last 26 years after having obstetric emergencies, like miscarriages and stillbirths....

We talk to actresses Florencia Cuenca and Tatianna Córdoba about the rise and fall of “Real Women Have Curves,” the musical, and what it tells us about Latinidad on Broadway.

Carbon capture promises to fight climate change—but in California’s Central Valley, locals question who really benefits from this controversial technology.

FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez warns of censorship and First Amendment threats under Trump—and why she’s risking her job to defend democracy.

The Trump administration is facing more than 300 legal challenges, many of which are being litigated by the American Civil...

Maria Hinojosa sits down with California Senator Alex Padilla to talk about how law enforcement officials forcibly removed him from a recent press conference and what the incident reveals about the st...

On June 6, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents began a series of raids in Los Angeles, and their actions were the boiling point after months of violent apprehensions.

As we near the first anniversary of Tejano music icon Johnny Canales' passing, we look at the origin evolution and legacy of the genre, and the impact he had on it.

Tennessee’s Supreme Court ruled the state’s mandatory life sentences for juveniles were unconstitutional. The state legislature responded by proposing a number of “tough on crime” bills aimed at juven...

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In the news this week: Pope Leo XIV, or Papa León 14, has been selected to lead the Catholic Church and its 1.4 billion congregation worldwide.

Doral is a small city in Miami Dade County affectionately known as “Doralzuela” for its large population of Venezuelans. One...

Pope Francis, history’s only Latin American pope, died on April 21st, the day after Easter Sunday. By his own request...

What began as an ordinary traffic stop for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland father, escalated into a nightmare scenario. He...

In 2022, “Juan” posed for a picture that changed the course of his life.   He was at the beginning of...

In early February, Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele made an unprecedented and controversial offer: to incarcerate U.S. citizens in El Salvador....

Renowned anthropologist Jason De León was at a migrant shelter in Chiapas, Mexico in 2015 when he was getting ready...

To say that the United States and Mexico have a complicated relationship is to put it lightly.  There is so...

When Harvey Guillén auditioned for the vampire comedy What We Do in the Shadows, he had to convince the powers...

Last month, we launched a new series, Hombre: Understanding Latino Men, to dig deeper into the reasons that moved Latino...

A lot has happened with just a few days into President Donald Trump’s return to the White House. There’s been...

The time has come and Donald J. Trump is, once again, President of the United States. President Trump hit the...

Futuro Media is an independent, non-profit news media organization and podcast studio founded in 2010 by Pulitzer Prize winner Maria Hinojosa. Based in Harlem, NYC, Futuro Media produces the Peabody A...

In the past two weeks, the Eaton and Palisades fires became two of the worst natural disasters in California history....

Some Senate Democrats are entertaining the Laken Riley Act.

Much of the media’s focus after the 2024 presidential election centered on one particular group of voters: Latinos. Actually, more...

Netflix has brought Gabriel García Márquez’s iconic novel One Hundred Years of Solitude to life with a two-part limited series...

An investigation found more migrant drowning deaths than the U.S. or Mexico have reported. Many were in Eagle Pass, where Texas’ border crackdown is focused.

The 2024 presidential election has seen a rise in Spanish-language misinformation and in the content creators making a living by...