Latino USA
Monday at 8 pm and Saturday at 5 pm on WVIK News 90.3 FM and 90.3 HD1.
Latino USA is the foremost Latino voice in public media and the longest running Latino-centered program on radio. As the only program on NPR with a dedicated focus on America's Latino community, Latino USA gives voice to the New Mainstream.
Since 1992, Futuro Media Group's Latino USA has brought depth of experience, on-the-ground connections and knowledge of current and emerging issues impacting Latinos and other people of color. Latino USA reports stories about diversity, culture, civic dialogue and how people live and struggle with difference.
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How family members of meatpacking plant workers who came together to advocate for their families during COVID-19. Also, a look at Puerto Ricans during COVID-19, and an interview with Alice Bag.
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Over 300,000 students in the U.S. migrate every year to work in agriculture—we visit a high school with a Migrant Student Club. Also, we speak to José Ralat, the Taco Editor at Texas Monthly Magazine.
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In this first part of a special two-part series, Latino USA investigates why José de Jesús died in the custody of the U.S. government.
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In part two of our two-part special, we continue our investigation into the death of a man in a U.S. immigration detention center in 2015.
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Latino USA and Black Public Media bring you Alzheimer's In Color. Also, take a trip down Sesame Street with Rosita.
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A year ago, on August 7th, 2019, ICE agents arrived at seven chicken processing plants in central Mississippi and arrested 680 workers. It was the largest single-state immigration raid in US history.
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We celebrate the life of Chicano literary giant Rudolfo Anaya, who passed away in June, by listening back to this 2012 conversation with Maria Hinojosa
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Mexican American singer-songwriter Renee Goust takes us through how she wrote one of her viral hits as she reframes traditional Mexican music to be more inclusive.
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Maria Hinojosa checks in on some of her students in the Bronx—one of the cities hardest hit with the COVID-19 crisis.
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Organizer Oscar Diaz tells us about how local happy hour called "Body Hack" became an international, all-day virtual extravaganza that embodies a world where trans and queer communities can thrive.