Latino USA
Latino USA
Latino USA is the longest-running news and culture radio program in the U.S. centering Latino stories, hosted by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Maria Hinojosa Every week, the Peabody winning team brings you revealing, in-depth stories about what’s in the hearts and minds of Latinos and their impact on the world. Want to support our independent journalism? Join Futuro+ for exclusive epis…Social links:
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Poet Ada Limón’s Instructions on Not Giving Up
Ada Limón ended her tenure as U.S. Poet Laureate this year – the first Latina to do so. Her work has been described as both tender and resounding, it rejoices in the simplicity of everyday life. She’s been praised for tackling head-on the imperfections of her body and the failings of our government…
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Poet Ada Limón’s Instructions on Not Giving Up
Ada Limón ended her tenure as U.S. Poet Laureate this year – the first Latina to do so. Her work has been described as both tender and resounding, it rejoices in the simplicity of everyday life. She’s been praised for tackling head-on the imperfections of her body and the failings of our government…
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'You Gotta Be Right Down the Middle': NBC Anchor Tom Llamas Is Not Picking Sides
Journalist Tom Llamas made history this year when he became the first Latino to anchor a major weekday evening news show in English. Every weekday, around six million viewers across the country tune in to NBC Nightly News to watch Tom give the latest national and international news. He’s been in …
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'You Gotta Be Right Down the Middle': NBC Anchor Tom Llamas Is Not Picking Sides
Journalist Tom Llamas made history this year when he became the first Latino to anchor a major weekday evening news show in English. Every weekday, around six million viewers across the country tune in to NBC Nightly News to watch Tom give the latest national and international news. He’s been in …
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A Teen’s Detention Diary and the Man Who Helped Share It With the World
D. Esperanza is 14 years old. After traveling with his cousins from Honduras, he is held in the horrors of U.S. detention in Texas. For five months, while there, D. kept a journal of poems, drawings. It’s his memory of survival. Months later, Geraldo Iván Morales found the journal, about to be tras…
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A Teen’s Detention Diary and the Man Who Helped Share It With the World
D. Esperanza is 14 years old. After traveling with his cousins from Honduras, he is held in the horrors of U.S. detention in Texas. For five months, while there, D. kept a journal of poems, drawings. It’s his memory of survival. Months later, Geraldo Iván Morales found the journal, about to be tras…
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How a White House Lie About “Sex Changes” in Guatemala Helped Decimate USAID
Earlier this year, the White House falsely claimed that millions of US taxpayers' dollars were funding “sex changes” in Guatemala — a lie used to justify gutting USAID, which has provided aid worldwide for more than 60 years. In this episode, we travel to Guatemala to uncover the truth, hear from …
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How a White House Lie About “Sex Changes” in Guatemala Helped Decimate USAID
Earlier this year, the White House falsely claimed that millions of US taxpayers' dollars were funding “sex changes” in Guatemala — a lie used to justify gutting USAID, which has provided aid worldwide for more than 60 years. In this episode, we travel to Guatemala to uncover the truth, hear from …
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Julieta Martinelli on the making of “48 Hours at El Refugio”
For 15 years, El Refugio, a hospitality house in south Georgia, has served as a refuge for families of immigrants detained just two miles away, at one of the largest immigration detention centers in the U.S. In this bonus episode, Producer Julieta Martinelli goes behind the scenes on the making of …
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Julieta Martinelli on the making of “48 Hours at El Refugio”
For 15 years, El Refugio, a hospitality house in south Georgia, has served as a refuge for families of immigrants detained just two miles away at one of the largest immigration detention centers in the U.S. In this bonus episode, Producer Julieta Martinelli goes behind the scenes on the making of “…
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