Latino USA
Sundays, 1-2 p.m., Mondays, 9-10 p.m. on KUAR 89.1
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.
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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.