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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is years into an initiative to end the nation’s HIV epidemic by pumping hundreds of millions of dollars annually into certain states, counties and U.S. territories with the highest infection rates, including the Southeast.

Singer Becky G talks with Alt.Latino after her Tiny Desk performance. Then, Alt.Latino hosts Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre join host Carlos Frías to talk about their "El Tiny" concert series.

Bureau of Labor Statistics figures show that Hispanic or Latino unemployment was 9.3% in December 2020, President Donald Trump’s last full month in office. That rate fell from 8.5% in January 2021, the month Joe Biden was sworn in, to 4.9% in August 2023.

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Puerto Rican singer and songwriter Ileana Mercedes Cabra, also known as iLe, is set to play in Fort Lauderdale this week as part of her U.S. tour. She began her career as a teenager singing for the alternative hip-hop band, Calle 13 with her brothers. iLe joined WLRN's Caitie Muñoz to talk about her solo career and the inspiration behind her music.

The GOP’s dominance of Florida’s 27th congressional district is emblematic of the party’s inroads with Latino voters in recent years in much of the U.S.

The Biden administration is proposing that the U.S. census and federal surveys change how Latinos are asked about their race and ethnicity and add a checkbox for "Middle Eastern or North African."

Ernest Robles, who died in September, started the Hispanic Scholarship Fund with a mortgage on his house. Recipients are praising the organization for opening new career paths for them.

Many of the new movie superheroes star Latino actors or have Latino characters. Their origin stories are diverse.

From superheroes praising tacos to an improper tilde, many businesses fail to connect with members of the community during Hispanic Heritage Month.

Few places disappointed Democrats in 2020 as deeply as South Florida. A shift among Latinos toward the GOP contributed to several unexpected losses in House races and helped then-President Donald Trump carry Florida by more than 3 percentage points.

A wide range of Latino communities in the United States are affected by climate-driven storms, floods, droughts and heat waves, and are leading the charge to address global warming.