There is no Latino civil rights activist and labor leader more beloved than Cesar Chavez. So beloved, in fact, that in 2014 a Republican candidate running for a U.S. congressional seat in Arizona ...

As a self-identified “mixed girl” growing up in Northeast Ohio, Janis Bowdler wished for a long, blonde ponytail. Bowdler, appointed in April as the president of JPMorgan Chase Foundation, remembers ...

Democratic Arizona Congressman Raul Grijalva not only rules out the possibility of approving immigration reform under the incoming Donald Trump administration but also believes that Republican ...

Corruption "inhibits dreams" and weighs down countries' potential, according to experts gathered in Sao Paulo for the World Economic Forum on Latin America, a region burdened by scandals and which is ...

Following a grand jury investigation, 15 members of a North Philadelphia gang have been arrested on a variety of charges stemming back to 2014 gun violence, District Attorney Seth Williams announced ...

The former mayor of Iguala Jose Luis Abarca and his wife, who are linked to the disappearance of 43 students, were arrested in Mexico City this morning. The arrest was made in the area of Iztapalapa, ...

"Damaris" of the lush black hair and inquisitive dark eyes is a single mom and for the past four years has been a sex worker in Mexico City, fighting day by day against discrimination and police ...

A forgotten story of dissent and militia set during the Chilean dictatorship will take center stage in Philadelphia this weekend. Written and directed by Chilean playwright Guillermo Calderón, ...

Secretary of State John Kerry, TV Celebrity Bill Nye and billionaire Tom Steyer are just a few big names that stood up against climate change this week—and those who deny its existence. A recent Pew ...

Pensar en el Lejano Oeste es imaginarse a John Wayne acodado en la barra de un saloon o al mítico cowboy de Marlboro, símbolos clásicos de la “verdadera” América. Sin embargo, en la ciudad de Compton, ...

Just a few days after Philadelphia’s anti-bullying campaign “Champions of Change” had their end-of-the-school-year celebration, a parent from Olney Charter School shared a video on Facebook that ...

The Harlem Globetrotters' Handles Franklin stopped traffic on Broad Street to perform some of the ball-handling tricks that have made the basketball showmen famous. The falling snow didn't seem to ...