Latino USA

07/15/2025

Latino USA has joined iHeartRadio's MCPN: My Cultura Podcast Network! 🎉

This means our stories will reach even more listeners across the country. Same powerful stories, same truth-driven journalism. But still rooted in public radio. And still led by Maria L Hinojosa.

Thank you for listening and growing with us! 💛

🎧 Find Latino USA on iHeartRadio and wherever you get your podcasts.

Read more here ➡️ futuromediagroup.org/latinousamycultura/

07/15/2025

On this Latino USA episode, in collaboration with LAist, we interview pollster Matt Barreto, who has worked on high stakes Democratic presidential campaigns. He tells us about his work polling the Latino electorate and what needs to change going forward.

Editor’s Note: This is the last episode in a special three-episode collaboration with Imperfect Paradise. As Democrats confront declining Latino...

07/14/2025

On the latest Latino USA episode, in collaboration with LAist, we talk to critics who say the Democrats’ messaging strategy around immigration and their complacent advocacy infrastructure have led to Latino voters drifting to the right.

Editor’s Note: This is the last episode in a special three-episode collaboration with Imperfect Paradise. As Democrats confront declining Latino...

07/14/2025

Today on Latino USA: What has gone wrong with the Democratic Party and Latinos? Is it tone deaf messaging? A data problem? Or is it something deeper—a miscalculation about the Latino identity itself.

This is a special collaboration with LAist.

Editor’s Note: This is the last episode in a special three-episode collaboration with Imperfect Paradise. As Democrats confront declining Latino...

07/14/2025

On this episode of Latino USA, we meet Tim Hernandez and learn how a Woody Guthrie song about a group of unnamed Mexican deportees launched him into a never-ending search for their names and their families.

We go back more than 70 years to find out who were the 28 unnamed Mexican immigrants who died in a plane crash in 1948, and we meet the man who...

07/13/2025

Today on Latino USA, in collaboration with LAist, we explore what the results of the 2024 presidential election tell us about the Latino vote—whether it’s worth organizing over or if the electorate is just too fractured.

Editor’s Note: This is the last episode in a special three-episode collaboration with Imperfect Paradise. As Democrats confront declining Latino...

07/13/2025

Political insiders still disagree on why the Democratic Party has lost so many Latino voters.

Today on Latino USA, in collaboration with LAist, we take you into the world of the people who craft the political messages for Latinos.

Editor’s Note: This is the last episode in a special three-episode collaboration with Imperfect Paradise. As Democrats confront declining Latino...

07/13/2025

a new Latino USA episode 🎧

As Democrats confront declining Latino support across three consecutive presidential elections, a fierce debate is unfolding within the party: Are Latino advocacy groups and polling firms helping or hurting the Democratic cause? Critics argue that a flawed messaging strategy —and a complacent advocacy infrastructure— have led to Latino voters drifting right, even toward Donald Trump. But advocates push back, warning that the narrative of a dramatic rightward shift is exaggerated and politically dangerous.

In the final episode of our series collaboration with LAist podcast "Imperfect Paradise," we take you inside the high-stakes debate over the future of Latino political power in America.

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07/12/2025

On this Latino USA episode, in 1948, 28 Mexican citizens who were being deported from the US died in a plane crash. They were buried in a mass grave—nameless. Listen to the story of the man who made it his life mission to identify the unnamed workers and connect with their families.

We go back more than 70 years to find out who were the 28 unnamed Mexican immigrants who died in a plane crash in 1948, and we meet the man who...

07/11/2025

We’re thrilled to share that we’ve won the 2025 Ñ Award for Radio/Online Audio Journalism! 🏆

Thank you to National Association of Hispanic Journalists for this great honor!

We also want to acknowledge our teams at Latino USA and Futuro Investigates who made this possible. Their dedication, grit, and passion for truth showed an incredible commitment.

You can listen to the full episode here ➡️ https://www.latinousa.org/2024/10/27/misinformationweb/

07/11/2025

Today on Latino USA, 28 unnamed Mexican farmworkers died in a plane crash in 1948. They were buried in a mass grave, unnamed. We meet the man who made it his life mission to give them names and find their families.

We go back more than 70 years to find out who were the 28 unnamed Mexican immigrants who died in a plane crash in 1948, and we meet the man who...

07/11/2025

a Latino USA podcast

In 1948, a plane crashed near Fresno. On that flight there were 28 Mexican citizens who were being deported from the United States. Everyone on board died. The American crew members had their bodies sent home to their families for a proper burial, but the 28 farmworkers were buried in a mass grave—nameless.

Today, we’re bringing back the story of the man who made it his life mission to identify the 28 unnamed workers and connect with their families. We also bring you some updates on that search—including how this very episode contributed to it.

LISTEN HERE ➡️ bit.ly/lusadeportees