Nicole Acevedo

As FEMA’s presence on the island solidifies to respond to Hurricane Fiona, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights warns about repeating mistakes made after Hurricane Maria.

While Puerto Rico formally exited bankruptcy last year, the nearly $10 billion in debt from the island’s power company remains unresolved. The federal oversight board managing Puerto Rico’s finances has reached an agreement with several bondholders who own part of the debt that will help reduce the amount owed by 80%, according to a news release Friday. This is the latest attempt by the Financial Oversight and Management Board to end the lengthy process of restructuring the Electric Power Auth…

Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., introduced legislation Wednesday to rename the Los Angeles U.S. Courthouse in honor of a Latino family who paved the way for school desegregation. Almost eight decades ago, in the area where the courthouse stands, Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez brought a lawsuit that ended school segregation in California in 1947 and was later used as a blueprint for the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education landmark ruling, that found segregation in public schools unconstitutional. Felicita…

Spanish-language disinformation and misinformation about climate change have risen hand in hand with the spread of false narratives online undermining renewable energy initiatives as extreme weather events have become more severe and recurrent this summer. The most common narratives include false allegations that wildfires are intentionally created to clear land for renewable energy projects, such as windmills or solar farms. Others spread disinformation about renewable energy projects’ harming…

Latinas remain the largest group of women of color in the nation impacted by current or likely state abortion bans more than a year after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade last summer. A new analysis from the National Partnership for Women & Families and the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice, first shared with NBC News, found that close to 6.7 million Latinas (43% of all Latinas ages 15-49) live in 26 states that have banned or are likely to ban abortions. That’s 200,000…

A new expansion of temporary protected status, better known as TPS, could be a game changer for nearly half a million qualifying Venezuelan migrants, at a time when repatriation flights to deport certain Venezuelans are expected to resume. In New York City, Jhonnattan was among the first to apply for TPS this week, after U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services started accepting applications from Venezuelans who have been continuously residing in the U.S. by July 31. Jhonnattan, who is only bei…

The city of Topeka, Kansas, wants people to move there — and it has been offering economic incentives to attract new residents and workers, including Latino and immigrant families. Under the incentives program, known as Choose Topeka, people like Erick Bovell can receive up to $15,000 if they rent or buy homes in the city and are employed by local businesses that partner with the program, with a minimum salary requirement of $50,000 a year. Qualifying applicants must have permission to work in…

A new family reunification parole process will soon allow certain immigrants from Ecuador with relatives in the U.S. to be considered for humanitarian entry, the Department of Homeland Security announced Wednesday. Qualifying Ecuadorians must have a relative in the U.S. who is an American citizen or a permanent resident who can sponsor them for an immigrant visa. The family reunification parole process would be granted in a case-by-case basis “upon a demonstration of urgent humanitarian reasons…

Players of the highly anticipated video game “Marvel’s Spider-Man 2” took to social media to ask developers to correct a few scenes, which have confused the Puerto Rican and the Cuban flags in a game known to celebrate the main character’s Puerto Rican heritage. The character, Miles Morales, is recognized by fans as one of the few Latino mainstream superheroes. When Insomniac Games released the new PlayStation 5 game featuring Morales on Friday, it included at least two scenes in which the Puert…

With narrow margins more commonly determining election victories, Latino voters in battleground states like Georgia stand to become a consequential voting bloc influencing contested races in the 2024 presidential election. A new survey commissioned by the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials, a nonprofit focused on civic engagement, is providing a glimpse into how to turn out the growing electorate. The top five issues concerning Latinos in Georgia are the rising cost of living and in…