Family of Latino man fatally struck after encounter with sheriffs sues Arkansas officials
The family of Daniel Adrian Barajas would have celebrated his 40th birthday Thursday, but instead they are filing a wrongful death lawsuit against local officials in Arkansas’ Saline County. The federal lawsuit is part of the family’s ongoing questions around an encounter Daniel had with sheriff’s deputies before he was المزيد
Amid Latino gap in mental health access, lawmakers introduce bill
More than a year after a gunman opened fire in an Uvalde, Texas classroom, Monica Muñoz Martinez is still working to connect survivors with mental health resources and raise awareness about the issue. “There’s still unmet needs and people who are eligible for services still struggle to access those,” said المزيد
National Latino museum’s funding threatened by congressional clash
A funding dispute between lawmakers who’ve been working for decades in a bipartisan effort to create a national Latino museum underscores the challenges around defining U.S. Latino history amid increasingly partisan culture wars. Republicans who pushed to defund the Smithsonian’s upcoming National Museum of the American Latino and the Molina المزيد