Latino USA
Series produced by Latino USA
Latino USA chronicles how Latinos are living, shaping and changing America, with in-depth reporting and candid conversations. Hosted by Maria Hinojosa.
Celebrating its 25th Anniversary in 2018, Latino USA is the longest running Latino-focused program on U.S. public media, and embodies Futuro Media's mission to elevate the voices of historically marginalized communities through authentic storytelling.
Additional Files
- LUSA_broadcast_clock (LUSA_clock_2020.pdf)
- Latino USA logo (LUSA_logo.png)
193 Pieces
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Producer Lili Ruiz follows Latina powerlifters Denise Juarez and Jasmine Idrogo, on a journey to battle machismo, test their strength and own their...
- Added: Oct 21, 2021
- Length: 54:00
We meet Daniela Contreras, an undocumented Mexican immigrant as she takes on one precarious job after another, all while also taking care of her si...
- Added: Oct 27, 2021
- Length: 54:01
We begin with the birth and upbringing of Teresa Urrea, once called the most dangerous girl in Mexico by the dictator Porfirio Diaz.
- Added: Nov 03, 2021
- Length: 54:01
Poet Jesús “Papoleto” Melendez recounts the birth of the Nuyorican literary movement in New York City in the 1960s and 70s — and the origins of the...
- Added: Nov 10, 2021
- Length: 54:00
We meet Alvaro Bolainez, a Lyft driver who says that while wages were good at first, it soon became clear that the good times would not last.
- Added: Nov 17, 2021
- Length: 54:01
The story of a house in Los Angeles owned by the California Department of Transportation. And the struggles of residents past and present, who have...
- Added: Nov 19, 2021
- Length: 54:01
Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona on growing up in a Puerto Rican household in Connecticut and supporting students in the return to school.
- Added: Dec 01, 2021
- Length: 54:01
We meet Lupe Salazar, a 56-year-old grandmother who is raising two granddaughters in Chimayó, a rural community that has been struggling with opioi...
- Added: Dec 08, 2021
- Length: 54:01
A conversation with Lydia Cacho, an award-winning investigative journalist, who in 2019 because of multiple death threats and attempts had to leave...
- Added: Dec 15, 2021
- Length: 54:01
Latino USA and Black Public Media bring you Alzheimer’s In Color. It’s the story of Ramona Latty, a Dominican immigrant, as told by her daughter Yv...
- Added: Dec 16, 2021
- Length: 54:01
Latino USA chases Pitbull around Manhattan starting at his panel for AdWeek and heading to his hotel for a sit-down interview.
- Added: Dec 16, 2021
- Length: 54:01
Three trailblazing women in tango tell us about the rise, decline, and resurgence of tango.
- Added: Jan 10, 2022
- Length: 54:01
We hear how Juan Castillo fled war in El Salvador and came to the United States. Not fitting in as a teenager in a new country, Juan joined a gang ...
- Added: Jan 13, 2022
- Length: 54:01
Author Benjamin Alire Sáenz discusses his upbringing along the U.S.- Mexico border, journeying into the priesthood, and following his calling to be...
- Added: Jan 20, 2022
- Length: 54:01
In the first part of a three-part investigation of the Ayotzinapa massacre case, Reveal’s Anayansi Diaz-Cortes and Kate Doyle from the National Sec...
- Added: Feb 02, 2022
- Length: 54:01
The extraordinary life and death of Chalino Sánchez.
- Added: Feb 03, 2022
- Length: 54:01
Maria chats with Dra. Polo about her Cuban American identity, the trauma of exile and how her legal career and passion for the arts merged when she...
- Added: Feb 09, 2022
- Length: 54:00
When Dominican Dictator Rafael Trujillo first came to power, he had a good relationship with Haiti. Then, he ordered his soldiers to massacre Haiti...
- Added: Feb 16, 2022
- Length: 54:01
On the 10th anniversary of DACA we hear the stories of Maggie, Madaí, and Esme —three undocumented immigrants who saw no future in the U.S. and ret...
- Added: Feb 24, 2022
- Length: 54:01
With the Academy Awards coming up, a roundtable of Latino film critics reflect on the past year of Latino filmmaking, including big commercial and ...
- Added: Mar 03, 2022
- Length: 54:01
