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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We look at the history of the student loan system in the U.S and dive into the story of Nathan Hornes, a former student at a for-profit college tha...
- Added: Sep 21, 2023
- Length: 54:01
We accompany Mary Estrada as she drives from Pomona, California to San Diego to visit her husband Robert, who is incarcerated.
- Added: Sep 27, 2023
- Length: 54:01
Latino USA producer Reynaldo Leaños Jr. travels to Kodiak, Alaska to witness the impact of climate change on a community that’s relied on the fishi...
- Added: Oct 05, 2023
- Length: 54:01
An eccentric group of cryptocurrency investors arrive in Puerto Rico with plans to change “everything” on the island. They meet resistance from loc...
- Added: Oct 12, 2023
- Length: 54:00
We meet former bracero worker Juan Loza and his niece, Georgetown University historian Mireya Loza, as they start their conversation exploring the ...
- Added: Oct 19, 2023
- Length: 54:00
Latino USA visits University Park, a neighborhood in South Los Angeles, and the epicenter of a battle brewing between communities who are fighting ...
- Added: Oct 26, 2023
- Length: 54:01
Maria Hinojosa and Latino USA producer Reynaldo Leaños Jr. ride Air Force Two with Vice President Kamala Harris to an event in Miami, Florida. Mari...
- Added: Nov 01, 2023
- Length: 54:00
World-famous conductor Gustavo Dudamel talks about his many jobs — from arts educator to heading the L.A. Philharmonic — and the importance of stay...
- Added: Nov 08, 2023
- Length: 54:01
Maria Hinojosa sits down with legendary labor leader and civil rights activist Dolores Huerta. They discuss politics, the current state of democrac...
- Added: Nov 16, 2023
- Length: 54:01
Latino USA tells the story of Richard Oakes, an Indigenous leader in the Red Power Movement of the 1960s, starting with his childhood in a Mohawk n...
- Added: Nov 22, 2023
- Length: 54:01
In its early years, the Nettie Lee Benson Collection didn’t focus on collecting materials from U.S Latino communities. We explore what had to happe...
- Added: Dec 05, 2023
- Length: 54:01
Maria Hinojosa visits the archives of Latino USA at the University of Texas at Austin. Later, she has a conversation with Maria Martin, the visiona...
- Added: Dec 07, 2023
- Length: 54:01
Maria Hinojosa, along with a panel of experts, look back at three decades of immigration policies and reporting. They examine what has changed and ...
- Added: Dec 13, 2023
- Length: 54:01
Leah Garcia calls the police after a domestic violence incident, triggering the involvement of LA’s Department of Children and Family Services. Jos...
- Added: Dec 13, 2023
- Length: 54:01
A former child death investigator examines Joseph Chacón and Draco Ford’s autopsy reports. The expert raises several questions about their deaths a...
- Added: Dec 13, 2023
- Length: 54:00
The story of a controversial Puerto Rican network of drug treatment centers and the larger-than-life man who founded it.
- Added: Dec 15, 2023
- Length: 54:01
A special episode to honor the life and work of Latino USA founder and pioneer public radio journalist Maria Emilia Martin, who passed away in Dece...
- Added: Jan 11, 2024
- Length: 54:01
Eugenio talks about being in love with movies as a child, the surreal experience of being on the stage at the Oscars with the movie “CODA,” and try...
- Added: Jan 18, 2024
- Length: 54:00
Latino USA's Maria Hinojosa sits down for a candid conversation with Jeh Johnson, the former Secretary of Homeland Security under Barack Obama.
- Added: Jan 25, 2024
- Length: 54:01
Maria Hinojosa attends ‘Music is Medicine,’ an event at the Health and Human Services headquarters in Washington, D.C., and sits down with Secretar...
- Added: Jan 31, 2024
- Length: 54:01
