Latinx News: Latinos Face Inequity With COVID-19, Biden's Attempt To Appeal To Latino Voters, And Spanish Colonial Statues

The Effects Of COVID-19 On Latinos — People in Brooklyn's Sunset Park, a neighborhood with one of the city's largest Mexican and Hispanic community, wear masks to help stop the spread of coronavirus while waiting in line to enter a store, Tuesday May 5, 2020, in New York. A poll found that 61% of Hispanic Americans say they've experienced some kind of household income loss as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak.

July 10, 2020

Updated August 07, 2023

Massachusetts coronavirus cases have not spiked again like in other parts of the country, but COVID-19 numbers keep rising in predominately Latino communities. Here and across the country, Latinos are three times more at risk of being infected.

Plus, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden ramps up his campaign’s effort to increase voter turnout among Latino voters. And why are Latinos clashing over Spanish colonial statues? That and more on our Latinx roundtable.

Guests:

Julio Ricardo Varela – digital editor for the Futuro Media Group, co-host of the “In The Thick” podcast, and founder of Latino Rebels
Adriana Maestas - a southern California-based freelance writer covering Latino politics