Latino Population

He is president of organizations for homeless youth and LGBTQ+ Latinos

On the Code Switch podcast this week, a look at concerns and issues facing people of color in the 2020 Census, and a look back at the reasons why "Hispanics" became a word in the first place.

Latinos added more than a half-million people to the state of Illinois in the last decade, becoming the state’s second-largest ethnic/racial group.But the…

As the leader of a nonprofit group that helps Latino families in western Lake County, Carolina Duque knows how difficult it can be for poor immigrants to…

As Election Year 2010 dawns over Illinois, who can blame Republicans for being enthusiastic — maybe even salivating — over their prospects in…

A boisterous crowd filled the Senate gallery last May to witness legislator after legislator rise to support a measure that would enable children of…

Alejandro Cortes needs to drive to work, take his 2-year-old daughter to daycare and buy groceries. But Cortes, a 33-year-old undocumented Mexican…

Alejandro Cortés necesita manejar para poder trabajar, para llevar a su hija de dos años a la guardería y para ir al supermercado. Pero Cortés, un…