If you’ve ever wondered what the soundtrack of Maria’s life sounds like, you’re in luck: it’s the music of Pacha Massive. The cool and funky bilingual sounds of Ramon Nova and Maya Martinez have been in her iPod for years…

Murders are a daily occurrence along the U.S.-Mexico border. Fueled by the drug trade, the killings no longer necessarily make the front pages of newspapers in communities such as El Paso and Ciudad Juarez. Maria talks with Latino USA contributor Monica…

Cleanup efforts continue in Chile and Haiti following the recent earthquakes in the two countries. And relief efforts are ongoing. Here are just some of the humanitarian organizations providing relief services.

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In the hours immediately following the attack on the World Trade Center, a call went out for help. People were needed to sift through the debris and to begin to clean up the rubble that piled in…

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GUADALAJARA, Mexico — President Obama said Monday that efforts to change the immigration system would be a major focus for his administration only next year, after other major priorities were accomplished, including passage of a new health care system.

“It’s very…

By GINGER THOMPSON and MARC LACEY | The New York Times

GUADALAJARA, Mexico — President Barack Obama began a summit meeting here Sunday night with his Mexican and Canadian counterparts that touched on a broad range of issues including climate change,…

On Saturday, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts administered the Constitutional and Judicial Oaths to Sonia Sotomayor, making her the 111th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and the court’s first Latina member.

Video of the judicial oath-taking…

Alex Avila is the senior web producer of Latino USA.

Steve Turre is a jazz trombonist and musical arranger and educator.

Señor Coconut is the moniker of German-born DJ Uwe Schmidt.

Monareta was formed in 2003 in Colombia, when Andres Martinez and Camilo Sanabria started playing in…