Estrella: Bittersweet Freedom for a “Bad Mexican”

The Whisper Game

A series about a young migrant, an international gang, and how Aurora, Colorado, became a test case for Trump’s mass deportation campaign.

Five Days in Palestina 

In early February, Latino USA traveled to the occupied West Bank to learn about the roots of the deep connections between Latinos and Palestinians. Maria Hinojosa and producer Nour Saudi accompanied a group of U.S. students and academics as they traveled from Jordan to Ramallah with their counterparts from a Palestinian university. Speaking with refugees, community leaders and student activists, we look at the parallels between the two communities— from the U.S. student protest movement to shared experiences of borders and surveillance and shared cultures around family, food and friendship.

Released to Die

The prison population is aging quickly – there are now more seniors behind bars than ever before. This is a three-part mini-series about growing older – and sicker – in prison, the challenges of accessing necessary healthcare, and what it really looks like to be released under “compassionate release.”

How a White House lie about “sex changes” in Guatemala helped decimate USAID

Earlier this year, the White House falsely claimed that millions of US taxpayers’ dollars were funding “sex changes” in Guatemala — a lie used to justify gutting USAID, which has provided aid worldwide for more than 60 years. In this episode, we travel to Guatemala to uncover the truth, hear from local organizations caught in the controversy, and learn how losing USAID funding has affected these LGBTQ+ organizations and damaged U.S. credibility abroad.

Cómo una mentira de la Casa Blanca sobre los “cambios de sexo” en Guatemala ayudó a diezmar USAID

A principios de este año, la Casa Blanca afirmó falsamente que millones de dólares de los contribuyentes estadounidenses financiaban “cambios de sexo” en Guatemala, una mentira utilizada para justificar el desmantelamiento de USAID, que ha brindado ayuda en todo el mundo durante más de 60 años. En este episodio, viajamos a Guatemala para descubrir la verdad, escuchar a organizaciones locales involucradas en la controversia y aprender cómo la pérdida de fondos de USAID ha afectado a estas organizaciones LGBTQ+ y ha dañado la credibilidad de Estados Unidos en el extranjero.