Noticiero Movil

What’s at Stake for Latinos this Election

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EN ESPAÑOL Virginia Rivera woke up early to catch a bus to see Bernie Sanders speak in Sparks, Nevada – more than 200 miles from her home in Daly City, California. Forty-four-year old Rivera immigrated to the U.S. 27 years ago from El Salvador. She became a citizen in 2004, voting for Obama in her… [Read More]

Counting Heads – How Precinct Chairs are Trained

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Nevada is the first western state to caucus and third behind the New Hampshire primaries. If you happened to follow the Iowa caucus on February first, you may have heard people questioning the legitimacy of precinct chairs, who, by the way, are volunteers. In Iowa, Clinton’s two delegate win over Sanders was decided by a coin… [Read More]

2016 Nevada Caucus: When Ineligible Voters Find their Voice

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By Natalie Van Hoozer The Nevada presidential caucuses are fast approaching with the Democratic caucus on Feb. 20 and the Republican caucus on Feb. 23. Washoe County political volunteers have spent months preparing for the big events, including some like Taslima Shams who won’t be able to vote. In this video, Shams shares what motivates her political… [Read More]

#SonderSquad – Juan Moncada

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By Alex Mosher Sonder n. the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own—populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness. Meet Juan Friends Routines Worries

#SonderSquad – Agustina Almiron

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By Alex Mosher Sonder n. the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own—populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness. Meet Agustina Routines Friends Ambitions  

The New Normal: Growing Up Biracial in America

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By Alexa Solis  “What are you?” This is the question that plagues me and the many who have grown up under the biracial moniker. Unsurprisingly, the answer being sought is not “a human being”. Often, it feels as though I’ve been reduced to a mere curiosity. But I’m not a curiosity. In fact, the biracial population has… [Read More]

Bring Us Your Undocumented and Uninsured

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Reno is a National Model for Addressing Community Health By Luka Starmer Once or twice a week, a man named Elmer sits and enjoys a cerveza in the same seat near the window at Asi Es Mi Tierra, a Mexican/El Salvadorian restaurant on Wells Avenue in Reno. Elmer is undocumented. His story of entry into… [Read More]

Who am I? A Mexican-American’s Identity Struggle

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By: Gabriella De Leon Photo credit: Viva Mexico! Identity. What is it? Is it who I see when I look at myself or what others see when they see me walking down the street? I wish I could answer these questions for you but frankly, I can’t even answer them for myself. You see, I struggle with the… [Read More]

Three other Mexican artists you should know

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By Breanna Denney There’s More To Latin@ Art Than Frida, Rivera, Dali and Picasso (But, They’re Pretty Great Too) Feminist icon Frida Kahlo. Revolutionary Diego Rivera. Surrealist extraordinaire Salvador Dalí. The great cubist Pablo Picasso. We’ve all heard of them; we’ve all seen examples of their work. There were even recreations of Picasso and Dali’s work on display… [Read More]