Civic Engagement

Latino Voters: Priorities and Power – A UnidosUS poll reveals economic strains and political accountability concerns.

The number of Latino families ready to buy homes is growing, but affordable starter homes are scarce. Building more can help.

Applying for U.S. citizenship brings hope, yet barriers persist, making it challenging for eligible residents to naturalize.

Two federal judges — including one appointed by Trump — have blocked the administration’s mail ballot restrictions, finding no evidence of the fraud used to justify them. The DOJ is now asking the Supreme Court to override both rulings weeks before the November election.

The U.S. Postal Service missed its own deadline to launch the online portal central to its new mail-ballot rules. As states begin mailing ballots, the Justice Department has gone directly to the Supreme Court seeking emergency permission to force compliance.

A federal judge dismissed Indiana voting rights groups’ lawsuit on procedural grounds, leaving in place laws that have canceled or rejected the voter registrations of about 62% of flagged naturalized citizens — with November midterms approaching.

Affordable housing solutions include single-stair multifamily buildings, cutting construction costs, and increasing density.

Missouri’s Secretary of State faces a contempt hearing Thursday after instructing county clerks to use a Republican-drawn congressional map despite a state Supreme Court order blocking it. The clash follows contradictory rulings from two courts 28 minutes apart, leaving local election officials with no clear answer on which districts will appear on November’s ballots.

The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to lift an order blocking the use of a revamped federal immigration database to scrub state voter rolls — a system that has already flagged thousands of eligible American citizens.

The Justice Department ordered Nevada’s secretary of state to preserve all 2024 election records beyond what federal law requires, threatening civil or criminal penalties. Cisco Aguilar calls it intimidation less than 60 days before the midterms.

Latino workers drive key industries, contributing $4.4 trillion to the U.S. economy but face barriers to advancement.

Missouri Republicans asked the U.S. Supreme Court to restore a congressional map their own state Supreme Court had unanimously blocked a day earlier. The map would eliminate Kansas City’s majority-Black district and make the delegation seven-to-one.