Latinos

University of Iowa Health Care is looking for diverse participants for its COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial. Two hundred-fifty participants are needed for phase one.

The U.S. Census will stop surveying door-to-door on Sept. 30 instead of the previously planned Oct. 31. The largest minority group in Iowa is concerned this change will affect the count of their community.

The Smithsonian Institute includes the African-American History and Culture museum, and the museum of the American Indian. But the country's largest minority group isn’t represented, yet. The House recently passed legislation to include a museum for the American Latino.

Iowa’s Latino commission members work for hours every month to give the governor insight into their community. At the end of each year, they list multiple proposals to solve problems Latinos in the state face. But they say their recommendations seem to fall through the cracks of government.

On this 'Newsbuzz' edition of River to River, host Ben Kieffer gets a look at the guidelines just released by state education officials for school…

The Iowa Commission of Latino Affairs has started a collaboration with Hola Iowa, a bilingual news outlet focused on Latino communities in Iowa and…

A buzzword in today’s society is intersectionality. It describes how one person is made up of multiple identities. It includes things like race,…

The Black Lives Matter movement has seen greater involvement in protests across the country. Its members often ask the white population to “use their…

Dr. Stanley Perlman has studied corona viruses for more than 40 years. Now, his research is part of the global race to better understand COVID-19.On this…

Three Democratic presidential candidates courted Latino voters during a town hall Thursday in Des Moines, while a fourth spoke via prerecorded…