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Steep decline in Black, Hispanic enrollment at Harvard Law after Supreme Court ruling

Wednesday, December 18 by ABC News

The first Harvard Law class admitted into the university since the Supreme Court effectively ended affirmative action at U.S. colleges last year is significantly less diverse, with a steep decline in Black... Read More.

Hispanic, LGBTQ communities receive hateful emails after racist text surge

Friday, November 15 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- A week after cellphone users across the U.S. reported a flurry of racist text messages, members of the Hispanic and LGBTQ communities are now receiving text messages saying they have been selected for deportation or to report to a re-education camp,... Read More.

Why progress against HIV/AIDS has stalled among Hispanic and Latino Americans

Monday, September 30 by ABC News

While the United States has made considerable progress fighting the HIV/AIDS crisis since its peak in the 1980s, headway has not been equal among racial/ethnic groups.Overall, HIV rates have declined in the U.S. and the number of new infections over the last five years... Read More.

How Biden, Trump are fighting for Black and Hispanic voters

Friday, July 19 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- As the 2024 presidential race intensifies, both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are making their appeal to the growing Black and Hispanic voting blocs.Hispanics and Latinos are growing at the second-fastest rate of any major racial and ethnic group... Read More.

Tim Scott working with PAC to bring Black, Hispanic voters to Trump

Thursday, June 6 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott is helping with an effort aimed to draw Black and Hispanic voters in battleground states -- a key voting bloc as the election approaches -- to former President Donald Trump through a new $14 million outreach effort.Scott,... Read More.

Trump courts Black, Hispanic votes in South Bronx rally: New York is going red very, very quickly

Friday, May 24 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Former President Donald Trump pledged to turn New York red during a campaign rally in deep-blue South Bronx, New York, on Thursday evening as he worked to court the Hispanic and Black voters that make up a majority of the area's... Read More.

Trump to hold rally in South Bronx in effort to court Black, Hispanic voters

Thursday, May 23 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Former President Donald Trump is set to hold a rally in deep-blue South Bronx, New York, on Thursday evening as he looks to court the Hispanic and Black voters that make up a majority of the area's population.Several thousand Trump supporters... Read More.

DOJ alleges Houston developer swindled Hispanic borrowers with ‘bait and switch’ scheme

Wednesday, December 20 by ABC News

(HOUSTON) -- The Justice Department on Wednesday announced its first-ever predatory mortgage lending lawsuit against a Houston-based developer they accuse of swindling tens of thousands of Hispanic borrowers into buying flood-prone homes with loans that were designed to fail.Officials say Colony Ridge used targeted ads... Read More.

Hispanic doulas work to meet needs of pregnant women as maternal mortality rates rise

Friday, October 13 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- When Carolina Pino was pregnant, she discovered she lived in a so-called maternal care desert, a county with limited or no access to maternity care services.Pino said the closest hospital where she could deliver her baby was more than 20 miles... Read More.

Innovations in Alzheimer’s treatment risk leaving Hispanic community behind, experts say

Sunday, October 8 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Evelin Miranda first noticed something was off with her husband, Eddie, about 10 years ago, when he started picking her up from work late. Then, her son Miguel told her Eddie hadn't been paying bills on time."Things just weren't getting better,"... Read More.

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