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Called remaking political history. Its an hour and a half. Hi. My name is Jaime Sanchez jr. Our panel is making the case for latino political history. A theme that is central to the idea of remaking american political history. This is not to say no one has ever thought of or written about latinos in politics in history. The conversation follows in the foot steps of many major works and scholars. But instead it is about rethinking about what political historians Pay Attention to. In an earlier pa...

Geraldo Cavada, director of the Latino and Latina Studies Program at Northwestern University, speaks with ABC News via videoconference on Sept. 14, 2020. - ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Sept. 15 marks the first day of Hispanic Heritage Month in the United States. For many across the country, this is a way to celebrate Latino culture for a few weeks with food, music and festivals. Daily, Latinos in the U.S. are reminded that they are different -- whether it's because of their different skin tones or...

(NEW YORK) -- Sept. 15 marks the first day of Hispanic Heritage Month in the United States. For many across the country, this is a way to celebrate Latino cultu

Getting white Americans to recognize Hispanic heritage as something engraved in American culture is a battle that Latinos struggle with basically every day.

Geraldo Cavada, director of the Latino and Latina Studies Program at Northwestern University, speaks with ABC News via videoconference on Sept. 14, 2020. - ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Sept. 15 marks the first day of Hispanic Heritage Month in the United States. For many across the country, this is a way to celebrate Latino culture

(NEW YORK) — Sept. 15 marks the first day of Hispanic Heritage Month in the United States. For many across the country, this is a way to celebrate Latino culture for a few weeks with food, music and festivals. Daily, Latinos in the U.S. are […]

Photo courtesy pbs.org In 2019 Pacione-Zayas was featured on a PBS program speaking about how the well-being of children reflects a communitys overall well-being. State Sen. Cristina Pacione-Zayas is on a mission to change the status quo of education in Illinois. "My objective was to be a disrupter," Pacione-Zayas said of her time working for the Il...