Episodes
The global hot sauce market is worth $4.5 billion and growing fast as the spicy condiment continues to grow in popularity.
Published 11/26/21
Published 11/26/21
Gentefied catapulted to Netflix’s top 10 most-watched list when it first came out in 2020. Now the hit Latino comedy drama is back for a second season to focus on the Morales family’s fight to keep their undocumented patriarch, grandfather Casimiro, from being deported to Mexico.
Published 11/12/21
He's the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. As he prepares to potentially become Mexico’s first undisputed middleweight champ, Canelo Álvarez talks love and legacy with Jorge Ramos.
Published 11/05/21
Mexican feminists are organizing to help Texas women sidestep their state’s abortion ban by using the Mexican model of women helping women.
Published 10/22/21
Pati Jinich es muchas cosas: Chef, fue analista política, tiene una maestría en Estudios Latinoamericanos y sobre todo, tiene una sensibilidad muy especial para entender lo que une a la gente de distintas culturas. En una conversación spanglish ella nos habla de su nuevo proyecto explorando la cultura y la comida de la frontera.
Published 10/15/21
As U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken heads to Mexico for high-level security talks on Friday, the Mexican government is setting its sights on the U.S. gun industry. Mexico has filed a lawsuit against 6 leading U.S. gun manufacturers they accuse of “actively facilitating the unlawful trafficking of their guns to drug cartels in Mexico.”
Published 10/08/21
For many “Maria” on Sesame Street was the first Latina they remember seeing on television. Sonia Manzano, who played the iconic character for 44 years, joins us to reflect on her role on one of the most successful children’s series of all time and explain what inspired her to return to the small screen with her new kids show “Alma’s Way.”
Published 10/01/21
Weeks before mounted border patrol agents were pictured aggressively charging Haitian immigrants in Del Rio, Texas, we went to Haiti to document the political and environmental catastrophes that have created one of the world's most urgent refugee crises.
Published 09/24/21
Virtual meetings are an everyday part of our lives during the pandemic. But can you imagine making an entire movie on Zoom? Cuban-American actor and director Natalie Morales did exactly that in her latest bilingual film "Language Lessons".
Published 09/17/21
"I hope they tell the new generations this story: that high in one of those towers existed the most spectacular restaurant in the world. That many immigrants worked there and died in the attacks. They were all people who came to the U.S. in search of a better life." *Warning: Sensitive content from 9/11 attacks in this story.
Published 09/10/21
Afro-Latina actor and singer Mj Rodriguez made TV history with her role as Blanca Evangelista on the hit LGBTQ series Pose. Now she’s ready to do it again at this month’s 2021 Emmy Awards where she’s up for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. Her nomination marks the first for a trans woman in a major acting category.
Published 09/02/21
"No matter where I go, I will be at home, because I have found that home within me,” Sandra Cisneros tells Jorge Ramos, discussing her legacy as an author, why she left the U.S. for Mexico, and the inspiration behind her latest work, Martita, I Remember You.
Published 08/27/21
Would you eat a cockroach, or a worm, or a grasshopper? Many experts believe that to tackle global hunger, or just to improve our diet, what we have to do is exactly that, add bugs to our daily menu. With Chef Melgarejo.
Published 08/12/21
Today, Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered another special session of the State Legislature to try to pass a restrictive voting bill for the third time. Texas has become the frontline in the war on voting rights being waged around the country. We traveled to Austin to see first-hand what these bills will do and why so many groups are rallying against them.
Published 08/05/21
Mexico has received more than 51,000 asylum requests so far this year, and could be on pace to process roughly the same number of new asylum cases as U.S. did in 2018, before the pandemic
Published 07/22/21
#SOSCUBA has jumped from the virtual space to the streets. Protests erupting throughout Cuba and its diaspora this week call for an end to the Cuban government’s repressive regime as an out-of-control pandemic pushes the island’s limited basic resources past their breaking point. And the government’s violent response- cutting off internet access and arresting dozens of protesters- has failed to silence a cry for freedom that is resonating around the globe.
Published 07/15/21
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador was elected in 2018 on the promise of turning around Mexico’s record levels of violence. But almost 90,000 people have been killed in the nearly three years since AMLO took office, and the country also has the fourth-highest number of COVID deaths in the world. Jorge Ramos pressed the Mexican President on both figures during a recent “mañanera” press conference.
Published 07/05/21
Targeted U.S. sanctions against Daniel Ortega’s repressive regime have failed to curb a violent government crackdown in Nicaragua. Now, the U.S.’ old cold war nemesis is going on the offensive. Ortega is rounding up the country’s top opposition candidates, business leaders, journalists, and activists in a brazen attempt to torpedo next November’s elections and remain in power at all costs.
Published 07/01/21
Many Hispanic communities face unique challenges to raising their vaccination rates. We traveled the country to document the extraordinary efforts being made to reach them.
Published 06/24/21
More than 4 in 5 Indigenous women have experienced violence, according to the National Institute of Justice, while cases of Indigenous women and girls who go missing or are murdered often remain unsolved. Now, victim's families and advocates have a powerful ally in their fight for justice and raising awareness about this nationwide epidemic.
Published 06/17/21
The Biden administration wants to help Central Americans "find hope at home,” but for many in the Northern Triangle REAL HOPE means migrating to find a new home.
Published 06/17/21
Before the massive success of Hamilton, it all began with In The Heights for Lin-Manuel Miranda. The story about a Latino neighborhood in New York City with big dreams broke barriers when it first premiered on Broadway in 2008. Now, Lin-Manuel is taking audiences back to his roots, and theaters, with a new In The Heights movie adaptation of the hit musical.
Published 06/10/21
President Biden promised change at the southern border. But by continuing a Trump-era policy, known as Title 42, his administration is creating an invisible wall for thousands of asylum seekers who now find themselves in an indefinite limbo throughout border cities
Published 06/03/21
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, the first Native American to hold a White House Cabinet position in U.S. history, speaks with Jorge Ramos about the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women. We take a closer look at the epidemic and the steps Sec. Haaland is taking to help victims and their families in next week's episode.
Published 05/20/21