Tamales aren't just a treat that we enjoy on the holidays. Its origins date back thousands of years, and a new institution is exploring the cultural significance behind the staple corn husk dish.

One of the pioneers for Latino representation in journalism is a woman whose career spans over four decades and transcends cultures, languages and borders.

For more than 60 years, Adela Sloss-Vento used her writings to challenge racial discrimination and exploitation of laborers, all the while championing the civil rights of Mexican Americans.

The National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders created a Latino Economic Agenda with 10 policy recommendations to strengthen economic mobility for Latino communities suffering in the pandemic.

Latinx voters have often been dubbed the "sleeping giant" that can make or break competitive races. But is this the right metaphor to describe this growing group of voters? The Texas Organizing Project Education Fund and Culture Concepts spent the past year interviewing Latinx voters and nonvoters to better understand their civic engagement habits.

With early voting beginning Oct. 13 in Texas, Jolt Initiative — the state's largest Latino civic engagement organization — is mobilizing to challenge the low Latino voter turnout status quo.

The Mexican American civil rights movement often paralleled alongside the African American civil rights movement. Both fought against voter suppression, and discrimination in the classroom and in the workplace, but the historical fights for the Latinx community are often overlooked.

On this week's Fronteras, we speak with Nick Quested about his new documentary that chronicles a Central American migrant caravan making their journey north to the U.S.-Mexico border, and examines the policies and circumstances that drive drug traffickers into this line of work.