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He was once a high school dropout. Today, he is one of Washington’s award-winning poets

Ricardo Ruiz won the Washington State Book Award in poetry this year for “We Had Our Reasons.” The book shares migrant farm workers’ stories.

Richard “Cheech” Marin, who has built a Chicano art collection of 700 pieces over 30+ years, spoke at the Tacoma Art Museum.

Angelina Villalobos is breaking barriers in a male-dominated space and has created 25 murals in WA, including one at a park in Lakewood.

Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero, a final-year student at the University of Washington, has been named the Hortencia Zavala Foundation (HZF) intern.

Grammy award-winning Mexican singer Peso Pluma has announced dates for the North American leg of his “Exodo” tour, which includes

Over 100 immigrants detained at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma have ended their second hunger strike of the year.

WA Latino News / February 16, 2024

The rhythm and beat of ping, clunk, crunch, bam, and “STOMP” is coming to Washington! Touring the U.S. since 1994, the show

As the country commemorates the life of Martin Luther King Jr. and his work in advancing the causes of African

admin / January 6, 2024

Many Latinos in Washington had been excitedly waiting for Día de los Reyes, Three Kings Day, the closing event of

Vicki Adame / December 28, 2023

As the clock strikes midnight to ring in the new year, you might see Latinos throughout Washington doing their best

Sazón de Washington paints a rich, nuanced picture of the state’s food scene, its entrepreneurs, and the neighborhoods they enliven.

admin / November 1, 2023

Día de Muertos, or Día de los Muertos as it is called in the United States, is NOT Mexican Halloween nor is