Marlon Bishop
NPR's Latino USA
New York, NY, United States
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The Kid Mero Roasts America, One Trump Joke at a Time
Latino USA‘s Maria Hinojosa interviews one of of America's newest late-night hosts. → Read More
Rodeo - Latino USA
For this special episode, Latino USA goes “La Fiesta de los Vaqueros” in Tucson, Arizona. → Read More
The Death Count
Latino USA visits Puerto Rico to investigate the death count after Hurricane Maria and to find out why the local government may have miscounted the dead. → Read More
Empress Of: When Your Mom Crashes Your Rave
The artist shares her mom’s eventual acceptance of her music career, their deep bond, and their deep differences. → Read More
Gabriel Garzón-Montano Is Just Trying to Get Funky
The artist shares his songwriting process and the importance of self-love. → Read More
Xenia Rubinos Finds Her Magic Mojo
Her conversation with Maria Hinojosa at the Latino USA studio. → Read More
Rumble in the 9th Ward
In Minneapolis, we explore how conversations about race and politics have been evolving since President Trump's win last year. → Read More
Is There a Legal Way to Police Cultural Appropriation?
The term “cultural appropriation” is commonly used today to call out the taking of another culture, but it wasn’t always a negative term. → Read More
? & The Mysterians: The Migrant Kids Who Inspired Punk Rock
Latino USA sets off on a quest to find him and learn about the man behind punk’s origin story. → Read More
The Dominican-Haitian Border in Pictures
Here are some of the words and images captured by Latino USA on both sides of the border. → Read More
A Border Drawn in Blood
On the 80th anniversary of the Perejil Massacre, Latino USA travels to the Dominican-Haitian border to unpack the history of what happened. → Read More
Eighty Years After the Dominican Republic Massacred Haitians on the Border, a Survivor’s Account
Exactly 80 years ago, the army of the Dominican Republic under military dictator Rafael Trujillo perpetrated a massacre, and almost got away with it. → Read More
How MS-13 Makes Money
Latino USA's Marlon Bishop reports on this bloody industry from Tegucigalpa, the Honduran capital. → Read More
Where Is MS-13 Really From? Hint: Not Central America
We explore the history of the Central American gang problem through a man who lived it firsthand. → Read More
Gabriel Garzón-Montano Is Just Trying to Get Funky
Gabriel Garzón-Montano talks about his songwriting process and the importance of self-love. → Read More
The Kid Mero Roasts America, One Trump Joke at a Time
Joel Martinez, aka The Kid Mero, is one of the stars of Desus & Mero. → Read More
Fighting to Protect Immigrants in Rural Trump Country
We visit a city in rural Minnesota to see how activism in the Trump-era is working on a very local scale. → Read More
Inside the Andean Techno of Ecuador's Nicola Cruz
Nicola Cruz collected rare records and mixed those samples with electronic elements, plus his own field recordings of traditional music. → Read More
'No Mexicans Allowed': School Segregation in the Southwest
Mendez v. Westminster became the first case in U.S. history to rule on desegregation. → Read More
The History of Anti-Mexican Violence and Lynching
The bloody history of lynchings of Mexicans in the Southwest is often forgotten. → Read More