Author: Lidia Hernández Tapia

Lidia Hernández Tapia (she/her)

  • Critical Grassroot Efforts in the Time of Covid-19/ Esfuerzos Críticos de Organizaciones de Base en Tiempos de Covid-19

    As the pandemic unfolded across the world, front line workers in New York City bore the brunt of keeping things in motion while millions adhered to the quarantine guidelines. They comprised a critical workforce in the circulation of food, goods and services that helped New Yorkers survive the pandemic. Many of these workers labored for…

  • The Share of Latinos in Three Brooklyn Neighborhoods Is Decreasing

    Media contact: Sebastián Villamizar-Santamaría, svillamizarsantamaria@gradcenter.cuny.edu  The Share of Latinos in Three Brooklyn Neighborhoods Is Decreasing A New Report from the Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies at The Graduate Center, CUNY Tracks the Marked Racial and Ethnic Changes in Sunset Park/Windsor Terrace and Bushwick. NEW YORK, May 7, 2021—The Graduate Center of The…

  • Over half of eligible Latinos voted in 2020—a historic first

      About 1 in 10 voters in last year’s election were Latino, with “extraordinary” registration and turnout among younger and U.S.-born Hispanics. By Suzanne Gamboa Even without the kind of spending on Latino turnout that some had hoped to see, they registered and voted in record numbers in the 2020 presidential election, according to a City University…

  • Latino Voter Registration Rates Reached an All-Time High in the 2020 Presidential Election

    Media contact: Sebastián Villamizar-Santamaría, svillamizarsantamaria@gradcenter.cuny.edu   Latino Voter Registration Rates Reached an All-Time High in the 2020 Presidential Election: 61.1% of All Latino Citizens Eligible to Vote  A New Report from the Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies at The Graduate Center, CUNY tracks Voter Participation Rates in the US Presidential Elections since 1992 …

  • Estudio revela los cambios demográficos y socioeconómicos que han tenido los dominicanos en Nueva York

    El profesor Laird Bergad, autor de la investigación, asegura que desde 2015 los oriundos de República Dominicana se convirtieron en la mayor población latinoamericana que habita en la Gran Manzana. Además, el historiador evidencia que en los últimos tiempos las mujeres dominicanas han logrado concretar una formación académica y profesional, asumiendo, en muchos casos, la…