General websites and organizations
National level websites
- Center for Latin American and Latino Studies (CLALS) at American UniversityCutting-edge research on Latino communities in the US and on Latin Amerca
- LANIC (Latin American Network Information Center)A portal of resources for Latin Americanists. Not updated since 2015.
- Pew Research Center: Hispanic TrendsNon-partisan public opinion, demographic research, and media analysis related to the Hispanic population in the US.
- Smithsonian Latino CenterEducational programs, exhibitions, and research geared toward "preserving Latino history and culture, engaging Latino communities, and advancing Latino representation in the United States"
- Tomás Rivera Policy Institute (U. of Southern California)"Policy focus areas include: Latinos and the criminal justice system, civic engagement and capacity building among immigrant-serving organizations, and demographic change in major metropolitan regions of the US"
- UnidosUSFormerly National Council for La Raza (founded in 1968), the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States, working to create opportunities for Hispanic Americans.
- Voces Oral History Project (U. of Texas)A project "dedicated to recording and disseminating the stories of US Latinas and Latinos"
Alabama sites
- HICA (Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama)"A community development and advocacy organization that champions economic equality, civic engagement, and social justice for Latino families in Alabama."
- ACIJ (Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice)A coalition focused on "cultivating just policies, encouraging grassroots leadership and participation, building alliances, and amplifying the voices and contributions of immigrants in Alabama."
- Adelante Alabama"Unites low-wage and immigrant workers and their families in the Birmingham area to defend our rights, promote our dignity, and pursue justice for all."
News sites - tips and tricks
Google covers a wide range of countries and formats. Your challenge is to make it search the types of sources for the time frame and in the language you wish!
To set the search to Spanish: Under Settings (Preferencias) > Languages (Idiomas) you can change the language of Google products:
Then, when searching, choose Herramientas > Cualquier idioma and change to Buscar solo páginas en español.
When looking for news items, set your search to Noticias on the top tab. You can select language settings, and also the region it searches, under Herramientas > Configuración de búsqueda > Configuración de la región
Searchable Spanish language news sources on the web include:
- Yahoo noticias en españolA compilation of recent news from various sources, including AP, Reuters, EFE, AFP, and major newspapers in Spain and Latin America.
- Google noticiasDraws from news agencies and newspapers.
Quickly limit news to a specific country using "Idioma y región." - Noticias UnivisionThe latest news in Spanish from the media powerhouse Univisión (the dominant Spanish-language network in the US).
- Wikipedia list of Spanish-language newspapers in the USNote: Many of these are covered in the Ethnic Newswatch database.
