EP #139 - 10.1.2020 - Latinos and the COVID-19 Pandemic in the USA

Today I speak about Latinos in the United States in the midst of the pandemic with Washington Post reporter Arelis Hernandez.

Arelis R. Hernandez is the Texas correspondent for the Washington Post covering the southern border region. She has spent the last half year, writing about the ways the coronavirus has impacted the intimate lives of Americans in ways both obvious and unseen. Prior to coming to Texas, she spent years covering natural disasters, protests, mass shootings and political upheaval domestically and briefly, in Venezuela. Hernandez has spent her career covering communities of color and the impact of social and government policy on vulnerable populations.