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AI is helping Latinos get on the property ladder. Latinos often face several barriers when trying to buy a home, such as meeting loan officers who don’t speak Spanish and not being able to fully understand what is being explained to them by loan officers. Federal housing agencies have started to switch to English-only services as part of President Donald Trump’s plan to make English the official language of the United States, according to The Seattle Times. The use of bilingual AI may help Latinos and other underrepresented communities during

46.0% of all Fortune 500 companies were founded by immigrants or their children, according to a new report. That percentage is the highest level recorded since the American Immigration Council started examining immigrant entrepreneurs in annual reviews in 2011.  Amazon, DoorDash, and Apple were among the Fortune 500 companies founded by immigrants or children of immigrants, as highlighted by the council’s research. These companies employ 15.5 million people worldwide, more than the population in Pennsylvania.  As major companies across the country have rolled back their DEI efforts to comply with President Trump’s executive orders, these

The US Latino GDP has soared to $4 trillion, making it the second-fastest growing among the world’s ten largest, according to the newly released 2025 Official LDC US Latino GDP Report. The report, now in its eighth edition, was published by the Latino Donor Collaborative (LDC), a think tank dedicated to highlighting economic growth opportunities. “The data confirms what we’ve seen building for years,” Sol Trujillo, Co-Founder and Chairman of the Latino Donor Collaborative, said in a press release. “Latinos in the US are not just participating in the economy;

This Hispanic Heritage Month, POCIT spoke with Marcos Navas, the CEO of Latinos in Coding, about his work to empower Latinx communities in tech and make coding more accessible. By 2045, the minorities of the US will make up the majority of the workforce, with the Latinx community playing a pivotal role in this shift.  Despite making up 17% of the workforce, Latinx people currently account for only 8% of workers in STEM. Coding is the language of the modern world, Navas argues, with the COVID-19 pandemic shedding light on