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This Giving Tuesday, Futuro reflects back on 2025

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Maria Hinojosa shares how her dream podcast about Suave won a Pulitzer and faced funding attacks in 2025.

This episode reflects on Futuro Media's achievements in 2025, including Pulitzer-winning podcasts like Suave, viral interviews, and on-the-ground immigration reporting. Host Maria Hinojosa and guests Fernanda Echavarri and Maria Garcia discuss the challenges of independent Latino journalism and celebrate the organization's 15th anniversary with a fundraising appeal.

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A Giving Tuesday reflection that links hardship, access, and listener support to the value of the work.

Latino USA uses this Giving Tuesday episode to look back on 2025 as a hard year for democracy, journalism, and Latine life in the United States, while arguing for reporting that stays close to lived experience.

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A year-end reflection on journalism, democracy, Latino life, and why the work still matters.

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