All photos captured by Jacqueline Cardenas

Photography

Cubans march against the against the six-decade U.S. blockade imposed on the island on Dec. 20, 2025.

Bay Area protesters flooded San Francisco’s downtown streets after a Columbia University graduate was detained by ICE agents.

Family members mourn the loss of Noah Enos, a young man whose body was found in the Chicago River.

Former Mayor Lori Lightfoot during a City Council meeting on Jan. 25, 2023.

A Cuban mother looks over her 4-month-old baby.

Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25th) stands near protesting parishioners outside St. Ignatius College Prep and demands a meeting with Cardinal Blase Cupich.

People listened to live salsa music during the Puerto Rican Festival in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood.

Members of the queer Latinx community proudly waved their Mexico rainbow flag as they walked in Chicago’s annual Pride Parade.