Mientras continúa la batalla legal sobre un plan de perdón de préstamos estudiantiles federales, muchas familias latinas enfrentan situaciones difíciles cuando se trata de crecientes deudas universitarias.

As the battle continues over a federal student loan forgiveness plan, many Latino families face their own tough circumstances when it comes to ballooning college debt.

En una entrevista de amplio espectro con palabra, el Secretario de Educación Miguel Cardona compartió su visión para el futuro de la educación, y ofreció su perspectiva sobre el alivio de deuda estudiantil y la seguridad escolar.

In a wide-ranging interview with palabra,  Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona laid out his vision for the future of education, and his take on student debt relief and school safety.

Undocumented students win a fight for educational equality in Arizona, but their future remains uncertain.

Estudiantes indocumentados ganan una batalla por la igualdad educativa en Arizona, pero su futuro con DACA es incierto.

The Rio Grande Valley is at the epicenter of an Alzheimer’s spike among Latinos. Yet Texas, with a $33 billion budget surplus, spends far less on this devastating form of dementia than other large states.

Access to maternal health in the U.S. presents challenges for immigrant women, with or without papers, but advocates are pushing for policies to remedy that.

This personal essay was featured on the first episode of Así Fue, a podcast in which journalists discuss the intersection between their personal history and their work.

Despite a growing Muslim population in the Chicago area, few public schools offer students halal food options

Excluded from many labor laws, Brooklyn’s informal domestic workers seek basic rights

Excluidas de muchas leyes laborales, las trabajadoras domésticas informales de Brooklyn luchan por derechos básicos 

Many asylum seekers in the United States journeyed through danger in Latin America. Then, thousands were bussed from the border to await far-off immigration court dates in far-off places like New York. Now many are stuck, forced to beg churches for help or take low-paid clandestine jobs to support families and pay off smugglers.

As advocates and academics question the impact of flights over neighborhoods, police departments lack persuasive evidence of crime-fighting effectiveness

Arizona’s Fate in the Midterms Depends on Latino Voters

Even with gas prices falling, the recent rise is still hurting Latinos already reeling from Covid and inflation

Border agents improperly shared confidential information on U.S. journalists, activists, and others with Mexican law enforcement, putting these individuals at risk in a country with a dismal record on human rights

After the 2021 halt in applications, many Dreamers’ dreams are set aside

Climate change threatens nature’s balance in Brazil’s watery Pantanal – the world’s largest tropical wetlands and home to a stunning array of wildlife

Already under siege by gang violence and poverty, people in the riverside town of Chamelecón now face devastation from climate change and inaction by the Honduran government

Hurricanes, a winter storm, and spring floods have left low-income Gulf Coast residents exhausted and cash strapped before this year’s season, with no significant aid in sight

A journalist details the loss of independence he’s learned to live with – and his exploration of why epilepsy is a growing problem among Latinos in the United States.

The pandemic has disproportionately affected Latinos, an impact made worse by the loss of fitness opportunities. Now, many are tightening the laces and blazing new paths toward healthy living

The COVID-19 pandemic pushed an immigrant mother to grab the kids and hit the road to discover their adopted country. Along the way the family rediscovered itself

A new community of journalists and activists, armed with facts, is working to block a wave of COVID misinformation aimed at immigrant communities

As controversy rages over the ‘immunization’ of football star Aaron Rodgers, Latino athletes have pushed through misinformation to lead community vaccination campaigns

Thousands of indigenous migrants toil on California farms, cut off from mainstream health care by language and cultural barriers. Amid the pandemic, new activists from within the community now work to bridge the gap