Posts in Feature
Citizen Dreamer

Dreamers don’t consider themselves a minority. With great political clarity, their practice of de facto citizenship has made them one of the nation’s most important activist movements

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Feature, Politicspalabra.
He Was My Idol

She was a teenager in love -- with baseball. She played the game and talked about it endlessly. ESPN’s Pedro Gomez was her role model. So she dropped the glove and picked up the mic

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Feature, Culturepalabra.
A Moveable Crisis

A large community of mobile vendors depend on street sales to feed their families in Ciudad Juárez. The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the Mexican economy and threatens disaster for many who don’t hold traditional jobs along the border with Texas

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Needs Improvement

A report card shows that a record 42% of all movie roles went to people of color in 2020. But Latino actors got less than 6% of the casting, leaving many to ponder their roles as Hollywood “accessories”

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Featurepalabra.
Rent Me

Titans of the new economy breezily muse about the efficiency and “flexibility” of the new gig army. Laws affirming job security for U.S. workers count only those in regular employment. More people in contingency work are feeling like borrowed tools, so it’s time to reset the rules of work

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Featurepalabra.
We Do The Work

Latino essential workers have suffered disproportionately in the pandemic. A new study says these workers sacrificed and “stepped up for America.” Now they’re leading an economic comeback

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Feature, Financepalabra.
Dreaming of Afro-Cuba

For a proud community of Cuban artists and musicians in Washington, D.C., the COVID-19 pandemic was a gut punch. A once-thriving scene of live performances and raucous jam sessions is silent. For palabra., filmmaker Josee Molavi documented the artists’ dilemma and captured their resilience

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Feature, Culturepalabra.
The Money Coach

Many Gen Z and millennial Latinos have used time in pandemic lockdown to build financial literacy. They’ve turned to social media influencers like Delyanne Barros to help close their own wealth gaps.

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Feature, Culturepalabra.