Can the Border Patrol’s pattern of mistreating migrants without recourse be reversed?
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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.
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Editor’s Note: In the fall of 2019, palabra debuted, featuring a story about Mexican immigrant Maximiliano Trejo who was caught up in the federal immigration court system and faced deportation. The story detailed how a diverse community of friends and neighbors rallied in support of the dedicated family man who’d become a cherished member of a Dallas neighborhood. This new chapter brings the story almost full circle.
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In a Latino community near Chicago, too many victims of COVID are identified as white, Black or other. The misclassification is part of a nationwide problem made worse by the pandemic, and it could be costing Latinos urgently needed public health services.
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Private prisons are closing, but private immigration detention is not. One Virginia town has a decision to make about where it stands
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Hispanics and Latinos are disproportionately in need of donor organs, yet are less likely than non-Latinos to become donors themselves. One journalist is breaking that pattern by starting with himself.
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Some Latinos love to gamble. Courts have made it easier. So addiction experts fear a recent explosion in sports betting will have a disproportionate impact on the community
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As Gabriel Boric assumes the presidency in Chile, and amid the rise of the so-called Pink Tide in Latin America, in Argentina Juan Grabois has emerged as the new social leader. With support from the Vatican, he’s tethering a fresh network of movements in the region
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From childhood to adulthood, a writer navigates the distance between white, native, and mestizo people in the borderlands of the Southwest
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In a media landscape where Latinos are seldom shown in a positive light,“The Garcias,” offers viewers a show about a middle-class Latino family, living normal, happy lives
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An immigrant journalist ventures into musical theater to share an American story of identity, belonging and perseverance
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After her relatives’ escape from war-torn Ukraine, a fashion model guides them from Poland through Mexico and then to safety in Los Angeles
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Climate chaos is at a crisis point in Honduras, where persistent drought in farm country has led to economic tragedy – and more U.S.-bound migrants.
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This Arizona Afro-Latina is raising awareness of her culture and rising as a leader for female empowerment
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Is Mexican film having another Golden moment?
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A MEXICAN JOURNALIST IN UKRAINE DOCUMENTS A GROWING REFUGEE CRISIS
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Indigenous fishermen on Mexico’s Gulf coast want to put the country’s oil giant on trial for decades of sulfur pollution that’s choked streams and rivers that feed their families
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A high school junior says applying for college is an unfair competition. She wants school officials to introduce college to students in marginalized communities in a more civilized, effective way
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As Latinos in entertainment continue a very public quest for greater visibility and control over their narratives, there are many working equally hard behind the scenes mentoring, empowering and inspiring a growing community of Latino creatives
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More Latino men are dying by suicide, even as the national rate declines. Experts point to job loss, substance abuse, poor access to care and the stigma of mental illness
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