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Feel the Heat

In some Philadelphia communities where air conditioning is a luxury, activists and city officials team up to beat the heat.

Climate Changepalabra.September 25, 2020Volume 02, Climate Change

palabra. presents: One on One with Lila Downs

palabra.September 23, 2020Hispanic Heritage Month

Voces del Campo

De COVID, quemazones, y la cosecha, obreros en el valle de Salinas hablan de temor e incertidumbre en California

Climate Changepalabra.September 22, 2020Volume 02, COVID-19, Pandemic, coronavirus, pandemia, Climate Change

Fire, Pandemic and the Fields

For an essential farmworker and high school senior, a crisis-marred 2020 raises the stakes in the Salinas Valley, the nation’s vital “salad bowl”

Climate Changepalabra.September 22, 2020Volume 02, COVID-19, Pandemic, coronavirus, pandemia, Climate Change

palabra. presents: #MoreAfroLatinxInNews

palabra.September 19, 2020Hispanic Heritage Month

Varados en Miami

COVID-19 convierta visitas a Florida en pesadillas para venezolanos

COVID-19palabra.September 18, 2020Volume 02, Pandemic, coronavirus, pandemia

Far From Home

Stranded for months in the United States, Venezuelans confront the pandemic, lives on hold and families back home desperate for reunions

COVID-19palabra.September 18, 2020Volume 02, Pandemic, Coronavirus, Pandemia

Diary Of A Pandemic: California’s “Coronavirus State Prison”

A veteran journalist was helping out by teaching journalism to prisoners. She looked on as thousands of inmates became infected. Dozens have since died, turning San Quentin into a coronavirus hotspot

COVID-19palabra.August 13, 2020Volume 02, Politics, Pandemic, coronavirus, Pandemia, prisoner's rights, Diary of a Pandemic

Crónica De Una Pandemia: La "Prisión Estatal Del Coronavirus" En California

La periodista estaba ayudando, dando clases de periodismo a los presos. Pero resultó observando cómo miles de reclusos se infectaron con COVID-19. Docenas han muerto desde entonces, convirtiendo a San Quentin en un punto de crisis

COVID-19palabra.August 13, 2020Volume 02, Politics, Pandemic, coronavirus, pandemia, COVID-19

Targeting Journalists

After years of verbal assaults on Latinos and on the media by politicians and ideologues, a summer of protest yields new danger for journalists of color.

Politicspalabra.August 4, 2020Volume 02, Culture, Journalism, Politics

El Paso Remembered

A year after racism turned lethal for 23 people in El Paso, a veteran journalist looks back on what’s become of her Texas border city, the victims’ families, and survivors of the hateful shooting

Politicspalabra.July 31, 2020Volume 02, Culture, Bordre Politics, Gun Violence, Politics

Calling Out Racism

In A Kids Play About Racism, a children’s book about bias becomes a nationwide theater production

Culturepalabra.July 30, 2020Volume 02, Politics, Culture, #BLM, Black Lives Matter, Race

Working Through The Pandemic

Half of Mexico’s workforce toils in the “informal sector.” In a dangerous pandemic, day-to-day work is riskier than ever.

COVID-19palabra.July 24, 2020Volume 02, Mexico, Labor, Politics, Pandemia, Pandemic, COVID-19

Diary of a Pandemic: The Price of Almost Dying

Landscaper Jose Diaz beat the coronavirus. He came back from a coma and a heart attack and weeks tethered to a ventilator. He returned to the happy embrace of his family. Then he got the hospital bills.

COVID-19palabra.July 16, 2020Volume 02, Coronavirus, pandemic, pandemia, Diary of a Pandemic, Diary of Pandemic