Far-right extremism targeting Latinos and an uptick in mass shootings have galvanized the state’s largest cultural group to embrace gun ownership.
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Digital “nomads” seeking paradise settled in a beachfront Dominican town, hurting the local economy, while just beyond their view the Dominican government continues its systemic deportation of Haitians.
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In New York City, hands-on learning is taking on a new dimension as students partner with researchers to monitor air pollution in their schools and neighborhoods. Students use the data they generate to address environmental injustices and pursue broader legislative change.
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The band rocked the L.A. music scene in the 90s. Then it went dormant, leaving fans longing for more. Three decades later Lava Diva erupts again, rekindling memories of when it set local stages on fire.
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Mediante el poder de la literatura, la narración oral y la identidad, la autora cubanoamericana Meg Medina, Embajadora Nacional de Literatura Juvenil, invita a los niños al mundo de los libros.
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Silvia Rodríguez Vega se hizo una promesa después de trabajar con niños que dibujaron sus propios miedos, el resultado es un libro que muestra el poderoso efecto del arte como sanación.
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Silvia Rodríguez Vega made a promise to herself after working with children who drew their own fears. The result is a book that shows the powerful effect of art as healing.
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En México, el gobierno minimiza el COVID persistente, y los sistemas de salud desestiman a personas que sufren secuelas neurológicas y neuropsiquiátricas pos-COVID-19.
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In Mexico, the government ignores long COVID, and health systems belittle longhaulers suffering neurological and neuropsychiatric aftereffects.
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El sistema escolar de Puerto Rico, el sexto más grande de EE. UU., vive los estragos de desastres naturales recurrentes y una caída en las matrículas ¿Ayudará la nueva atención federal?
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Through the power of literature, oral storytelling and identity, Cuban American author Meg Medina, the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, invites children into the world of books.
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La búsqueda de una familia por una mejor vida y mejor educación para sus hijos nacidos en Estados Unidos los lleva al sur de la frontera.
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Las preparatorias que tratan a los adolescentes transgénero con respeto y cuidado brindan un apoyo esencial a nivel emocional y académico, además de ayudar a estos estudiantes a desarrollar la autoestima y a realizarse.
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Los residentes de Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, han construido la primera microrred solar comunitaria en la isla.
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Residents in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, have built the island’s first community-owned solar microgrid.
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High schools that treat trans teenagers with respect and care provide essential emotional and academic support, and help these students develop self-confidence and thrive.
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Cómo un programa sin fines de lucro en la Florida está intentando reducir la brecha que impide que las familias de los trabajadores agrícolas tengan mejores oportunidades académicas y económicas.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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