Getting Creative to Reach Unvaccinated Latinos in Colorado
Horns blared and drums pounded a constant beat as fans of the Mexican national soccer team gathered recently at Empower Field at Mile High in Denver for a high-profile international…
Fighting Global Warming Requires An Equity Approach
Bigger wildfires, more frequent heat waves, longer summers, more intense droughts and warmer seas. Climate change is speeding up, making life harder for Americans, reports the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)….
Schools Bar Native Students from Wearing Traditional Regalia
Eighteen-year-old Nyché Andrew stepped on stage to take the podium in front of her classmates and their families on an overcast afternoon last month. “We would like to take this…
Activists Tell Members of Congress to Protect Voting Rights
It took years for immigrant Yolanda Hernández to become eligible to cast an election ballot in the United States, but since she obtained citizenship in her adopted country, she has…
Volunteers Treat Refugees Massing at the U.S.-México Border
By Heidi de Marco El Chaparral Plaza once teemed with tourists, street vendors and idling taxis. But the plaza, just outside the San Ysidro port of entry on…
Seeking Shelter in a Time of Great Uncertainty
By Ed Williams Every afternoon, 23-year old Audrey sits on the couch in the one-bedroom apartment she shares with her mom and her sister, waiting for the creak of…
Helping Farmworkers and Their Families Access Better Opportunities
By Sarah Tory Before Noemí Gutiérrez enrolled in Aims Community College in Fort Lupton, Colo., she worked on a farm outside of Brighton, a small city northeast of Denver…
For Incarcerated Youth, the Pandemic Isn’t Over Yet
It was late April and Renee sounded drained and worried. She hadn’t hugged her son or seen his face without a screen pixelating his features since the COVID-19…
Covid Fears Keep Many Latino Kids Out of Classrooms
By Heidi de Marco For the past year, 13-year-old twins Ariel Jr. and Abraham Osorio have logged on to their online classes from their parents’ flower shop. Ariel nestles…
Latinos Are the Most Eager to Get Vaccinated, But Face Obstacles
By Anna Almendrala Hispanics who have yet to receive a covid shot are about twice as likely as non-Hispanic whites or Blacks to say they’d like to get vaccinated…