Exception Helps LGBTQ Asylum-Seekers Come to the United States
By Yasmin Khan In a red brick house on the south side of El Paso, Texas, Susana Correa sits in front of a wall of five computer…
To Avoid High Medical Costs, Family Travels to México for Health Care
By Paula Andalo The Fierro family of Yuma, Arizona, had a string of bad medical luck that started in December 2020. That’s when Jesús Fierro Sr. was…
May Day March and Rally Reinforces Immigrant Rights Movement
By Isiah Holmes More than 4,000 people assembled on Sunday for an annual May Day march organized by Voces de la Frontera, the immigrant workers’ rights group based…
Voters with Disabilities Face New Ballot Restrictions Ahead of Midterms
By Matt Vasilogambros As voters went to the polls last month in the Texas primary, the voting rights hotline lit up at the nonprofit advocacy agency Disability Rights…
Hospitality Professionals Are Leading the Fight Against Human Trafficking
By Corey Phare A Broomfield, Colorado man was sentenced last month to 20 years in prison for sex-trafficking homeless minors. Steve Allen Contee used his construction business as…
Thousands of Households Are Struggling to Keep the Lights On
By Alicia Inez Guzmán and Luciana Perez Uribe Guinassi A PNM lineman stood outside Rebeca Kueber’s mobile home in Tesuque, New México about to cut off her…
United Farm Workers Leadership, Immigrants Continue Legacy of César Chávez
First Lady Dr. Jill Biden honored César Chávez on Monday, just a few days before what would have been the civil rights and farm labor leader’s 95th birthday (March…
The Price of a Migrant’s Journey: Scammed by a Trafficker
By Karen Gutiérrez The eyes of a migrant reflect years of struggle, suffering, pain, and deep down, a bit of hope. They tell in silence the hard…
Fighting Anti-Trans Legislation is Suicide Prevention
By Lazarus Nance Letcher I’m trans. This year I turn 30, and my teenage self would be beyond surprised — not just at the joys that fill my life,…
New México Downwinders Demand Recognition and Justice
By Danielle Prokop The story of the Trinity Test Site is mapped onto the bodies of thousands of New Mexicans, slipped between stories of losing family member after family…