‘The Fight of Farmworkers is the Fight for All of Labor’
By Kenny Stancil After vetoing similar legislation last year and threatening to do so again last month, California Gov. Gavin Newsom on September 28th, signed Assembly Bill 2183…
City in the Southwest Implements Solution for Homelessness
On a sweltering day at the end of July, Mike Amos crouched by his tent, fiddling with a few car batteries powered by solar panels that sat on the bottom rack of a shopping cart. Amos used them to charge his phone, e-cigarettes and an electric skillet while living at Coronado Park, in Albuquerque, New México, where he has stayed for much of the last six years. He had a couple of other carts filled with his belongings, along with a bicycle and a brindle Tennessee hound named Skittles. “Compared to the rest of society, I’m a dirtbag,” he said. “But for here, I live pretty good.”
El Semanario Endorses U.S. Senator Michael Bennet
The Weekly Issue/El Semanario is pleased to strongly endorse U.S. Senator Michael Bennet for another term as United States Senator representing Colorado. Senator Bennet has a lengthy history supporting and…
Veterans of La Raza Unida Political Movement Pass Along Their Torch
By Alexa Ura Just off the historic West Side, where many of this city’s Mexican American civil rights fights were waged, the old Texans walked past unknowing college…
Major Janelle Orozco Highest Ranking Latina in 120 Year History
By Benjamin Neufeld On the morning of Friday, September 9, Denver County Sheriff, Elias Diggins, swore in Janelle Orozco to the rank of major. Major Orozco, Sheriff Diggins…
Emergency Fund Keeps Dreams in Focus for Students Facing Uncertain Future
By Matt Watson When Alejandra Webster completed her Nursing degree at Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU) in December 2020, her skills were in high demand. Covid-19 would…
Loss of 1.7 Million Immigrants Fuels U.S. Labor Shortages and Inflation
By Jenny Manrique Close to 15% of job openings that employ immigrant or foreign-born workers in the U.S. are still vacant, while the legal immigration system is in dire…
U.S. Facing the ‘Worst Overdose Crisis in the History of this Country’
By Matt Watson Eric Pérez was a success story. He grew up in south Denver in an environment plagued by poverty, gang violence and incarceration, but he pursued…
Children Make Up a Third of Migrants in Documentation Limbo
By Athena Ankrah Around the world, millions of people are leaving their homes to seek refuge or asylum in safer, more prosperous countries. From Syria and Ukraine to…
Seven Years After Spill Turns River Yellow, Navajo Farmers Still Seek Justice
by Michael Benanav On August 7, 2015, crews from the Navajo Nation Irrigation Office in Shiprock rushed to close the main gates of two irrigation canals that carry…