Lawmakers, Community Members Say RECA Expansion Needed to Help the ‘Unknowing, Unwilling, Uncompensated Victims’
By Hannah Grover As the years have passed and people have died of cancer, Navajo Nation communities impacted by uranium mining have lost hope that they will someday…
US Latino Economic Output Propels the Country Forward
By Pilar Marrero One of the many misconceptions about the U.S. Latino community is that it is a drag on the country’s economy. But if U.S. Latinos were…
A Father Dreamed of a Home for His Family. Medical Debt Nearly Pushed Them Onto the Streets.
Kayce Atencio used to be haunted by a thought while working at a homeless shelter in downtown Denver. “It could have been me,” said Atencio, 30, who lives in a small apartment with his son and daughter not far from the shelter.
‘All We Want Is Revenge’: How Social Media Fuels Gun Violence Among Teens
By Liz Szabo Juan Campos has been working to save at-risk teens from gun violence for 16 years. As a street outreach worker in Oakland, California, he…
Despite Federal Warnings, States Aggressively Cut Medicaid Coverage
Despite federal warnings to slow down, both red and blue states have cut off Medicaid coverage for nearly 4 million people because they lack the proper paperwork. In at least four states, half of all the people who have lost coverage for any reason are children.
MMIP Task Forces Grapple/Struggle with Centuries of Historical Neglect
By Alexis Waiss Jason Chávez acknowledges that members of Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs’ Task Force on Missing and Murdered Indigenous People face a “big ask” – to “reduce…
Eagle Pass Residents Speak Out Against Sadistic Border Tactics
By Uriel J. García When Magali Urbina and her husband, Hugo, bought a nearly 400-acre pecan farm along the Rio Grande in April 2021, it was supposed…
League of United Latin American Citizens Sets 2024 Election Goals
By Megan Taros The road to the White House in 2024 is through the barrios and in Latino households all over the country. That’s what Domingo García,…
Home for a While—Staying in the U.S. Forever is Not an Option
By Sarah Tory Early one morning last spring, Ana Vasquez drove through the deserted streets of Aspen, Colorado to the office of a luxury real estate firm across…
Families Flee States Amid Crackdown on Transgender Care
By Bram Sable-Smith, Daniel Chang, Jazmin Orozco Rodríguez, Sandy West Hal Dempsey wanted to “escape Missouri.” Arlo Dennis is “fleeing Florida.” The Tillison family “can’t stay in Texas.”…