palabra's most read stories of 2025
For marginalized communities, cybersecurity is survival. Liminal Works is coding a safer future.
They were told to “Go Hunting” for migrants, so these volunteers hit the road to protect them.
From panic to power: undocumented communities are organizing against fear and for their rights.
A Latina professor on the frontlines of a large college campus helps fight back against attacks on immigrant students and DEI.
How a creative entrepreneur and a community are securing the future of working-class families in a Chicago neighborhood.
A political force of mighty women fight for the rights of the transgender community in the City of Angels and lends a helping hand too.
How the put-down of “no sabo kid” became embraced, with Latinos redefining identity beyond perfect Spanish.
The job of covering traumatic subject matter often falls on journalists of color, many of whom ultimately leave the industry due to lack of support. The story of one such journalist, Laura Gómez Rodríguez, begs the question: What responsibility does a newsroom have to journalists of color whose mental health struggles are a direct result of their job?
Young, urban and poor women in Puerto Rico are highly vulnerable to substance dependency and suffer most in the opioid crisis. Limited government data invisibilizes their experiences.
Journalists have broad rights to publish — but far fewer to investigate. Here’s a map of the legal tripwires, from hidden cameras to border searches.
Despite political rhetoric and higher visa fees, visitors from Mexico are a booming, bright spot for U.S. border economies, driven by family, shopping, and deep-rooted ties.
"He was his best friend," says the attorney for a distraught El Paso man whose dog was killed inside his own home during an immigration check that found no wrongdoing.
In her new novel, author Mirta Ojito looks at a haunting question: How can an ancestor die in a shipwreck, yet be your grandmother?
A gold mine in Mexico's Sonoran desert was taken over by the sons of drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. Mexican officials and military generals said they would help an American businessman reclaim the mine — after hefty bribes. For one man, reclaiming the mine was more than a business proposition. It was a reckoning with his past and a chance to pay back the orphanage that raised him.

Like in other metropolises, the presence of digital nomads in the Mexican state capital raises questions about capitalism and coexistence.