El aire tóxico en una comunidad latina de Texas revela los fallos del sistema estatal de control de calidad del aire dejando a vecinos en la incertidumbre.
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Big Oil’s Legacy: In Ecuador, Indigenous communities cope with pollution and illness.
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A four-part series exploring identity, self-discovery, and authenticity, while addressing why newsrooms need more Latinx LGBTQIA+ journalists. The project is part of "More LGBTQIA + Latinx in Newsrooms,” a joint initiative by the National Association of Hispanic Journalists’ LGBTQIA+ Committee, palabra and GLAAD to share the stories and emphasize the importance of hiring more queer reporters.
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Feeling relief after getting laid off, a journalist reflects on her career reporting on the U.S./Mexico border, the cost to her mental health, and what she's learning about recovery.
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Young Latinos challenge traditional notions about mental health.
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The lack of personal identification is a barrier for many immigrants across the U.S. The soon-to-be-implemented REAL ID policy threatens to keep more people on society’s margins.
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California is one of three that allows those without full immigration status to get licensed as therapists.
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The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals threw out a lawsuit by Laredo’s most famous citizen journalist. One dissenting judge said the decision guarantees journalists “will only be able to report information the government chooses to share.”
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In one Arizona morgue alone in the U.S. there are more than 300 unidentified remains of migrants. Their bones and belongings sit in cardboard boxes in a nondescript trailer in a parking lot.
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There is no unified mechanism for cross-referencing the DNA of searching families with the remains awaiting identification in U.S. morgues. So who identifies them and how?
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Overcrowded morgues and underreporting in Mexico's national database of missing persons.
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Lack of data and discrimination: Mexican authorities fail in the search for missing migrants.
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Se describe como un evento discapacitante masivo: una de cada cinco infecciones de COVID-19 causa COVID persistente; los latinos son los más afectados en Estados Unidos. Si la sociedad y la medicina ignoran en gran medida esta crisis persistente, ¿cuán preparados estamos para atender una inminente avalancha de latinos con COVID persistente?
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An unconventional citizen journalist stands up for free speech by suing the Laredo public officials who had her arrested.
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From mental health affecting the Latina teen population to an in depth investigation on pesticides affecting farm workers, don't miss our editor’s favorite stories from the past year.
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It’s called a mass-disabling event: One in five COVID-19 infections results in long COVID, with Latinos the most affected. As society and medicine largely ignore this lingering crisis, how prepared are we to care for a looming avalanche of Latino long-haulers?
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A vivacious and powerful trailblazer left her mark in the world of journalism bringing voices and stories previously unheard.
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En Estados Unidos se están registrando aumentos dramáticos en depresión y enfermedades mentales entre las adolscentes, pero las redes sociales y la pandemia han empeorado aún más los desafíos para las latinas y otras jóvenes de color. La terapia culturalmente relevante, las iniciativas educativas integrales y las respuestas comunitarias pueden ayudar.
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As the first Latina CEO of documentary powerhouse Independent Television Service, Carrie Lozano embraces the recognition and respects the responsibility.
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En medio de un clima nacional de restricción, con algunos estados prohibiendo la teoría crítica de la raza en las escuelas y conservadores retirando libros de las aulas, los residentes de Arizona se encuentran en una revancha con un político que siembra el miedo en los educadores que enseñan sobre identidad y racismo.
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