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.”
Read More
Editor’s Note: In the fall of 2019, palabra debuted, featuring a story about Mexican immigrant Maximiliano Trejo who was caught up in the federal immigration court system and faced deportation. The story detailed how a diverse community of friends and neighbors rallied in support of the dedicated family man who’d become a cherished member of a Dallas neighborhood. This new chapter brings the story almost full circle.
Read More
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.
Read More
En una morgue de un condado de Estados Unidos hay más de 300 personas sin identificar. Sus restos y pertenencias están en cajas de cartón dentro de un trailer anodino en un estacionamiento.
Read More
No existe un mecanismo unificado para cruzar el ADN de familiares que buscan a migrantes desaparecidos con los restos sin identificar en las morgues de Estados Unidos. Entonces ¿quiénes y cómo los identifican? Son las organizaciones no gubernamentales las que se esfuerzan por devolverles la identidad y dar respuestas a sus familias.
Read More
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?
Read More
Overcrowded morgues and underreporting in Mexico's national database of missing persons.
Read More
Morgues colapsadas y un subregistro en la base nacional de personas desaparecidas en México.
Read More
Lack of data and discrimination: Mexican authorities fail in the search for missing migrants.
Read More
Falta de datos y discriminación: autoridades de México fallan en la búsqueda de migrantes desaparecidos.
Read More
A vivacious and powerful trailblazer left her mark in the world of journalism bringing voices and stories previously unheard.
Read More
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?
Read More
Private prisons are closing, but private immigration detention is not. One Virginia town has a decision to make about where it stands
Read More
An unconventional citizen journalist stands up for free speech by suing the Laredo public officials who had her arrested.
Read More
As Gabriel Boric assumes the presidency in Chile, and amid the rise of the so-called Pink Tide in Latin America, in Argentina Juan Grabois has emerged as the new social leader. With support from the Vatican, he’s tethering a fresh network of movements in the region
Read More
In a media landscape where Latinos are seldom shown in a positive light,“The Garcias,” offers viewers a show about a middle-class Latino family, living normal, happy lives
Read More
Undocumented students win a fight for educational equality in Arizona, but their future remains uncertain.
Read More
An immigrant journalist ventures into musical theater to share an American story of identity, belonging and perseverance
Read More
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.
Read More
After her relatives’ escape from war-torn Ukraine, a fashion model guides them from Poland through Mexico and then to safety in Los Angeles
Read More