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Terrenos Houston: El sueño americano embargado
An investigation into Colony Ridge reveals how a promise of affordable housing for immigrant families led to predatory lending, displacement, and a political firestorm that ignored the data.
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Esclavos con visa: el fraude detrás del programa H-2A en los campos de Georgia
Mientras las granjas generaron más de $18 mil millones al PIB de Georgia en 2024, cientos de trabajadores son estafados, amenazados y despedidos bajo el amparo de nuevas políticas federales.
Terrenos Houston: El sueño americano embargado
An investigation into Colony Ridge reveals how a promise of affordable housing for immigrant families led to predatory lending, displacement, and a political firestorm that ignored the data.
South & West Siders Want More Indoor Sports Facilities for Youth
In survey responses, youth and parents told the Weekly the South Side needs more indoor facilities for sports and recreation—and better maintenance of existing ones.
Universities in the United States often do not keep track of the number of students who have children or are pregnant, something that makes it difficult to identify their needs. Some studies reveal that a large percentage live in poverty. Photo by Ricardo Rodríguez, Centro de Periodismo Investigativo
Discriminated and Invisible
Pregnant students or with children deal with a lack of university support and discrimination in the oldest and largest public university in Puerto Rico. (Originally published by Todas, the Centro de Periodismo Investigativo and palabra)
Yasir Syed, 12, puts his lunch in his backpack before leaving for school from his home in Glendale Heights, Ill., Nov. 11, 2022. Syed’s mother packed him a halal meal of macaroni and cheese and pineapple. Photo by Michelle Kanaar/Borderless Magazine
Illinois Students Struggle to Find Halal Food
Despite a growing Muslim population in the Chicago area, few public schools offer students halal food options. (Originally published by Borderless Magazine)
Tahera Khalil helps her husband Sabbar Kahlil at dinnertime. Photo by Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local
To Age in Place
With an Aging Population that Needs Culturally Competent Care, Families Face A Caregiver Crunch. (Originally published by India Currents and palabra)
Each piece of cardboard holds many life stories: Almost 80 years old, George, a native of Georgia, collects cardboard every morning in a supermarket cart. When the cart is full, he sells the material to a processing plant. Photo by Frank López Ballesteros.
Recycling in obscurity
Invisible but essential to the global recycling industry, the cardboard collectors of Miami-Dade earn a living by breaking down each piece of cardboard by hand, with no guaranteed income or labor protections. (Originally published by Intempnews, palabra and Diario las Americas)
A line of women waiting for work at La Parada, accompanied by Liberty Workers staff. Photo by Andrea Pineda-Salgado
The women of La Parada
Excluded from many labor laws, Brooklyn’s informal domestic workers seek basic rights. (Originally published by Epicenter and palabra)
Neglected and exposed
Toxic air lingers in a Texas Latino community, revealing failures in state’s air monitoring system and leaving residents in the dark. (Originally published by The Texas Tribune, Environmental Health News and palabra)

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