A bill introduced in the California Legislature on Friday will seek reparations for the families of people who were displaced from their homes in Los Angeles in the 1950s on land that eventually became the site of Dodger Stadium. The bill, introduced by Assemblywoman Wendy Carrillo, Democrat of Los Angeles, came after years of calls […]
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Diabetes Is Fueling an Amputation Crisis for Men in San Antonio
At a medical facility on the west side of San Antonio, the patients show up with disturbing regularity — most of them men. They have sores on their feet that won’t go away. And they leave with the same devastating news: Their diabetes has progressed to the point that their leg must be amputated to […]
Read MoreNew York Food Delivery Workers, Overlooked in Life, Are Honored in Death
After the brass band packed up its instruments, Sergio Solano and two other food delivery workers walked a white bicycle to an overpass within view of the United Nations headquarters. A fellow worker, or compañero, as they call each other meaning “partner,” had died less than two weeks earlier that September in yet another bicycle […]
Read MoreOn the Texas-Mexico Border, Folk Healers Modernize Their Ancient Practice
Known as curanderas, they carry on a tradition long revered in local Hispanic culture. WHY WE’RE HERE We’re exploring how America defines itself one place at a time. In the Rio Grande Valley, which straddles the Mexican border in Texas, cities like Edinburg, Pharr and McAllen are steeped in old Mexican American traditions. By Edgar […]
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