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2 weeks ago | 
theguardian.com | Tom Phillips |Clavel Rangel
Neiyerver Rengel’s captors came one sunny spring morning, lurking outside the apartment he shared with his girlfriend and pouncing as soon as he emerged. The three government agents announced the young Venezuelan man had “charges to answer” and was being detained. “Everything’s going to be OK,” the man’s girlfriend, Richely Alejandra Uzcátegui Gutiérrez, remembers the handcuffed 27-year-old reassuring her as she gave him one last hug.
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1 month ago | 
chicagohealthonline.com | Clavel Rangel |Katie Scarlett Brandt
This is the story of thousands of families, violently uprooted from their homeland, now struggling to build new lives and opportunities for their children. Schools, community members, and human rights organizations have played a crucial role in addressing their mental health needs and integration. Yet, as these families face ongoing hardships, the strength of those support systems is tested every day.
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1 month ago | 
theashlandchronicle.com | Tom Phillips |Clavel Rangel |Alex Baumhardt
UPDATED at 1:55 p.m. on Wednesday, March 19Flooding and landslides from swollen rivers and record-setting rain in southern Oregon and parts of the Willamette Valley have caused millions of dollars in damages and cost one woman her life. In response, Gov. Tina Kotek declared a state of emergency for 10 counties on Wednesday, directing the Oregon Department of Emergency Management, the Oregon Department of Transportation and other state agencies to coordinate recovery efforts.
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1 month ago | 
theashlandchronicle.com | Tom Phillips |Clavel Rangel
The premise behind two constitutional amendments proposed by Republican lawmakers is that it’s too easy to place an initiative on the ballot in Oregon. Buried inside that premise is that idea that some Oregonians’ clout in the initiative process should count more than for others. Both House Joint Resolution 3 and HJR 11 aim to change the number of petition signatures needed for initiative backers to win a spot on the ballot.
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1 month ago | 
theguardian.com | Tom Phillips |Clavel Rangel
Like many Venezuelans of his generation, Franco José Caraballo Tiapa is a man of many tattoos. There is one of a rose, one of a lion, and another – on the left side of the 26-year-old’s neck – of a razor blade that represents his work as a barber. Two other tattoos pay tribute to Caraballo’s eldest daughter, Shalome: a pocket watch featuring the time of her birth and some black lettering on his chest that spells out the four-year-old’s name.
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1 month ago | 
theashlandchronicle.com | Jesse Hassenger |Tom Phillips |Clavel Rangel
Rogue ValleyCommunityEventsAshlandHuman InterestEducation Get ready to Take Action with the Better Prepared Wildfire Series!It’s more important than ever to be proactive and prepared when it comes to wildfire. We’re excited to present the Better Prepared Wildfire Series, a unique opportunity to gain the skills and strategies to safeguard your home, loved ones and the community.
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1 month ago | 
theashlandchronicle.com | Tom Phillips |Clavel Rangel |Leyland Cecco |Marina Dunbar
CENTRAL POINT, Ore. – A wanted suspect died by apparent suicide this afternoon in the 6000 block of Table Rock Road in rural Central Point. Jackson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) deputies and US Marshals were in the area actively searching for a suspect with 15 nationwide extraditable warrants for child sex abuse. The suspect was involved in a domestic altercation on Orr Drive in rural Central Point March 16 where he menaced a woman with a firearm.
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1 month ago | 
theguardian.com | Tom Phillips |Clavel Rangel
Donald Trump’s White House has described the Venezuelan migrants deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador as “heinous monsters” and terrorists who “rape, maim and murder for sport”. But relatives of Francisco Javier García Casique, a 24-year-old from the city of Maracay, say he was a hairdresser, not a crook.
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2 months ago | 
chicagohealthonline.com | Clavel Rangel |Katie Scarlett Brandt
Venezuelan migrant children and the mental health journey they faceWhen Texas sent buses of displaced migrants north to sanctuary cities, it was a political move. But there were real people aboard, including thousands of children who had been through significant trauma. How were cities responding to their mental health needs? Chicago Health, along with reporters from El Tiempo Latino and The World, spent the past year investigating that question.
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Oct 12, 2024 | 
chicagohealthonline.com | Clavel Rangel
Anovel program at Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital and Edgewater Fitness Centeris helping people with Parkinson’s disease improve mobility and social connections: ping-pong, formally known as table tennis. The program began in late 2023 as a collaboration between Mike DeBartolo, who has had Parkinson’s for more than a decade, and Linda Egan, the Parkinson’s disease program coordinator at Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital.
