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With palabra., freelance members of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) highlight stories and communities that often go unnoticed by mainstream media. This initiative challenges the notion that 'ethnic' news is only relevant to marginalized groups, emphasizing that these stories are, in fact, important to everyone. For years, NAHJ has pushed for greater Latino representation in newsrooms, and palabra. is turning this vision into reality by providing freelance journalists with a platform to share their local narratives, viewpoints, and a truthful portrayal of the Latino community.

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Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan Stalls as Mexican Shelters Sit Empty — palabra.

2 months ago | palabranahj.org | Alfredo Corchado |Omar Ornelas

The numbers of deportees in the last month sent to Mexico were higher than the last four weeks under the previous administration of President Joe Biden, said Ariel G. Ruiz Soto, a senior policy analyst at the nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute. Deportations have since stabilized, if not actually fallen in pace from the first 10 days of the Trump administration, said Ruiz Soto, who has examined data from both the U.S. and Mexico.
Trump Storm Looms Over Mexico, Border — palabra.

2 months ago | palabranahj.org | Alfredo Corchado |Omar Ornelas

Sheinbaum has so far staved off Trump’s tariff threats by ramping up migrant detentions within Mexico and cracking down on fentanyl production and trafficking. In turn, Trump, 78, recently praised Sheinbaum and Mexico in his teleconferenced speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Arturo Rocha, a former senior migration advisor under just departed President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, also applauded Sheinbaum but offered advice.
California banned bilingual education for almost 20 years. It still hasn’t recovered — palabra.

Jan 24, 2025 | palabranahj.org | Tara García Mathewson

Spurred on by support like his, a diverse coalition of school leaders in Madera Unified had, by 2016, come to see dual-language education as key to turning around the district’s chronically low performance, especially among the children of immigrants. Flores had helped make the case, inviting school board members to the annual conference of the California Association for Bilingual Education.
California prohibió la educación bilingüe durante casi 20 años y aún no se ha recuperado del daño — palabra.

Jan 23, 2025 | palabranahj.org | Reportaje De |Tara García Mathewson

Alentada por un apoyo como el suyo, una coalición diversa de líderes escolares en Madera Unified, en 2016, llegó a ver la educación bilingüe como clave para revertir el desempeño crónicamente bajo del distrito, especialmente entre los hijos de inmigrantes. Flores había ayudado a presentar el caso, invitando a los miembros de la junta escolar a la conferencia anual de la Asociación de Educación Bilingüe de California.
Sheinbaum, Borderlands, Face High-Stakes Challenges as Trump Returns to Power — palabra.

Jan 20, 2025 | palabranahj.org | Eduardo Garcia |Eduardo García |Omar Ornelas

Trump returns to power with significant leverage: his party controls both houses of Congress and a conservative-dominated Supreme Court could rubber stamp his agenda. Additionally, U.S. public support for policies targeting Mexico has grown since Trump left office four years ago, fueled by concerns over undocumented migration and an opioid crisis linked, in some cases, to Mexican cartels. These developments place Sheinbaum’s administration, which took office in October, in a precarious position.
The State Policeman-Turned-Propagandist Pushing Trump’s Extreme Border Agenda — palabra.

Jan 15, 2025 | palabranahj.org | Francesca D’Annunzio |Melissa del Bosque |Monica Camacho

Jones emphasizes different credentials depending on his audience. Sometimes he speaks as a correspondent for Newsmax, and other times as a member of Border911. In legislative settings, he often emphasizes his DPS career, such as when he advocated designating drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations at a press conference outside the Arizona Capitol.
Support for mental health needs of immigrants in Chicago and resources — palabra.

Nov 25, 2024 | palabranahj.org | Alma Campos

Editor’s Note: This is the third story from a new reporting project called “Silent Battles,” which focuses on the mental health of immigrant, refugee and asylum communities in the U.S. We have begun the project in Chicago, a city founded by a Haitian immigrant, that has the fourth-largest immigrant population in the country. The series is a collaboration between the Chicago bureau of MindSite News and palabra, a multimedia platform from the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.
Non-English–Speaking Parents Denied Vital Translation Services — palabra.

Nov 20, 2024 | palabranahj.org | Amanda Geduld

“We have seen countless examples of schools not providing interpretation at meetings, of parents going to schools and being told that there isn't anybody there who speaks their language and so they should come back at another time,” said Rita Rodriguez-Engberg, director of the Immigrant Students' Rights Project at Advocates for Children of New York.
Fentanilo: Morir por engaño — palabra.

Nov 13, 2024 | palabranahj.org | Reportaje De |Imágenes de |Zaydee Sanchez |Edición de

Santoro no es el único estudiante o joven adulto que está generando conciencia social sobre los peligros que acarrea la adicción a los opioides. En Arizona, Ronny Morales, de 31 años, lleva años como activista en rehabilitación de drogas compartiendo su travesía personal hacia la recuperación de una adicción.
Fentanyl: Death through Deception — palabra.

Nov 13, 2024 | palabranahj.org | Aitana Vargas

Both in Arizona and California, Mexican cartels — primarily the Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco Cartel — are exploiting decades-long logistics and distribution routes to smuggle fentanyl into the U.S. It is not immigrants without documents bringing in the drugs, as president-elect Donald Trump has claimed repeatedly. Rather, drug organizations enlist U.S. citizens and green card holders — including some students — as “mules” to slip fentanyl past the border.