In Doña Ana County, New Mexico, residents have long struggled to access clean water. Now, developers plan to spend $165 billion on a massive data center complex.
Latinos
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Amid raids in California, families struggle to locate detained workers
Days after the workplace immigration raids that first sparked protests in Los Angeles, families still had no contact with relatives in detention.
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Working in the Permian Basin comes at a high cost
Oil workers in New Mexico are subjected to harrowing conditions that lead to death, injury, disease and terrible tolls on mental health and family life.
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Immigrants feel hope, hate and hunted
Under the Trump administration, immigrants across the West worry for their safety.
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The subversive power of Spanish-language radio
For decades, immigrant communities have used the airwaves to educate and protect themselves. Under Trump, they’re doing it again.
Posted inMay 2025: The Art of the Cruise
El poder subversivo de la radio en español
Durante décadas, las comunidades inmigrantes han usado las ondas para educarse y protegerse. Bajo la administración de Trump, lo están haciendo de nuevo.
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Who voted in the 2024 election?
Many Democrats stayed home, while independents swung to the right.
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Key Senate and House races remain uncalled across the West
A dramatic shift by Latino voters toward Trump helped create a red wave.
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In Washington’s Yakima Valley, quinceañeras connect people and place
Teens are making the tradition their own with high-top sneakers, glowing dresses and Tiktok dances.
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Tenis, vestidos brillantes, y bailes de TikTok
En el Valle de Yakima, las jóvenes hacen suya la tradición quinceañera.
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What Nevada’s Culinary Union wants this presidential election
La Culinaria, which represents 60,000 hospitality workers in the battleground state, faces a high stakes election year.
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A lens on the Latino vote in Yakima, Washington
Organizers work to get out the vote within the diverse Latino population in the Yakima Valley.
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What to read next about Latinos in the 2024 election
Five stories we think you should make time for.
Posted inOctober 2024: Latino Vote
On the road with Latino organizers in the swing states of the West
In Nevada and Arizona, Latinos make up nearly a third of all voters. What are they thinking this election year?
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El voto indeciso latino
De gira con organizadores en Arizona y Nevada.
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Latino voting power is building in Yakima
Activists in central Washington focus on informing voters and getting them to show up to the polls.
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Poder latino
En el centro del estado de Washington, los organizadores latinos están promoviendo el voto y eligiendo a sus propios candidatos
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Arizona and Nevada edge toward Harris and Walz
The Democratic ticket is hitting home in Western swing states with young, minority and independent voters.
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When is it appropriate to call out bad trail etiquette?
With more trail users than ever before, trail etiquette is important to preserve the places we love. But it doesn’t mean the same thing to every visitor.
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An environmental justice coalition for all
How has Biden’s record on conservation served communities of color?