The nation’s most linguistically diverse state has a tortured history with bilingual education in public schools. The Education Department can’t — and the Legislature won’t — do what it takes to repair the damage.

Flouting federal laws, schools routinely fail to provide qualified interpreters. Districts say they lack the resources ‘no matter how hard we try’.

How the put-down of “no sabo kid” became embraced, with Latinos redefining identity beyond perfect Spanish.

Long-time palabra contributor, photojournalist Zaydee Sánchez, winner of the 2025 American Mosaic Journalism Prize — for coverage of misrepresented peoples — discusses covering the LA fires, journalism and community.

Inspired by her personal experience, indie rock artist and activist Roxiny seeks to elevate the healing power of music.

A year ago, 40 men were killed in a detention center fire in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. An examination by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune shows that it was the foreseen and foreseeable result of landmark shifts in U.S. border policies.

After unprecedented protests swept Cuba in 2021, a wave of people left the island to cross the United States’ southern border. One was journalist Jesús Jank Curbelo, who tells his story of being smuggled through Central America and Mexico.

Echoes of U.S. Border Policies Impact Ecuador, Restricting Chinese Migrants.

As Trump revives hardline immigration policies and tariff threats, Mexico’s president navigates a delicate balance — managing U.S. pressure, safeguarding trade, and maintaining stability. Can Sheinbaum’s methodical approach withstand the storm?

With Trump back as president, controlling Congress and a conservative Supreme Court, Mexico’s Sheinbaum administration braces for strained relations. U.S. public support for hardline policies targeting Mexico is on the rise, and looming energy reforms and trade negotiations add to the challenge.

Jaeson Jones, a former DPS captain-turned-MAGA influencer, is helping lay the groundwork for mass deportations and conflict with Mexico.

A natural mutation found in Puerto Rican dairy cows might keep them healthier in extreme heat.

Climate change threatens nature’s balance in Brazil’s watery Pantanal – the world’s largest tropical wetlands and home to a stunning array of wildlife.

The job of covering traumatic subject matter often falls on journalists of color, many of whom ultimately leave the industry due to lack of support. The story of one such journalist, Laura Gómez Rodríguez, begs the question: What responsibility does a newsroom have to journalists of color whose mental health struggles are a direct result of their job?

At a time of dire threat, activists reignite a movement to provide healing through "radical hope" and vow to organize and protect those most vulnerable.

How immigrant-led coalitions provide mental health support to fellow migrants fearing deportation.

A Mexican government report predicts that industrializing the Isthmus of Tehuantepec will devastate natural areas, turning them into polluted industrial zones with contaminated water, infertile land, polluted air, and widespread animal deaths.

The first female president of Mexico says she will continue the reforms of her predecessor; analysts predict greater diplomatic openness with the United States.

With insufficient information and little notice, the indigenous consultations supported by the Mexican government were the first violation of the peoples' rights of the Isthmus. The falsification of signatures followed, along with the votes of deceased people.