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Uvalde Report from Department of Justice Details ‘Cascading Failures’ of Law Enforcement

Kiko Martinez — Fri, 19 Jan 2024 15:28:57 +0000

Less than two years since a lone gunman killed 19 children and two staff members at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, the U.S. Department of Justice has released a 600-page report that describes an array of “cascading failures” leveled at law enforcement on the day of the mass shooting. Some of these failures include

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New Report Shows Latino & Black Workers Will Be Hardest Hit By Automation

Toni Gonzales — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 15:38:24 +0000

For decades we have been hearing the futuristic warning from people with ties to business: Robots are going to take most of our jobs! While we are far from that happening, a new report suggests at least some jobs are closer to that reality than we think—and Black and Latino workers are the most at-risk

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A Reporter’s Year-Long Investigation Reveals the Extent of Puerto Rico’s Domestic Violence Epidemic

Julyssa Lopez — Tue, 30 Jun 2020 18:13:55 +0000

For the last year, reporter Andrea Gonzalez-Ramirez has been working on an investigative feature that examines the growing crisis of violence against women in Puerto Rico, where the number of femicides has increased at an alarming rate since Hurricane Maria. The report, which highlights systemic inaction from law enforcement and government failure to protect women,

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New Human Rights Reports on the Americas Shows There’s Still a Lot of Work to Be Done

Ecleen Luzmila Caraballo — Fri, 28 Feb 2020 17:31:30 +0000

Amnesty International’s extensive, detailed annual report which assesses human rights across the Americas cements the last year as one of awakening in terms of movements and protests across Latin America and the Caribbean in particular. On the other hand, the region has remained one of the most dangerous in the world for journalists and human

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Latino TV Roles Are Getting More Stereotypical, According to This Columbia University Report

Andrew S. Vargas — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 21:39:27 +0000

It’s no secret that Latinos have grown into one of the largest and most influential demographic groups in the United States. With 17.4% of the total U.S. population, and an even larger share of younger subgroups, Latinos have been aggressively courted by political parties and marketing strategists vying to tap into our $1.5 trillion buying

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