I just want to say a big thank you Alfredo Carbajal for the opportunity to report and write this story, as we all his sharp guidance and editing. Read the digital version👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

Such an important story! Please check it out for Amanda Michelle Gomez’s excellent reporting and Tyrone Turner’s beautiful photography.

When a project is finished, people can say, “look it was a Hispanic who built it…” powerful story!

Thank you Héctor Alejandro Arzate for reporting on the lives of Latino construction workers in Maryland. You beautifully captured the risks, but also the passion they have for this work.

Here’s my dads. His shirt is covered in sweat, but loves what he does.

For many, the deaths of 6 men in the collapse of Scott Key Bridge is a reminder of the dangers that immigrant workers face every day. So I recently spent time with construction workers in Baltimore to hear about the hard but necessary jobs they do. NPR
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well....it was not an april fools...it's happening ‼️ we're asking YOU to vote on a name for D.C.'s new worker-led news outlet ‼️ there's an option to leave open-ended feedback as well; we're all ears!
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It’s launch week for K Onda KQED ! K Onda is a newsletter highlighting Latino changemakers, events and news in the Bay Area. A lot of people at KQED, including me, have been working hard to make this a reality, so please sign up and share!
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Good morning! Baleadas in Baltimore!

Israel says there are vibrant markets selling food in the north of Gaza.

This work for NPR by Omar Al-Qataa in northern Gaza shows and reports what that actually looks like and the families struggling to stave off hunger
npr.org/2024/03/29/124…

NEW: For The Guardian I wrote about the Latino grocery store chain Compare Foods and how its growth in North Carolina tells a larger story about migration to the state. theguardian.com/us-news/ng-int…

The Richmond Standard had published 434 stories that touch on its owner, Chevron, since the site's inception. 8 articles refer to flaring incidents. None cite oil spills. The majority of the stories that mention Chevron focus on profiles, awards ceremonies, community projects...

What we know about the six construction workers who fell to their death from Francis Scott Key Bridge:

They were 'hard-working, humble' men, dedicated to their spouses, children and families in their homelands in Latin America.

For The Baltimore Banner : thebaltimorebanner.com/community/tran…

Kudos to the WAMU 88.5 news team (@EstherCinDC, Ayan Sheikh, Chris Remington (he/him), Tyrone Turner, @Deeluvsdisco, Sarah Y. Kim, Geri Mitchell 🎤🎧)
for robustly covering the news. And thank you to our colleagues at WYPR for your coverage and support
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Jesus Campos, a construction worker who knows the crew, said the men were from Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Mexico. They are in their 30s and 40s and have spouses and children.

“They are hard-working, humble men,” he said.

More updates to come for The Baltimore Banner.

My latest story for The World looks at the physician shortage in the US and how a new #Virginia bill introduced by Del. Kathy Tran would give an alternate licensing path to foreign doctors to continue practicing medicine theworld.org/stories/2024-0…

.Héctor Alejandro Arzate wrote about the effort to get the DC Council to call for a ceasefire in Gaza: dcist.com/story/24/01/25…

Missing his reporting and DCist today, everyday

RIP him genuinely i wonder if he really knew how much everything he made meant for black people and mexicans

Breaking: WAMU 88.5 has made access to all published DCist stories available to the public for at least one year as it seeks a long-term home for the archive. The archives are available at DCist.com

Story: wamu.org/story/24/02/28…