Candy is a 34-year-old transgender woman who migrated from Honduras to the United States more than a decade ago. She fled persecution and transphobia in her motherland because of her gender identity and Honduras’ institutionalized discriminatory system. After arriving in the United States, she sought better opportunities, only to find
Alabama’s failure to invest in public services and past pro-worker laws has long made the state an inhospitable place for low-income communities of color, and these same communities have been hit hardest by the pandemic. Now there is evidence to suggest that frontline workers of color in Alabama may
When LeEtta Osborne-Sampson was scrolling through her Facebook feed, she noticed a post shared on the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma’s page. The Wewoka Indian Health Service, the local, rural healthcare center, was at the phase in their COVID-19 vaccine rollout where only Seminole Nation Tribal patients who were 18
This narrative in the Unheard Voices of the Pandemic series from Voice of Witness is published with permission, as part of a partnership with Prism. Interview and editing by Mateo Hoke. Under usual circumstances, U.S. prisons and jails are unhealthy and dangerous places to be, but they have been
At a time when a global pandemic is affecting and killing Black and brown Americans at a significantly higher rate than white Americans, reluctance to get inoculated can have especially dangerous consequences. Taking time to build trust in communities that are hesitant to get vaccinated is crucial—and when people
As the country approaches the one year mark of a pandemic that has claimed the lives of over 400,000 Americans and more than 2 million people worldwide, many are finding some spark of hope in the new availability of new and highly effective vaccines. In the face of limited
Dulce Castañeda wasn’t surprised by Nebraska Republican Gov. Pete Ricketts’ remarks earlier this month, threatening that undocumented essential workers wouldn’t be a priority in distribution of the much-anticipated COVID-19 vaccine. She was still outraged, however. For Castañeda, this is personal. Her father has been a meatpacking worker at
To say the COVID-19 crisis has decimated the United States would be an understatement. Since March, tens of millions of people have lost their jobs and are now facing food insecurity and eviction. However, there is one group for whom pandemic unemployment has been particularly brutal and unrelenting: Latina immigrants.
This narrative in the Unheard Voices of the Pandemic series from Voice of Witness is published with permission, as part of a partnership with Prism. Interview and editing by Ela Banerjee. Oscar Ramos teaches second grade in Salinas, which is the capital of the Salinas Valley and known as the
Depending on who you ask, this holiday season will represent something markedly different. For some, it’s a breaking point after a difficult year, where people are loosening their own social distancing protocols out of a desire to visit with family. For others, it will be one of the first
It is estimated that over 5 million people in this country receive paid home care services, which includes disabled people, older adults, and now those with COVID-19—individuals dealing with the long-term after effects and currently sick with the virus. Paid home care services are an important lifeline in our
This story originally appeared at NOISE Omaha, and is republished with permission as part of a partnership between Prism and NOISE. Mid-October was already bitingly cold in Nebraska, but Rebecca Mesteth (of the Pine Ridge Reservation), along with some close friends and family gathered in Omaha’s Gifford Park, honoring
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