Divulgando la cultura en dos idiómas.

Editorial: 2023: year of strikesEditorial:

Labor Day preceded a historic moment in the U.S. labor movement. On Sept. 15, the United Auto Workers (UAW) declared the first ever simultaneous strike against The Big Three – Ford Motor, General Motors and Stellantis. It started with 12,700 employees stopping work at three assembly plants. A settlement remains out of reach despite ongoing […]

Editorial: Wanted: healthy Hispanic blood

Every two seconds, someone in the U.S. requires a blood transfusion. A single automobile accident victim can use as much as 100 units of blood, warned the American Red Cross in a call to action in August. The nonprofit humanitarian organization, which supplies about 40% of the nation’s blood just followed up with another warning. […]

Editorial: Remember this: 988

Suicide Prevention Month ends Saturday (Sept. 30). The 15th annual observance is meant to raise awareness about suicide prevention, connect people facing a mental health crisis with resources, remember lives ended by suicide and acknowledge those impacted. Last year, 49,449 individuals in the U.S. died by suicide, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported […]

Editorial: Hog-wild inflation vs. lean wages

The economy’s recovering, the federal government keeps telling us. It’s on the upswing, and the rate of inflation’s on the downswing. Americans aren’t buying it. Soaring prices for gas, groceries, housing, insurance, taxes and utilities make economic recovery a hard sell. Based on their own experience, 70% of Americans regard the economy as worsening, not […]

Editorial: Fall ushers in Hispanic Heritage Month

The U.S. is heterogenous by nature. Long before European colonization, the peoples occupying this land were socially diverse. According to the federal government, 574 different American Indian tribes and Alaska Native societies called what’s now the 50 states home.Throughout succeeding centuries, millions of immigrants arrived from all over the globe, bringing their customs and cultures. […]

Editorial: Time to legalize longtime immigrants

Most of our 11.5 million undocumented residents have been here for decades, reported the nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute Aug. 29. Over the years, American taxpayers have bankrolled immigrant kids’ formal education up to and oftentimes including college. They’re now serving Americans professionally through careers in education, medicine, science, the arts and more. The Deferred Action […]

Editorial: Homelessness & low-wage workers

Kansas City ranks 17 on a list of best cities with affordable rent, according to Policygenius. And yet, there are 1,798 homeless individuals locally on any given night, reports the Greater Kansas City Coalition to End Homelessness. And of those, 438 spend nights unsheltered. Not all are unemployed or mentally ill or suffer from addiction. […]

Editorial: No power doesn’t mean powerless

Power outages are a fact of life. Twice within the past month, most recently on July 30 and before that July 14, severe storms caused customers to lose power. Thousands of metro area homes were without electricity, some for two or more days. Excessive energy consumption during heat waves can also strain power grids and […]

Editorial: Change in the wake of tragedyEditorial:

José Rodolfo Garcia-Sanchez came to Kansas City with high hopes. A temp agency, Infinity Resources Enterprises had hired him to perform asbestos abatement work on a downtown office building.It was an ill-fated move that cost the young Nicaraguan his life. On July 17, the 34-year-old worker fell 14 floors down an elevator shaft and died.Now, […]

Editorial: Debating Kansas HB2350

Immigrant rights advocates, attorneys and community service agencies are troubled by a new law that took effect in Kansas July 1. Since lawmakers passed House Bill 2350 in April, legal experts have worked to correct misinformation circulating about the law and reassure immigrants.The Kansas Hispanic and Latino Affairs Commission and other groups organized educational workshops […]