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Americans Flee to Mexico to Escape Strict Quarantine

Virginia IsaadJanuary 4, 2021

by Virginia IsaadJanuary 4, 2021011082

The quarantine in the U.S. remains intact and some Americans have decided to flee to Mexico to escape strict stay-at-home orders. The New York Times recently did a report exploring the influx of Americans looking to settle down in Mexico...

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Former Covid Patient Margarita Montanez Made 800 Tamales for Health Care Workers

Virginia IsaadDecember 18, 2020December 18, 2020

by Virginia IsaadDecember 18, 2020December 18, 202002368

Margarita Montanez spent 20 days in the hospital in April battling coronavirus and now she’s giving back to those who helped heal her by making 800 tamales, KTLA reported. The San Fernando Valley resident was hooked up to a ventilator...

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Kristin Urquiza Denounces Trump After Dad Dies of Covid-19 in Powerful DNC Speech

Virginia IsaadAugust 18, 2020

by Virginia IsaadAugust 18, 202001254

Kristin Urquiza gave one of the most powerful speeches of the night at the Democratic National Convention when she shared how her father trusted Trump when he said the pandemic would go away. Her father, Mark Anthony Urquiza, died of...

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Latina Mom Maribel Rosado-Morales Murdered During Daughter’s Zoom Class

Virginia IsaadAugust 13, 2020August 13, 2020

by Virginia IsaadAugust 13, 2020August 13, 202004024

During a 10-year-old girl’s first day of online school her mother was shot and killed in their home by her ex-boyfriend. Maribel Rosado-Morales, 32, was killed on Tuesday by Donald Williams, 27, who has been charged with first-degree murder after...

Culture

8 Latina Artists That Are Offering Hope During the COVID-19 Crisis

Johanna FerreiraJune 8, 2020June 8, 2020

by Johanna FerreiraJune 8, 2020June 8, 202004313

There’s a lot going on in the world right now. From the coronavirus pandemic that has disproportionately impacted and killed people of color — black and Latinx people specifically — to the cruel and senseless killings of black lives including...