After months of waiting for an appointment and a 45 minute bus ride, Verenice De La Mora received the Johnson & Johnson single-shot vaccine at the Border Agricultural Workers Center on March 12. “I was ...
El Paso area farmworkers are transported to worksites in conditions that may make them susceptible to the spread of coronavirus. Farmworkers generally are picked up at a Downtown center and put in vans and trucks ...
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Observing social media trends on César Chávez Day this year, I noticed how seldom Chávez is remembered and celebrated nationally. As a representative of the younger generations, I’m afraid to say that this trend is ...