Episcopal Farmworker Ministry
Farm and poultry workers gathered outside the state capitol building a month ago urging state officials to set stricter COVID-19 rules for their workplace. North Carolina coronavirus numbers are rising at the same time meat and poultry workers tackle the busy holiday season. After denying the petition, workers are now pushing a Wake County judge to force the Department of Labor to protect them.
Nick de la Canal
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WFAE
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About a third of Latinos eligible to vote in North Carolina have yet to register. The regular registration period ended Oct. 9, so their only chance to cast a ballot is by going to an early voting site before Oct. 31. -
Every 30 seconds, a young Latino becomes eligible to vote, according to the Pew Research Center. Latino voters will make up the second-largest voting bloc behind white people, but they lag behind Black voters in showing up to the polls. North Carolina is no exception. So, what’s on the minds of young Latino voters in the Charlotte area and what will drive them to vote?
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Latino students’ lack of access to technology and help with schoolwork at home are among the factors that worry teachers and school officials. WFAE checked in with a preschool in Charlotte that’s trying to keep these early learners from falling behind during the pandemic.
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In an auditorium with dozens of other people, Alba Sanchez, a Costa Rican mother in Charlotte, took her naturalization oath as her mother and son looked…
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Ana Chagoyán lost her 40-year-old brother Juan from what a Charlotte hospital says was COVID-19 pneumonia. Before Juan's death on July 20, Ana said, her…
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Sitting at home and from her cellphone screen on July 24, Ana Chagoyán, a Mexican mother who lives near Charlotte, said her last goodbye to her brother…
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Thousands of North Carolina residents are in danger of losing their homes as courts begin issuing eviction orders again this month. The threat is…
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Thirty-seven-year-old Marcial is at home and providing again for his family of six. We won’t say his last name because he’s worried about legal…
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Protests ramped up again in Charlotte over the weekend. One group, called Unity-In-Diversity, gathered Sunday afternoon at Romare Bearden Park demanding…
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It has been nearly a month since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the Trump administration’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood…
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Just as 23-year-old Paolo Bompieri began training for his last tennis season as a Queens University Royal, ICE announced international students have to…
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Ever since the coronavirus pandemic started, Vanessa Jacome has been worried. The Latina mother and wife from Charlotte knew her family’s chances of…
