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Latinos Are Essential

News & Public Affairs

Latinos Are Essential

News & Public Affairs

"Latinos Are Essential" is a collection of unique and insightful short portraits and stories about Latinos who are serving as essential workers in a wide variety of jobs and/or services across the United States, even as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disproportionately impact Latino and other communities of color.
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Chelsea: An Essential City
4:56
Chelsea: An Essential City
Meet a young city councilwoman and a sanitation worker who are keeping the city running.
Growing in the Shadows
3:04
Growing in the Shadows
Anel Medina is a nurse and one of 200,000 DACA recipients classified as essential workers.
Chelsea: An Essential City (Spanish Captions)
4:56
Chelsea: An Essential City (Spanish Captions)
Meet a councilwoman and a sanitation worker who are keeping the city of Chelsea running.
All Around Us
5:04
All Around Us
Journalist Maria Hinojosa discusses her reporting on the pandemic’s effect on Latinos.
Networked Education
5:15
Networked Education
Two married teachers struggle to teach virtually among thehardships of Puerto Rico.
A Pescador in the Town (Spanish Captions)
4:36
A Pescador in the Town (Spanish Captions)
Meet Pancho Pescador, an artist who spends his pandemic-era days bringing art to Oakland.
Astrid
5:23
Astrid
Astrid finds a job cleaning subway cars at the peak of the pandemic in New York City.
The Seeds They Grow
3:45
The Seeds They Grow
Filmmaker David Gonzalez profiles his father and stepmother who have contracted COVID-19.
Latinos Are Essential | Trailer
11 stories of Latinos providing essential services on the pandemic's frontlines.
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