Family struggles to care for daughter in wake of Puerto Rico power outages
By Olivia Richard and Lerman Montoya | Tuesday, April 24, 2018
CIALES, Puerto Rico – The night Hurricane Maria ravaged the island last September, Martha Rivera worried most about her daughter, Melissa. Related story Puerto Rican retirees face uncertainty on pension…
Puerto Rican retirees face uncertainty on pension cuts after Hurricane Maria
By Sydney Maki | Friday, April 13, 2018
PONCE, Puerto Rico — In the yellow and orange house where 78-year-old Lucrecia Rivera has lived for half a century, she explains her income by adding and subtracting on the…
Foreign-born doctors are vital to Arizona’s rural communities
By SuElen Rivera and Abdel Jimenez | Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018
…where I am from,” he said, “but I think I’m prouder of where I am today.” (Photo by SuElen Rivera/Cronkite News) 1 SuElen Rivera and Abdel Jimenez Cronkite News www.cronkitenews.azpbs.com…
Phoenix Jewish community focuses on safety, solidarity after Pittsburgh massacre
By SuElen Rivera, Abdel Jimenez and Alexa Avila | Monday, Oct. 29, 2018
…102273 A mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue left 11 people dead and several others injured. (Photo by CNN) 1 SuElen Rivera, Abdel Jimenez and Alexa Avila Cronkite News www.cronkitenews.azpbs.com…
Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera exhibit attracts crowds at Heard Museum, only North American stop
By Ryan Santistevan | Wednesday, April 26, 2017
…Diego Rivera exhibit at the Heard Museum. (Photo courtesy of Heard Museum Design) The Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera exhibit at the Heard Museum. (Photo courtesy of Heard Museum Design)…
Undocumented LGBTQ protesters clash with Phoenix police at Pride parade, vow to hold own event next year
By Lerman Montoya | Monday, April 9, 2018
…chant, Phoenix police threatened to arrest any protester that stepped back into the street. Deeana Rivera, a 44-year-old trans women who was standing atop a chair on Third Street, chanting…
The tale of two schools and their recovery from Hurricane Maria
By Carino Dominguez | Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018
CAROLINA, Puerto Rico – The school bell rings to end the day’s activities at the very busy campus of Dr. Modesto Rivera, Rivera Elementary School, yet, for principal Migdalia Nieves,…
La Raza, largest Latino group in the U.S., returns to a ‘changed’ Arizona
By Lauren Marshall | Friday, July 7, 2017
…“If we understand that the success of Latinos is tied to the success of the country, we would be treating this community in a different way,” Avila said. Avila said…
Superhero fans celebrate increasing diversity in comic books
By Jenna Miller | Friday, Jan. 19, 2018
…Rivera said. “Everyone wants to feel represented.” Rivera and other Comic Con attendees said they’re slowly seeing more characters they can identify with. Roo Garcia said it was meaningful for…
ASU initiative aims to ‘CounterAct’ sexual violence through the arts
By Faith Miller | Thursday, April 5, 2018
…write down answers to the question, “Hey Alexa, what is one thing I can do to prevent sexual violence today?” (Photo by Faith Miller/Cronkite News) Retha Hill, executive director of…
Border clashes in Tijuana have immigration advocates mobilized
By SuElen Rivera and Abdel Jimenez | Monday, Nov. 26, 2018
…of applications for asylum. (Photo by SuElen Rivera/Cronkite News) In the past few years, the number of cases for people seeking asylum has increased, Phoenix immigration lawyer Ray Ybarra Maldonado…
Transgender rally at state Capitol encourages voting
By SuElen Rivera and Edgardo Lozoya | Monday, Nov. 5, 2018
…a trans woman, attend the rally to protest the Trump administration’s possible redefinition of gender. (Photo by SuElen Rivera/Cronkite News) Regardless of the efforts made by rally supporters and organizers,…