COVID’s ‘untold story’: Texas Blacks and Latinos are dying in the prime of their lives
The deaths have sweeping implications for Texas’ economy, for its higher education system and for a rapidly unfolding mental health crisis
Since his mother, Cecilia, and his fiancee, Blanca Leon (in framed photo), died of COVID-19, Claudio Sanchez has been caring for his and Blanca s sons Jose Ortiz, 14, Daniel Sanchez, 6, Claudio s sister, Celeste, 18, and three cousins who had lived with his mother and aunt: Elijah Sanchez, 7, Izaeyah Burkley, 8, and Aaliyah Sanchez, 9.(Vernon Bryant / Staff Photographer)
Claudio Sanchez is facing his first Christmas without his fiancée, Blanca Leon; his mother, Cecilia; and Blanca’s father, Jose. All three died of COVID-19.
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Meet Pancho Claus: Here’s what to know to meet the local Christmas icon, help less-fortunate kids in Fort Bend County
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Pancho Claus riding in a car to deliver presents to kids in east Houston.
ROSENBERG, Texas – Houston’s beloved Latino Santa is coming to Fort Bend County this year with a toy drive for less-fortunate children.
The League of United Latin American Citizens (Lulac) Chapter 2911 Fort Bend, whose mission is to unite Hispanics and empower residents in the community, will be hosting the toy drive on Saturday at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Rosenberg.
The organization said in a release that Fort Bend County “sees a despair need” of toy donations, hoping the community can rise up to help children who may be without a Christmas toy this season.
Al-Marayati praised the ADL for its leadership on civil rights in the OpEd, including standing up against anti-Muslim policies of the Trump administration. But he also said the group has “weaponized antisemitism to marginalize those who criticize Israel” and threatened free speech by trying to criminalize support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel.
He wrote that he had fended off pressure from leftist allies to join their #droptheADL campaign, and agreed to join the Tuesday panel alongside the ADL’s chief executive, Jonathan Greenblatt, because he believed “truth and reconciliation” would make us “better prepared to counter attacks on our communities.”
The next U.S. agriculture secretary must rebuke the meat industry Neal Barnard, Another View contributor
Trump declares meat plants critical infrastructure during coronavirus
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More and more, it’s clear just how troubling the meat industry is. It endangers the lives of workers, produces products that cause heart disease and cancer, contributes to climate change, and keeps animals in deplorable conditions until they are killed. Now, a lawsuit is alleging that managers at a Tyson Foods plant in Iowa were betting on how many workers would contract COVID-19.
The conditions at meatpacking plants across the U.S. have ensured that infection rates would be high. Since the beginning of the pandemic, workers have reported a lack of protective gear, lack of social distancing, inadequate sick leave policies, and inadequate testing. As of Nov. 30, there have been nearly 50,000 infections and more than 250 deaths among U.S. meatpacking plant workers,