Red Dress Day honors missing and murdered Indigenous women and others

Statistics show that Indigenous women face disproportionate violence compared to their white counterparts. DENVER — On May 5 every year, people display red dresses on hangers without women to wear them – a visual reminder of the thousands of missing Indigenous people in the United States.  May 5 is National Day of Awareness for Missing … Read more

‘Dreamer’ applauds expansion of health insurance access under new Biden rule

More than a third of immigrants covered by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, are uninsured, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. UTSA graduate and DACA recipient Andrea Rathbone Ramos says several years ago, she was too. Rathbone Ramos said it’s why she let a broken bone go … Read more

Public health alert issued for chorizo product sold in Texas H-E-B stores

The raw pork chorizo products sold in Texas H-E-B locations may be contaminated with a foreign material, specifically hard plastic and metal according to the FSIS. SAN ANTONIO — A public health alert has been issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Services (FSIS) for raw pork chorizo products sold in … Read more