Maria Murriel
WLRN
Florida, United States
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WATCH LIVE: Monday's Coronavirus White House Briefing
Watch the latest updates on the coronavirus pandemic, including regular White House briefings. → Read More
Read this book about writing. About death. (By a gifted novelist.)
Edwidge Danticat's latest book, "The Art of Death," helped her process her mother's death. → Read More
Nabra Hassanen's murder feeds anti-immigrant rhetoric on the conservative internet
Nabra Hassanen's killer was found to be an undocumented immigrant from El Salvador, spurring the claim that undocumented immigrants are dangerous. → Read More
Cuba's Daymé Arocena found her religion through music
Daymé Arocena strolls onstage barefoot, beaming as her band primes an audience in Boston for 90 minutes of Cuban jazz. Her head is wrapped in a white → Read More
Cuba's Daymé Arocena found her religion through music
The 23-year-old Cuban composer, director and singer didn't pay attention to Santería until she learned its music. → Read More
Ebola is over. Now the US wants a group of West African immigrants to go home.
They were in the US legally due to a statute offered to people from countries in crisis. Now, their crisis is deemed over, but it's not easy to return home. → Read More
New York's Puerto Rican Day Parade stirs tensions between the island and the mainland
The parade is losing major sponsors, like Goya and the Yankees, as it honors a man some label a terrorist. Meanwhile, Puerto Ricans on the island will vote on whether to become a state. → Read More
DHS extension of protected status for Haitian immigrants might be the last
About 60,000 Haitian immigrants on temporary protected status received an extension of the program that allows them to live and work legally in the US. But it only lasts six months. → Read More
Haitian immigrants get extension of protected status, worry it might not be long enough
The Department of Homeland Security on Monday extended Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, for Haitians in the United States. The program will continue to benefit Haitians for six months. → Read More
White nationalism in Sweden has a long history. Now it also has partners in America.
Richard Spencer, the American white nationalist known for getting punched in the face on camera and extolling Donald Trump with a Hitlerian salute, has formed a new publishing venture with Swedish far-right extremists. → Read More
It's World Penguin Day! Help scientists count penguins.
Penguins are a bellwether of climate change. Scientists use their population size and well-being as indicators of the state of Antarctica. → Read More
A massive ICE raid in this town didn't stop undocumented labor — or illegal immigration
The traffic blockade was ready. The vans and buses were standing by. The agents told the mayor and the Department of Social Services. And then they stormed → Read More
A massive ICE raid in this town didn't stop undocumented labor — or illegal immigration
ICE detained hundreds of people and deported most of them. A decade later, New Bedford, Massachusetts is still home to a large undocumented population. → Read More
Undocumented workers demand rights in a city scarred by a massive raid
Even without legal status, immigrants in New Bedford, Mass. are organizing to face what they think is unfair work treatment. → Read More
The 'alt-right' and white outrage around the world: An explainer
The US alt-right is a mishmash of people dissatisfied with the Republican establishment and focused on the prosperity of white people. → Read More
Oh, the phrases you'll hear on the streets of Buenos Aires!
La Gente Anda Diciendo collects phrases overheard in Argentina's capital and turns them into Facebook posts, books and notepads. → Read More
Journalists got trained like war correspondents to cover the US conventions
Violence at Donald Trump rallies and the ubiquity of firearms at public events has prompted some news outlets to train their political reporters in conflict-zone survival. The World is among them. → Read More
DACA allowed her to drive, go to school and get a job. Even if it's temporary.
Yolanda Navas and her father Jhonattan left Venezuela in 2000. The family overstayed their tourist visas and lived undocumented in the US until the Obama administration's DACA program added a bit of normalcy. Now, a Supreme Court decision could affect the fate of the program. → Read More
What's it like to be a Muslim voter in polite, largely Christian Wisconsin?
The politicians and staff are gone now that the state's primary is over, but some residents are left to deal with animosity stirred this political season. → Read More
This election has given greater resonance to an eternal truth: There is no one 'Latino vote'
Every election season, politicians, pollsters and media talk about "the Latino vote." But that's not exactly right. → Read More