Corporations Asked to Oppose Voter Restrictions – President Biden and Republican leaders are at odds over a wave of Republican initiatives aimed at restricting the vote in most states based on false claims of fraud in the last elections. Civil rights leaders accuse Republican legislatures of trying to suppress the vote of Latinos, Blacks and other minorities and are calling on large corporations to speak out against the bills. José López Zamorano has the details from Washington, DC.
New York Approves Emergency Fund for Immigrants, But Will it Reach Everyone? – After more than two weeks of a hunger strike, demonstrations and legislative pressure, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has agreed to include in his budget more than $2 billion in pandemic relief for immigrant workers excluded from the federal stimulus. However, activists warn that the requirements for receiving the urgent financial aid could prevent many from receiving it. Marco Vinicio González has this report from New York.
Farmworkers in Florida Get Covid-19 Vaccines – For months, young tomato pickers in Immokalee in rural southwest Florida were excluded from Covid-19 vaccination despite being considered essential workers because the state was prioritizing older adults. But in recent weeks, hundreds of doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine have arrived in the fields to inoculate workers who will soon migrate in search of new crops. Valeria Fernández tells us how a community organization secured the aid from health authorities.
