Francisco Icala Tiriquiz spent his childhood being a translator for his family, but it wasn’t until 1995, when he witnessed the interaction between a friend and police in Los Angeles, that he decided ...
It's not the kind of Los Angeles County map people expect to see. Instead of geographic markers, it shows languages. The Pico-Union and Westlake areas light up with red and green dots for households ...
On the Southwest Side of Chicago, a Catholic church service was being held in K’iche’, a Mayan language, and Olga held her daughter, who is 2 year old, as they prayed. Both wore a picturesque and ...
NEW BEDFORD — A two-year investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice into services provided to K'iche'-speaking students and families by New Bedford Public Schools ended Sept. 15 with a settlement ...
SAN DIEGO — With a mother and her three children facing deportation, the immigration judge wanted to make sure the woman understood the charges against her. But even with the help of an interpreter ...
Public schools in New Bedford will have to do more to reach their K’iché-speaking students and families under a settlement between the district and the U.S. Department of Justice released on Thursday.
As of last month, Carolina’s quest for asylum from violence in her indigenous Guatemalan community seemed to be on track. The mother of two, who only speaks her native K’iche’ language, had recently ...