“The only choice is to work, when you don’t have the same salary that a citizen might earn,” said Carlos Crespo, 53, a mechanic from Mexico. Last Wednesday morning, we awoke to the news of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsing in Baltimore, Maryland after a cargo ship collided with one of its pillars. […]
“Finally someone turns to look at us, we’re not invisible.” -Latina Community Member As a Concord resident, it’s not hard to see signs of poverty because there are so many people visibly unhoused. What we don’t see is the hidden poverty: families living in their cars or with other families or being displaced due […]
