Marisa Peñaloza Marisa Peñaloza is a senior producer on the National Desk.
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People gather around cots inside the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston as they take shelter from the flooding on Monday. Marisa Peñaloza/NPR hide caption
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Sleeping In Cars, Walking Through Water, Texans Braved Harvey To Find Shelter
August 28, 2017 • Houston residents now stranded at the convention center have harrowing stories of escaping rising waters in a city largely swallowed by floodwaters.
Houston Experiences Extreme Flooding As Rain Continues To Fall From Harvey
August 27, 2017 • Tropical Storm Harvey continues to dump rain in Houston, Texas, causing devastating floods across the region. NPR's Marisa Peñaloza reports on the ongoing storms, flooding and rescue operations.
Hurricane Harvey left damaged homes in Sienna Plantation, a collection of subdivisions in Missouri City, about 20 miles south of Houston. Marisa Peñaloza/NPR hide caption
As Houston-Area Suburbs Wait For Harvey To Blow Over, Temporary Fixes Abound
August 26, 2017 • In wealthy Sierra Plantation, crews are working hard to patch roofs and clear debris from downed trees. But it's all just a temporary solution until the storm's cycle brings more damage.
Devon Arthurs, 18, was arrested after leading police to the bodies of his two roommates. He told officers he killed them because they disrespected his recent conversion to Islam. Tampa Police Dept. via AP hide caption
Tampa Police Dept. via AP
Florida Killings: Radical Islam And The Far Right, Under One Roof
July 19, 2017 • This story begins with four roommates in Florida. It ends with two dead and two in jail. The improbable case brings together security threats that rarely intersect: radical Islam and the far right.
Mildred and Richard Loving in 1965. AP hide caption
'Illicit Cohabitation': Listen To 6 Stunning Moments From Loving V. Virginia
June 12, 2017 • Fifty years ago, lawyers before the Supreme Court talked of "psychological evils" and "racial integrity" when it came to interracial marriage.
"Equal protection for Negroes"
Married in 2008, Angela Ross (center) and her husband D.J. live in Copper Hill, Va., with two of their five children, Jordis, 11 (left), and Marianna, 7. More than 50 years ago, their interracial marriage would have been illegal in Virginia. Hansi Lo Wang/NPR hide caption
Hansi Lo Wang/NPR
Interracial Marriages Face Pushback 50 Years After Loving
June 12, 2017 • The U.S. Supreme Court legalized marriages between people of different races 50 years ago. But some interracial couples today say they sometimes feel unaccepted in the U.S.
Most people in the world have never experienced the taste of the kind of tortillas Hilda Pastor makes using heirloom corn. That's because of the rise of mass-produced instant corn flour. Marisa Peñaloza/NPR hide caption
Chefs' Secret For More Flavorful Tortillas? Heirloom Corn From Mexico
April 13, 2017 • Most tortillas in the U.S. are made with mass-produced corn flour. But specialty ingredient company Masienda is providing American chefs with heirloom corn grown in Mexico for its richer flavor.
Yalieth Gonzalez and her baby Micaela Delgado at the Maternal Infant Studies Center at the University of Puerto Rico. Marisa Penaloza/NPR hide caption
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Living With Zika In Puerto Rico Means Watching, Waiting And Fearing Judgment
March 27, 2017 • The Zika virus may have infected more than 1 million people in Puerto Rico, including thousands of pregnant women. Doctors are watching babies born to infected moms who don't show birth defects.
At the Germán Rieckehoff Olympic Village in Salinas, Puerto Rico young athletes train in this swimming pool. Greg Allen/NPR hide caption
Greg Allen/NPR
In Competitive Sports, Puerto Ricans Gain A Sense Of Independence
March 4, 2017 • This week, Puerto Ricans marked 100 years of U.S. citizenship. The island's political status remains unique, along with its strong sense of cultural identity — most clearly seen in its sports.
The Capitol of Puerto Rico, Capitolio de Puerto Rico, in San Juan. Puerto Rico is under federal control, but isn't allowed voting representation in Congress, and residents can't vote for president. Greg Allen/NPR hide caption
Puerto Ricans Reflect On A Century Of (Limited) Citizenship
March 2, 2017 • People born in Puerto Rico have been counted as U.S. citizens since 1917, but residents of the island can't vote for president and don't have voting representation in Congress.
Toronto has become home to many new people. Carlos Pacheco/Flickr hide caption
Carlos Pacheco/Flickr
For A Stark Contrast To U.S. Immigration Policy, Try Canada
January 26, 2017 • Some point to Canada's immigration system as a model for U.S. reform. Canada is nearly a quarter foreign-born, yet it doesn't seem to wrestle with anti-immigrant nativism that has erupted in the U.S.
Sergio Mucino was charged with harboring unauthorized immigrants after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided his four Buffalo, N.Y., restaurants, but critics say his illegal workers have suffered much more than he has. John Burnett/NPR hide caption
John Burnett/NPR
How Kitchen Raids In Buffalo Sent Shock Waves Through Immigrant Rights Community
January 8, 2017 • Federal immigration agents raided four Mexican restaurants in Buffalo, N.Y., recently — one of largest worksite actions in recent years. Outraged locals are asking: Why pick on taco cooks?
Surge Of Cuban Migrants Arrive On U.S. Shores
October 24, 2016 • Cubans who recently made the dangerous migration to Florida by boat talk about what drove them to leave their homeland, about leaving their families behind, and what awaits them here in the U.S.
Cuban migrants Arnalbis Rogel (left) and Modesto Morales arrived on a boat in Florida on Sept. 7. Morales was the navigator. Melissa Block/NPR hide caption
Melissa Block/NPR
Improved U.S.-Cuba Relations Are Creating A Surge Of Cuban Migrants
October 24, 2016 • Cuban migrants have received preferential treatment for more than a half-century. But as the U.S. and Cuba normalize relations, that policy could change and Cubans are racing to reach U.S. shores.
North Carolina voters (from left: David Cuthbert, Kristine Martin and Jack Lawrence) and members of the The Heart congregation, a church in Boone, N.C., all described their Christian beliefs as central to their lives. Tom Gjelten/NPR hide caption
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Religious Voters May Lean Republican, But Feel Conflicted About The Candidates
September 21, 2016 • "I've always felt that the Republicans align with my beliefs," said Judith Martinez, 51, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Mexico.
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