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How Mendez versus Westminster helped end legal segregation of schools in the southwest
Thursday was the 75th anniversary of the ruling that barred creating separate schools for “Spanish-speaking” children. By Michael Marks | KERA news | APR. 15, 2022 | Photo by Mendez family On April 14, 1947, a federal court in California made a landmark decision on school segregation in a case ... -
Sent to the ‘Mexican school’ 75 years ago, Sylvia Mendez’s fight for equality continues
By Paloma Esquivel | LA Times | APR. 14, 2022 | Photo by Gina Ferazzi On a spring morning, Sylvia Mendez walked into an eighth-grade history classroom in Santa Ana and began a talk she’d given hundreds of times before. At 85 years old, she held steady with a cane. ... -
New bill could help get Latinos through college
By Ashleigh Panoo | Fresno Bee | APR. 12, 2022 | Photo by Randall Benton A new bill introduced in Congress this week would grant $150 million to school districts and colleges, many of which are in the central San Joaquin Valley, to help Latino students go to college. The ... -
UC considers imposing criteria for California’s high school ethnic studies classes
Requirements would bypass local districts' authority to choose what should be taught. By John Fensterwald | Ed. Source | APR. 12, 2022 | Photo by Allison Shelley An influential committee of University of California faculty that oversees academic admissions requirements is proposing that UC set criteria and content for high school ... -
The war next door: Conflict in Mexico is displacing thousands
By Mary Beth Sheridan | Washington Post | APR. 11, 2022 | Photo by Luis Antonio Rojas COAHUAYANA, Mexico — María Jesús was grilling tortillas. Patricia was frying pork ribs. Adriana was sipping a cup of tea to calm her nerves. For the Martínez sisters, that Friday was shaping up ... -
California takes a giant step toward making the 4-day workweek dream a reality
Legislators in California are attempting to fulfill the dreams of countless workers and are taking steps toward enshrining a four-day workweek into law. By Colin Lodewick | Fortune | APR. 12, 2022 A new bill introduced in the state assembly, known as AB 2932, aims to lower the maximum threshold for ... -
Biden proposes a migration pact on the agenda of the Summit of the Americas
The United States intends to achieve a regional agreement on immigration and asylum at the next Summit of the Americas to be held in Los Angeles. By Maria Ortiz | La Opinion | APR. 8, 2022 | Photo by Craig Angerer The Joe Biden Administration chose Los Angeles to host ... -
El Magonista | Vol. 10, No. 14 | April 7, 2022
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* View this email in your browser "El Magonista" | Vol. 10 No. 14 | April 6, 2022 Less than 25 Days until May Day! SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER MAY DAY 2022: ESSENTIAL & UNITED FOR JUSTICE! New details released for upcoming nationwide protest march on International Workers' Day Sunday, May 1, ... -
L.A. County’s sheriff has a strange obsession with how much media coverage Black people get
Part Two of a three-part series by acclaimed local author, offering hard facts about the scoundrel sheriff who relies on racial profiling of his own people and well-known internal gang activity within the LA County Sheriff's Department. By Gustavo Arellano | LA Times | MAR 24, 2022 | Photo by ... -
Why Biden’s Repeal of a Trump-Era Immigration Law Is Pissing Off Advocates
The Biden administration announced the end of a Trump-era law that expelled asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border under the banner of public health. But not yet. By Scott Bixby | The Daily Beast | APR. 4, 2022 | Photo credit: Anadolu Agency The upcoming repeal of a Trump-era edict ...
