By Gonzalo Santo, Exclusively for "El Magonista" | Aug. 15, 2024 | Photo Collage Courtesy of El Mago Staff Armando Vázquez-Ramos was born in Mexico City on August 10th, 1949. He passed away at his home in Long Beach, California on August 4th, 2024, six days short of his 75th. ...

Por Fernando Camacho Servín | La Jornada | Feb. 24, 2024 | Foto Cortesia de Danny Johnston Si se considerara como un país aparte, la población de origen latino que vive en Estados Unidos –y muy particularmente la mexicana– significaría la quinta economía de todo el mundo, debido a que ...

By Jeanne Batalova & Michael Fix | Migration Policy Institute | OCT. 2023 | Photo by Jose Luis Magana

By Sami Edge | The Oregonian | SEP. 15, 2023 | Photo from The Oregonian Archives Azael Avila grabbed a box of crayons and set to coloring a line-drawing of Mexican-American civil rights hero César Chávez. Red for the barn behind the farmworker icon. Green and blue plaid for his ...

By Debbie Truong | Los Angeles Times | SEP. 13, 2023 | Photo by Irfan Khan California State University trustees on Wednesday approved a 6% annual tuition increase for the next five years despite fierce opposition from scores of students who say they are financially struggling and can ill afford ...

By Trisha Ahmed | AP News | JUL. 4, 2023 | Video by The Associated Press https://apnews.com/130fdf24e54f431a9f1f9b38344638c8 ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The U.S. citizenship test is being updated, and some immigrants and advocates worry the changes will hurt test-takers with lower levels of English proficiency.  The naturalization test is ...

Mexican universities have become an escape route for many Cuban students who choose to get a scholarship from the government of Mexico to study postgraduate studies. Story and Photo by Periodico Cubano | JUN. 25, 2023 Cuban university students will have a new opportunity to travel to Mexico in academic ...

By The Times Editorial Board | Los Angeles Times | JUN. 29, 2023 | Photo by J. Scott Applewhite The Supreme Court‘s decision Thursday blocking higher educational institutions from using affirmative action policies when considering student applications will have catastrophic effects at a time when the nation is still grappling with generations ...

Colleges have a game plan, like emphasizing the personal essay, but so do conservative groups that promise to monitor and, if necessary, go back to court. By Anemona Hartocollis | The New York Times | JUN. 29, 2023 | Photo by Kenny Holston In the Supreme Court decision striking down racial and ethnic ...

The court's conservative trajectory didn’t start with abortion — and it won’t end with affirmative action. Column by Jessica Levinson | MSNBC | JUN. 29, 2023 | Photo by Bill Clark The Supreme Court just gutted the use of affirmative action programs in both private colleges and public universities, and it did ...