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Study Abroad Programs Resume After Pandemic Hiatus
Some students who lost out on studying abroad because of the pandemic are turning to alternative programs. By Maria Carrasco | Inside Higher Ed | JAN. 20, 2022 | Photo by CMSC Staff Andrea Boe had always planned to study abroad as part of her college experience. During her sophomore ... -
Mexican teen develops app to help deaf sister communicate
An estimated 4.6 million Mexicans are deaf or hard-of-hearing. By Kylie Madry | Reuters | JAN. 5, 2022 | Photo credit: Luis Cortes NEZAHUALCOYOTL, Mexico, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Estrella Salazar, a 17-year-old science whiz from a working-class town near Mexico City, was inspired by her sister to develop an ... -
The Latino Community and COVID-Disinformation Campaigns
Researchers debate how best to counter false narratives—and racial stereotypes. By Graciela Mochkofsky | The New Yorker | JAN. 14, 2022 | Photo credit: Etienne Laurent Are Spanish-speaking people in America more gullible than the rest of the country? A recent story from Univision, the largest Spanish-language television network in the United ... -
Redondo Beach students planning walk out to protest COVID-19 leniency
The kids are not all right. By Joe Calabrese | KTTV-Fox11 LA | JAN. 12, 2022 | Photo credit: Martha Asencio Rhine REDONDO BEACH, Calif. - While parents have been debating whether kids should be back at school physically or virtually during this recent spike in COVID-19 cases, some students ... -
US Chamber of Commerce CEO calls for doubling immigration into US, 'permanent solution' for DACA ...
Chamber of Commerce seeks large immigration increase. By Adam Shaw | FOX Business | JAN. 12, 2022 | Photo credit: Keith Srakocic for AP The head of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce used a speech this week to call for the doubling of legal immigration into the United States as well as ... -
"El Magonista" | Vol. 9 No. 26 | December 29, 2021
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* View this email in your browser "El Magonista" | Vol. 9 No. 26 | December 29, 2021 HAPPY NEW YEAR AND WE WISH YOU A HEALTHY & SUCCESSFUL 2022! SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER As we bid farewell to a dreadful 2021, the CMSC Team is grateful for all of the blessings and support ... -
LATINOS & COVID-19: "COVID stole the heart of my family. It also divided it."
CMSC spotlights one Latino family's struggle with profound loss, crushing grief and painful division in the wake of the Pandemic. By Brittny Mejia | LATimes | DEC. 26, 2021 Brittny Mejia with her grandfather Pablo Mariscal and grandmother, Maria Diaz, on her front porch in Highland Park.(Photo by Crystal Vargas) ... -
Dreamer obtiene la residencia, pero sin su madre a quien covid-19 le arrebata la vida
"Era su gran ilusión que me hiciera residente de Estados Unidos." Por: Araceli Martinez Ortega | Foto: Paulina Herrera | La Opinion | DEC. 23, 2021 Arturo Bello no podía tener mejor Navidad que la del 2021, ya que apenas hace unos días recibió su residencia permanente. Sin embargo, su ... -
Column: Vaccine hesitancy among younger Latinos threatens our elders
Protect abuelita at Christmas. By Jean Guerrero | Photo credit: Genaro Molina | LATimes | DEC. 23, 2021 Younger Latinos owe it to our elders to be fully vaccinated and boosted against COVID this winter — or skip the matriarch’s “Nochebuena” party on Christmas Eve and other family gatherings. But ... -
California population continues decline, driven by lower immigration, fewer births and pandemic deaths
California’s population declined by 173,000 between July 2020 and July 2021, bringing the estimated total to 39.37 million, according to state figures released Friday. By Sarah Parvini | LATimes | DEC. 18, 2021 | Photo credit: Al Seib / Los Angeles Times California’s population has continued to decline after falling ...
