On Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020, the Latino Public Broadcasting announced the launch of a new series of short films called “Latinos Are Essential,” which chronicles the stories of Latinos during the COVID-19 pandemic and showcases the work of dedicated “essential workers” (health care providers, teachers, food service workers, retail clerks ...

By:  Demetrios G. Papademetriou, Migration Policy Institute (MPI) – November 2020 DOWNLOAD REPORT The COVID-19 pandemic’s immediate costs, measured in lives lost and damaged, have been appalling and continue to rise. In addition, its effects on individuals’ livelihoods and economies around the world have been deep and are likely to ...

By Alex Seitz-Wald and Sahil Kapur, NBC News – Nov. 8, 2020 WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden offered voters an agenda that tried to balance his moderate inclinations and the clamor among his progressive base to implement big change. The former vice president promised to "build back better" with large, sweeping programs ...

By Juan Carlos Chavez, Tampa Bay Times – Oct. 27, 2020 PLANT CITY — Many people are hurting from the coronavirus pandemic, either sickened or losing income from its economic ripples, but few feel the pain as keenly as farmworkers. Martiana Cruz, 22, came down with the virus, had to ...

By: David Bacon~ LA Progressive ~ July 8, 2020 For Mexican workers, farmers, and the poor, the pandemic and the new treaty replacing NAFTA are a devastating one-two punch. In the debate over the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement, the new trade treaty replacing NAFTA that went into effect on July ...

Event video and photographs of the Joe White Legacy Lecture now available for you !!! The Inaugural Lecture to memorialize Dr. Joseph L. White’s life-long contributions to the field of psychology, his pioneering role establishing ethnic studies in the U.S., and as the founder of the CSULB Educational Opportunities Program (EOP) was ...

By Latin Rebels ~ Facebook ~ March 26, 2018 South Central LA Youth Leader, Edna Chavez speaks about ongoing gun violence in her neighborhood.

A cannabis dispensary in Oakland, Calif., on Monday. Legal recreational marijuana sales in the state began this year, just before the Justice Department announced it would renew tough enforcement of federal marijuana laws. CreditJim Wilson/The New York Times By Jennifer Medina & TIM ARANGO ~ NY Times ~ JAN. 7, 2018 ~ LOS ANGELES ...