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Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action at Harvard and UNC
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 ... -
El Magonista Newsletter | Vol. 11, No. 19 | JUN. 16, 2023
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* View this email in your browser "El Magonista" | Vol. 11, No. 19 | June 16, 2023 DACA: 11 YEARS LATER... SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER COMING NEXT WEEK: Dreamers Study Abroad Program application for NEW FALL 2023 travel to Mexico !!! LATEST NEWS DACA TURNS 11: AS WHITE HOUSE CALLS ... -
Hey DeSantis, real tough guys don’t use vulnerable immigrants as political pawns
Column by George Skelton | Los Angeles Times | JUN. 12, 2023 | Photo by Charlie Neibergall SACRAMENTO — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ crass stunt of flying desperate immigrants to California and dumping them on the doorstep of a Catholic Diocese headquarters showed us one thing: He’s not fit to be America’s ... -
An immigration reform deal that could actually pass
Opinion by Nolan Rappaport | The Hill | JUN. 15, 2023 Democrats blame Republicans for the fact that Congress has not passed a major immigration reform bill since the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 — 37 years ago. While Republicans have opposed the legalization programs Democrats have tried to establish, that doesn’t ... -
'Limbo of DACA' weighs heavy on hundreds of thousands of eligible youths left out of ...
On the 11th anniversary of DACA, as many as 400,000 people who would be eligible to apply have been shut out because of legal challenges. By Nicole Acevedo | NBC News | JUN. 15, 2023 | Photo by Owen Berg Hundreds of thousands of DACA-eligible people have been shut out ... -
DACA turns 11: As White House calls for immigration reform, 'Dreamers' share their worries
The program for young migrants is in legal limbo, awaiting a judge's ruling. By Armando Garcia & Quinn Owen | ABC News | JUN. 15, 2023 | Photo by Jose Luis Magana The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA, hit a milestone on Thursday, 11 years after it ... -
Migrants bused from Texas to Los Angeles in move mayor calls ‘despicable stunt’
By Christopher Weber | Associated Press | JUN. 15, 2023 | Photo by Damian Dovarganes LOS ANGELES (AP) — A group of migrants who arrived by bus in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday were sent from Texas in a move the city’s mayor called a “despicable stunt” by a Republican ... -
El Magonista Newsletter | Vol. 11, No. 18 | June 9, 2023
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* View this email in your browser "El Magonista" | Vol. 11, No. 18 | June 9, 2023 BREAKING NEWS: TRUMP INDICTED ON 7 COUNTS SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER COMING SOON NEXT WEEK: New Fall 2023 Dreamers Study Abroad Program Application Period Begins LATEST NEWS TEXAS PRESSES FEDERAL JUDGE TO END ... -
What the film ‘Flamin’ Hot’ can teach Hollywood about the perils of neglecting Latinos
By Ariana Case, Kate Pieper & Stacy L. Smith | Los Angeles Times | JUN. 8, 2023 | Photo by Emily Aragones When the new film “Flamin’ Hot” arrives on streaming platforms on Friday, audiences should prepare themselves for something they don’t often see. This movie puts a Latino — ... -
The Zoot Suit Riots, 80 years later
By Fidel Martinez | Los Angeles Times | JUN. 8, 2023 | File Photo from LA Times They were targeted and beaten. Stripped of their prized garbs and brutalized in the streets. This June marks the 80th anniversary of the Zoot Suit Riots, a dark period in Los Angeles and ...
