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COMMEMORATING THE FIRST MAJOR U.S. IMPERIALIST WAR 125 YEARS AGO
By Gonzalo Santos | JUN. 4, 2023 This exhibition of the 1898 Spanish-American War at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C., is worth a trip to go and see. The U.S. wars of the nineteenth century were essentially fought for the U.S. continental expansion, fought against imperialist Great Britain ... -
Survey: Most Californians don't support reparations payments for Black residents
By Terry Collins | USA Today | JUN. 7, 2023 | Photo by Andri Tambunan Support for a reparations plan for Black residents doesn't appear to be popular in California, according to a new survey. While most Californians surveyed believe racism occurs in the state, less than half of them ... -
California Puts a Price on Slavery’s Legacy and Draws a Blueprint for Reparations
By one reckoning, the state’s payments could reach $1.2 million per person. But who is compensated, and by whom, is far from resolved. By Karen Breslau | Bloomberg | JUN. 6, 2023 | Photo by Marlena Sloss The numbers are striking in their precision. The statistical value of each year ... -
Texas sheriff recommends criminal charges over DeSantis migrant flights
District attorney could weigh felony charges of unlawful restraint over Martha’s Vineyard flights in 2022. By Alex Woodward | The Independent (UK) | JUN. 6, 2023 | Photo by Ray Ewing The sheriff of Bexar County, Texas is recommending criminal charges against those involved with flights that sent 49 mostly Venezuelan migrants ... -
Second plane carrying migrants lands in California, with officials blaming Florida
By Ruben Vives & Connor Sheets | Los Angeles Times | JUN. 3, 2023 | Photo by Gary Coronado A second plane carrying migrants arrived in Sacramento on Monday, according to California officials who say the transportation was arranged by the state of Florida. Over the weekend, more than a ... -
Prosecutors Tell Trump’s Legal Team He Is a Target of Investigation
The notice from the office of the special counsel Jack Smith suggested that an indictment was on the horizon in the investigation into the former president’s handling of classified documents. By Alan Feuer, Maggie Haberman, William K. Rashbaum & Glenn Thrush | The New York Times | JUN. 7, 2023 ... -
El Magonista | Vol. 11, no. 17 | June 3, 2023
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* View this email in your browser "El Magonista" | Vol. 11, No. 17 | June 3, 2023 DACA HEADS BACK TO COURT NEW FALL 2023 DREAMERS STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM TO BE ANNOUNCED SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER LATEST NEWS DACA PROGRAM IS DEBATED IN COURT BEFORE JUDGE WHO RULED IT UNLAWFUL ... -
Culture wars are making it harder than ever for the small number of Latino professors
The backlash against diversity in education in states like Florida and Texas makes it a treacherous time to teach American history, a Latina scholar said. By Raul A. Reyes | NBC News | MAY 27, 2023 | Photo by Carol M. Highsmith Some Latinos in academia are assessing the impact ... -
NC professor: DACA hangs in the balance this week, and my heart aches
Opinion by Jose Badillo Carlos | The Charlotte Observer | JUN. 1, 2023 | Photo by Casey Toth One afternoon, when I was 19, I drove my mom to the grocery store to buy milk and cereal for my younger sister. For most families, this type of errand disappears from ... -
More than a quarter of DACA recipients are uninsured as they await the fate of ...
In addition to lacking health insurance, DACA recipients cited fears around costs and immigration status as barriers, a report first shared with NBC News found. By Nicole Acevedo | NBC News | MAY 26, 2023 | Photo by Jose Luis Magana More than a quarter of young immigrants protected by ...
