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COLUMN: The Time Has Come to Cut America’s Gordian Knot of Entangled Regional Migration
Reducing Chaos in the World: North American Migration. EXCLUSIVE FOR EL MAGONISTA by Prof. Gonzalo Santos | MAR. 13, 2022 | Photo by G. Santos This is Part III of a series on the many manifestations of chaos in the modern world-system. Part I analyzed the chaos in the world ... -
Putin threatens Mexico for supporting Ukraine, according to a fake video that went viral on ...
A video that went viral on TikTok exposes an alleged threat from Russia to Mexico for rejecting the invasion of Ukraine, but the images contain scenes from 2018 and current events offline. By Jesus Garcia | La Opinion | FEB. 27, 2022 | Photo credit: Getty Images A video that ... -
Column: Will L.A. City Council get its own ‘Squad’?
This young Latina running for District 9 hopes so. By Jean Guerrero | LATimes | March 4, 2022 | Photo credit: Madeleine Hordinski In a recent TikTok video, Dulce Vasquez, 36, smirks as she listens to Donald Trump announcing his first presidential campaign: “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best.” Vasquez, ... -
Mexico will provide refuge to Ukrainians in Mexico: Immigration chief
Nearly 10,000 entered the country in January and February. Mexico Daily News | March 1, 2022 | Photo by Channel 1 Los Angeles In light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Mexico will provide refuge to Ukrainians currently in the country, the chief of the National Immigration Institute (INM) said Monday. ... -
Why Vladimir Putin has already lost this war
The Russians may yet conquer Ukraine. But Ukrainians have shown in the past few days that they will not let them hold it. By Yuval Noah Harari | The Guardian | FEB. 28, 2022 | Photo credit: Aris Messinis Less than a week into the war, it seems increasingly likely ... -
Steve Salas, co-founder of the pioneering Eastside Chicano rock band Tierra, dies at 69
Steve Salas with his brother Rudy - may they both rest in power. By Andrew J. Campa | L.A. Times | FEB. 16, 2022 | Photo credit: Joanna Salas Steve Salas, a founding member of the pioneering Eastside rock band Tierra and an early-day Chicano rights activist, has died at ... -
‘A lot of innocent people will die’: Ukrainians in California decry Russia’s attack
Californians of Ukrainian heritage staged large protest outside Federal building on Wilshire Blvd. By Sarah Parvini | LATimes | FEB. 24, 2022 | Photos by Francine Orr The online meeting of the Ukrainian Culture Center in East Hollywood was filled with discussions of upcoming events — the annual celebration of ... -
Short of workers? Advocates say educating immigrants could help
Proposed legislation in Georgia would make education more affordable for some immigrant groups Story and Photos by Lautaro Grinspan | Atlanta Journal-Constitution | FEB. 11, 2022 For years, near the beginning of the legislative session, a local coalition of refugee and immigrant-serving organizations has visited the Georgia State Capitol, where ... -
Saving the school where kids were paddled for speaking Spanish
Only one building remains standing as a reminder of the former site of the Blackwell segregated school for Mexican children in Marfa, Tx. By Molly Hennessy-Fiske | LATimes | FEB. 3, 2022 | Photo credit: Justin Hamel Hiding in plain sight on a dusty corner of this remote west Texas ... -
A Mexican American is the first Latina president of Harvard Law Review
Priscila Coronado, 24, born and raised in California, is making history as she heads a law journal whose first Black president was Barack Obama in 1990. By REUTERS | NBC | FEB. 1, 2022 | Photo credit: Priscilla Coronado via Reuters The Harvard Law Review has named a California-born daughter ...
