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MAY DAY 2022: Essential & United for Justice!
New details released for upcoming nationwide protest march on International Workers' Day Sunday, May 1, 2022. The California-Mexico Studies Center is mobilizing a contingent of Dreamers to participate in this year‘s May Day march in Downtown Los Angeles to promote our Campaign for a Presidential Pardon for all undocumented immigrants ... -
Can DACA Recipients be Drafted?
Yes, DACA recipients and other immigrants can be drafted into the U.S. military. Here is a summary about how the drafting system works. By Rommel H. Ojeda | DocumentedNY.com | MAR. 3, 2022 | Photo by Getty Here is a summary about how the drafting system works, who is in ... -
Youngest person to run 100 marathons uses platform to inspire immigrants, women
The 24-year-old Dreamer ran her 100th race on Nov. 7, 2021. By Kiara Alfonseca | Good Morning America | MAR. 18, 2022 | Photo by Robert Gauthier for LA Times Jocelyn Rivas is set to officially become the youngest person -- female or male -- to run 100 marathons. The ... -
Op-Ed: Why the California ‘mission bell’ road markers must come down
The bells must come down — and there are about 585 of them. By Valentin Lopez | LATimes | MAR. 21, 2022 | Photo by Cody Glenn Few symbols in California are as ubiquitous as the roadside markers shaped like mission bells that flank state highways and the streets of coastal ... -
This California wine country town is multicultural. So why do so many feel invisible?
Some parents argue that their children should be spared the guilt that can result from studying incendiary issues like slavery, white supremacy, segregation, discrimination against Native Americans and immigrants, and the present-day hardships that citizens of color face. By Tyrone Beason | LA Times | MAR. 20, 2022 | Photo ... -
2020 Census Undercounted Hispanic, Black and Native American Residents
The Census Bureau said that the overall population total was accurate but that counts of minorities were skewed. Advocacy groups threatened to go to court. By Michael Wines & Maria Cramer | New York Times | MAR 10, 2022 | Photo by Christian Monterrosa WASHINGTON — Saddled with daunting logistical ... -
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 ... -
Systemic racism is rooted in immigration laws — it can no longer be ignored
OPINION By Kevin R. Johnson and Karla McKanders | TheHill.com | Photo credit: AP Following the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and other African Americans, the United States engaged in an extended national discussion — peppered by public protests in cities across the nation — about eradicating systemic ... -
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 ...
