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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 ... -
California to remove Mayan affirmation from ethnic studies after lawsuit argues it’s a prayer
Far-right, fascist organizations have spent several months working against initiatives such as ethnic studies courses and equity training for school staffers. By Kristen Taketa | LATimes | JAN. 18, 2022 | Photo credit: Nancee E. Lewis SAN DIEGO — California is deleting the often-used In Lak’Ech affirmation from its model ethnic studies ... -
Mujeres chicanas y su participación en el movimiento de trabajadores agrícolas
Por Isabel Medina Ruiz, Exclusivo para El Magonista En el Día Internacional de la Mujer, 8 de marzo de 2020 Más que un esfuerzo sindicalista, el Movimiento de Trabajadores Agrícolas de 1960 y 1970 fue un movimiento social complejo que reunió a diversas personas en una lucha común para mejorar ... -
Importancia de los Estudios Chicanos para México en el siglo XXI
Por Isabel Medina Ruiz, Exclusivo para El Magonista 50º Aniversario de Estudios Chicanos en EEUU ~ 28 de Octubre de 2019 La rica historia de la comunidad chicana es poco conocida en México, debido a la falta de investigación, análisis y escasa literatura respecto al tema. Son pocos los investigadores ... -
Fulfilling Dreams in the Dreamers Study Abroad Program 2021
Exclusive for El Magonista By Maria Isabel Medina Ruiz The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, created in 2012 by President Barack Obama, is a program designed to protect young undocumented immigrants at risk of deportation. The order contemplates deferring any action on immigration status for a period of ... -
Study Abroad Programs Resume After Pandemic Hiatus
Some students who lost out on studying abroad because of the pandemic are turning to alternative programs. By Maria Carrasco | Inside Higher Ed | JAN. 20, 2022 | Photo by CMSC Staff Andrea Boe had always planned to study abroad as part of her college experience. During her sophomore ... -
Redondo Beach students planning walk out to protest COVID-19 leniency
The kids are not all right. By Joe Calabrese | KTTV-Fox11 LA | JAN. 12, 2022 | Photo credit: Martha Asencio Rhine REDONDO BEACH, Calif. - While parents have been debating whether kids should be back at school physically or virtually during this recent spike in COVID-19 cases, some students ... -
Too many qualified students are shut out of UC, CSU. A new study offers some ...
UCLA is the most applied-to university in the nation. Tens of thousands of eligible students are being shut out of UC and CSU — and the state can no longer meet its promise of a UC and Cal State education for them. By Teresa Watanabe | LATimes | DEC. 15, ... -
A top university in Mexico becomes a battleground over academic freedom
Students are camping out at the Mexico City campus of the Center for Research and Teaching in Economics, a public institution known as the CIDE. Story and Photo Credit by Leila Miller / LATimes | DEC. 15, 2021 MEXICO CITY — For the last 17 days, dozens of students have turned one ...
