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The Challenges of Educational Exchange from a North American Perspective
By Juan Pablo Murra | North Capital Forum | 2023 Photo by Conecta TEC MX Introduction International trade and globalization have brought the world closer together, offering opportunities for increased connectivity. Technology is a significant catalyst for regional and international development. The exchange of goods, services, and capital across borders ... -
Latino kids in states with more anti-immigrant laws are in poorer health, study finds
A study in Pediatrics found that Latinos from 3 to 17 in states with more discriminatory policies have higher odds of having certain physical and mental health conditions. By Edwin Flores | NBC News | AUG. 15, 2023 | Photo by AFP-Getty Latino children living in states with more anti-immigrant ... -
Previously classified documents released by U.S. show knowledge of 1973 Chile coup
By Tracey Wilkinson | Los Angeles Times | AUG. 29, 2023 | Photo by Associated Press WASHINGTON — Every once in a while, the voices of ghosts emerge to reveal dark chapters in U.S. political history. The State Department with the CIA last week declassified two 50-year-old documents that had been withheld ... -
Miguel Santana to head California Community Foundation after Antonia Hernández’s retirement
By Doug Smith | Los Angeles Times | AUG. 22, 2023 | Photo by Francine Orr After nearly 20 years at the head of the California Community Foundation, Antonia Hernández announced in March that she would retire this year, setting up a potential drama over the future of one of Southern California’s ... -
N.H. attorney general ‘carefully reviewing’ arguments that could keep Trump off state’s ballot
It’s the latest development in a long-shot effort by some Republicans to use the 14th Amendment to prevent the former president from appearing on the 2024 ballot. By Kelly Garrity | POLITICO | AUG. 29, 2023 | Photo by Robert F. Butkay The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office is “carefully ... -
This California agency is reporting U.S. citizens to ICE
By Fidel Martinez | Los Angeles Times | AUG. 31, 2023 | Photo by Diana Ramirez The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the agency that oversees the operation of the state’s prison and parole systems, routinely reports U.S citizens or green card holders in their custody to U.S. Immigration ... -
The cost of attending college as a DACA student
By Heidi Rivera | Yahoo! Finance | AUG. 29, 2023 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, commonly known as DACA, is a policy that protects eligible immigrants who came to the U.S. as children from deportation. Because they’re neither U.S. citizens nor permanent residents, DACA students often face many hurdles when ... -
How ‘Past Lives’ resonates with my Mexican bicultural experience
By Carlos Aguilar | Los Angeles Times | AUG. 7, 2023 | Photo by Jon Pack/A24 Films In “Past Lives,” playwright turned filmmaker Celine Song’s tenderhearted debut feature, cosmic forces align to bring together two former childhood sweethearts as adults. Nora (played by Greta Lee) left South Korea for Canada ... -
How does immigration benefit rural communities? One study cites Sioux County as example
By F. Amanda Tugade | Des Moines Register | AUG. 22, 2023 | A rural county in Iowa is at the center of a study analyzing the impact of immigrants on communities that have long seen their populations decline. Sioux County — one of the state's largest corn producers and ... -
Can Texas Gov. Abbott set lethal border barriers and still win Latino votes?
By Jean Guerrero | Los Angeles Times | AUG. 21, 2023 | Photo by Eric Gay Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s man-made killing traps on the Rio Grande have taken border enforcement to new levels of barbarity. Since border militarization began in the 1990s, anti-immigrant hardliners could deflect blame for hundreds of ...
