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East LA commemorates the 52nd Chicano Moratorium
Story by Fight Back! News | AUG. 31, 2022 | Photo by Luis Sifuentes Los Angeles, CA - Over 100 Chicanos and other participants gathered for a rally at Salazar Park in East Los Angeles to commemorate the 52nd anniversary of the 1970 Chicano Moratorium. In 1970, 30,000 people once ... -
Dreamers narrate experiences in a book
They present "Anthology of Dreams of an Impossible Journey" and the first rapprochement between the California-Mexico Studies Center and the FES Acatlán. Story and photo by NotiFES` Digital | AUG. 25, 2022 In order to learn more about what happens to young migrants in the United States, better known as dreamers and their ... -
Remembering Chicano Moratorium, legacy of journalist Rubén Salazar
By Monica Lopez | KCRW | AUG. 29, 2022 | Photo courtesy of LA Public Library Fifty years ago, 30,000 people marched to Laguna Park in East LA. They were mostly Chicanos. The three-mile march was called the Chicano Moratorium. “Moratorium” because they wanted to stop the disproportionate number of ... -
Latinophobia in mainstream news fuels the radical right
Column by Jean Guerrero | Los Angeles Times | AUG. 22, 2022 | Photo by Willy Sanjuan A main driver of democracy’s decline in the United States is Latinophobia — from its central role in the rise of Donald Trump to its influence in the Jan. 6 insurrection. Any news ... -
How a kid from El Monte became one of Hollywood’s few Latino executives
By Meg James | The Los Angeles Times | AUG. 17, 2022 | Photo by Mel Melcon Scouring his high school class schedule, then-14-year-old Cris Abrego caught his breath. TV Production. It was 1986, and the incoming freshman, a self-described TV addict, assumed the course would teach Latino teens like ... -
What do the new DACA rules mean for 'dreamers'?
On Wednesday, the Biden Administration unveiled the new DACA rules, which followed an administrative process to avoid challenges in courts; the guidelines will enter into force on October 31 and represent an extra step for dreamers. By Jesus Garcia | La Opinion | AUG. 24, 2022 | Photo by Michael ... -
Thousands of jobs would be threatened if the DACA program is eliminated
Texas and California would be the states most affected by an eventual reduction in their workforce. By EFE | La Opinion | AUG. 22, 2022 | Photo by Mandel Nagan Ten years ago, under the government of then-President Barack Obama, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was launched. ... -
Frustration after bilingual education bill dies in State Assembly
By Zaidee Stavely | EdSource | AUG. 22, 2022 | Photo by Andrew Reed bill that would have helped school districts open more dual-language immersion programs fizzled in the California State Assembly this month, crushing the hopes of many advocates of bilingual education. Senate Bill 952 would have established a program ... -
A majority of Americans see an 'invasion' at the southern border, NPR poll finds
By Joel Rose | NPR | AUG. 18, 2022 | Photo by Chandan Khanna More than half of Americans say there's an "invasion" at the southern border, according to a new NPR/Ipsos poll, part of a broader decline in support for immigrants overall. The poll also found that large numbers of ... -
Why Congress needs to pass an imperfect, temporary extension for DACA
By Kristie de Pena & Matthew La Corte | The Hill | AUG. 16, 2022 | Photo by Greg Nash A decade ago, the U.S. began accepting applications from young immigrants for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Hundreds of thousands of teens and young adults who came ...
