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A Proclamation on Indigenous Peoples’ Day, 2021
The White House | OCTOBER 08, 2021 • PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS Since time immemorial, American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians have built vibrant and diverse cultures — safeguarding land, language, spirit, knowledge, and tradition across the generations. On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, our Nation celebrates the invaluable contributions and resilience of ... -
Op-Ed: The West owes a centuries-old debt to Haiti
By: Howard W. Frenchoct. | Los Angeles Times | Oct. 10, 2021 The treatment of Haitian refugees at the U.S. border last month — some chased by horseback agents, others huddled by the thousands under a bridge — is tragic. For reasons that are less obvious, it is also ironic. ... -
California becomes first state to require ethnic studies for high school graduation
BY HOWARD BLUME, MELISSA GOMEZ | Los Angeles Times | OCT. 8, 2021 | UPDATED 5:13 PM PT After more than five years of intense scrutiny and effort, California on Friday became the first state to make ethnic studies a required class for high school graduation to help students understand the past and present ... -
We Finally Know How 43 Students on a Bus Vanished Into Thin Air
Chilling new text messages point to deadly collusion between police and organized crime in the infamous case of the missing Mexican students. By: Jeremy Kryt | The Daily Beast | Published Oct. 10, 2021 4:57AM ET Transcripts of newly released text messages between a crime boss and a deputy police chief have finally lifted ... -
Sac State’s Latino community speaks on disproportionate ratios between faculty and students
Mercy Sosa | The State Hornet | October 5, 2021 Education assistant professor Alma Flores walked into her first day of orientation at Sacramento State with a romanticized view of the fourth most diverse university in the western United States. As Flores looked around the room, she faced a harsh reality. ... -
October 2 and the CIA in Mexico
Gonzalo Soltero | October 2, 2021 Both before and after the Tlatelolco Massacre on October 2, 1968, the CIA organized intelligence operations on university campuses across Mexico. A year ago, Revista Común published a section of Sergio Aguayo’s book reviewing the events of the Tlatelolco Massacre on October 2 and how the CIA contributed ... -
The Latino Contribution Has Been Consistent Throughout the History of the U.S.
It's time to celebrate the contributions we have made. Let's feel proud of what we have achieved and what we have yet to accomplish. -
Democrats grasping at straws on immigration
BY RAFAEL BERNAL AND REBECCA BEITSCH - 10/01/21 06:00 AM EDT A second ruling by the Senate parliamentarian has Democrats grasping at straws over how to include some form of immigration relief in their sweeping reconciliation package, as activists pressure them to do more to change the upper chamber’s rules. Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough on ... -
How the Senate Parliamentarian Can Get to ‘Yes’ on Immigration
Charles Kamasaki | September 2021 Experts have noted the increasingly significant role played by the Senate Parliamentarian on the fate of critical legislation.[ii] This was never more in evidence when on September 19 and again 10 days later the Parliamentarian declined[iii] to bless inclusion of an immigration proposal on a ... -
Senate parliamentarian rejects Democrats’ Plan B for Dreamers and other immigrants
BY JENNIFER HABERKORN | STAFF WRITER | SEPT. 29, 2021 UPDATED 2:37 PM PT | Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — A key Senate official dealt a second blow to immigration advocates who are hoping to secure a path to citizenship in the Democrats’ social spending bill, ruling Wednesday that a second proposal would not comply ...
