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Perseverance keeps LA DACA recipient on track to become a doctor
Lizbeth Sanchez came to the United States with her parents from Mexico City when she was 3 years old. Years later, she is closer to pursuing a PhD in biomedical and translational medicine at Cedars-Sinai. By Elizabeth Chavolla | NBC-4 | SEP. 29, 2023 | Photo courtesy of Cedars-Sinai A ... -
CSU Welcomes Chancellor Mildred García
First Latina in the nation to lead a four-year public university system. Story and photo by CSU Chancellor's Office | OCT. 1, 2023 Dr. Mildred García has begun her tenure as the California State University (CSU) chancellor, making history as the first Latina in the nation to lead a four-year public university ... -
Dismantling Columbus’s Legacy Requires More Than Changing a Holiday’s Name
To fight Columbus’s violent legacy, we need to engage in radical climate action and reject greenwashing technologies. By Amrah Salomon | TruthOut | OCT. 9, 2023 | Photo by Taylor Rees On September 28, 2023, a little over a week before Indigenous Peoples’ Day, an Akimel O’odham and Hopi climate ... -
The Future of DACA Remains Touch-and-Go
By Ari Ratush | Klasko Law | OCT. 6, 2023 | Photo by Jose Luis Magana A Texas federal court district judge issued a decision on September 13, 2023, declaring that “DACA,” a program providing certain benefits to undocumented immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children, is illegal. The ruling ... -
“RAZÓN DE SER: Luis C. Garza” Documentary Premieres at DTLA Film Festival
By Melissa Richardson Banks | CauseConnect | OCT. 9, 2023 October 9 is the day when the mural América Tropical was unveiled in 1932 at its location on Olvera Street in Los Angeles. This large-scale artwork was created by one of Mexico’s Los Tres Grandes, David Alfaro Siqueiros, one of the best known ... -
L.A. COVID-19 cases falling again after summer uptick. Officials now brace for winter
By Rong-Gong Lin II | Los Angeles Times | OCT. 10, 2023 | Photo by Genaro Molina Los Angeles County is seeing its COVID-19 levels recede following a prolonged summer bump, a welcome reprieve before an expected climb in coronavirus transmission this fall and winter, health officials say. “We’re definitely ... -
No, America is not seeing an unprecedented surge in immigration. New Census data prove it.
America is actually becoming less competitive for immigrant workers. We need to address the very real economic challenges caused by slowing population growth. By David Bier | USA Today | OCT. 3, 2023 | Photo by Stefani Reynolds The Census Bureau this month published its most robust estimate of the U.S. ... -
U.S. Latino economic output grows to $3.2 trillion, according to new study
By Brandon Gomez | NBC-4 | SEP. 27, 2023 | Photo by Eric Thayer The U.S. Latino economy continues to grow, reaching $3.2 trillion in 2021, up from $2.8 trillion the year prior, according to a new report by the Latino Donor Collaborative in partnership with Wells Fargo. Over the last decade, ... -
Latinos’ Views of and Experiences With the Spanish Language
About half of U.S. Latinos who do not speak Spanish have been shamed by other Latinos for it. By Lauren Mora & Mark Hugo Lopez | Pew Research Center | SEP. 20, 2023 | Photo by Ira L. Black Most U.S. Latinos speak Spanish: 75% say they are able to ... -
Mexico's Sheinbaum handily leads 2024 presidential race, poll shows
By Kylie Madry | Reuters | OCT. 4, 2023 | Photo by Henry Romero MEXICO CITY, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Mexico's Claudia Sheinbaum, the presidential candidate for the country's ruling leftist party and a close ally of the current president, is now expected to easily win the 2024 election, an ...
