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What does Los Angeles owe the people who lost their homes in Chavez Ravine? More ...
By The Times Editorial Board | Los Angeles Times | May 9, 2024 | Photo Courtesy of John Malmin Before Chavez Ravine became the sun-dappled baseball field of the Los Angeles Dodgers,it was a different field of dreams for the homeowners who made a community there. In the hills north ... -
The Bifurcated History of May Day in North America
By Professor Gonzalo Santos | May 1, 2024 | Photo Courtesy of Professor Gonzalo Santos Seven years ago, in 2017, about a thousand folks marched & rallied in downtown Bakersfield on May Day, as far as I know the first - and only - time folks in this town proudly ... -
Without Expanded DACA Protections, Undocumented Students Are Being Left Behind
Around 80 percent of the nearly 120,000 undocumented students who graduated high school in 2023 don’t qualify for DACA. By Lajward Zahra | The Nation | Apr. 24, 2024 | Photo Courtesy of Nathan Posner At age 15, Luis came to the United States from Veracruz, Mexico. Today, he’s a ... -
Don’t identify as White? Census to offer two more options
Government soon will view Latino as a race, not an ethnicity. Same for Middle Eastern and North African and South Asian. Data suggests our region could be affected more than anyplace in the country. By Andre Mouchard | OC Register | Apr. 17, 2024 | Photo Courtesy of Mindy Schauer ... -
Meet Claudia Sheinbaum, Who May Be Mexico’s First Woman President
The former student activist and mayor of Mexico City is poised to make history with an ambitious platform on education, clean energy, and combatting violence against women. By Arturo Cano | The Nation | Apr. 10, 2024 | Photo Courtesy of Claudia Sheinbaum In the center of the photograph is ... -
2023 Survey of DACA Recipients Highlights Economic Advancement, Continued Uncertainty Amid Legal Limbo
The ninth annual survey of DACA recipients illustrates DACA’s role in empowering individuals and communities while strengthening the U.S. economy and highlights the need for a pathway to citizenship. By Tom K. Wong, Ignacia Rodriguez Kmec, Diana Pliego | American Progress | Mar. 25, 2024 | Photo Courtesy of Sheila ... -
5 Ways to Support DACA Employees
FWD Staff Writer | FWD.us | Feb. 8th, 2024 | Photo Courtesy of Molly Adams If you own or work for a business that employs, or wants to employ, individuals who have Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), there are steps that you may be able to take to help ... -
Testimonial by Flora Alvarado
Past Participants Praise of the CMSC's Independent Dreamer Study Abroad Program Courtesy of Flora Alvarado - Alumni | Apr. 10, 2024 | Photo Courtesy of Flora Alvarado Profesor Armando Vázquez Ramos, Escribo esta carta para expresar mi gratitud hacia usted Profesor Armando y su equipo de trabajo porque me dio ... -
Photo Exhibit Tells Untold Story Of The Chicano Movement In 1970s Long Beach
By Adolfo Guzman-Lopez | LAist | Apr. 7, 2024 | Photo Courtesy of John (JT) A. Taboada As he was dying of cancer, artist and photographer John Taboada thought of the stories contained in his half century-long photographic archive. “Before he passed [Taboada] was able to scan all of the ... -
Arranca otra batalla legal contra fake migrantes que quieren ser legisladores en México
Según reportan diversas organizaciones y ciudadanos de la diáspora ante el Tribunal Electoral del Poder Judicial de la Federación, hay ocho candidatos que pretenden ser la voz de las necesidades de la migración sin merecerlo y, por tanto, se han presentado el mismo número de impugnaciones para echarlos abajo Por ...
