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A Test of Strength in Today’s (Shrinking) Purple California
Op-Ed by Professor Gonzalo Santos | OCT. 16, 2022 It’s a well-known fact that today the political map in California is decidedly non-competitive at the statewide level, lopsidedly Deep Blue ... -
Kevin McCarthy’s foretold finale
By Professor Gonzalo Santos, Exclusive for “El Magonista” – January 19, 2021 The spectacle of watching the crumbling of Kevin McCarthy’s political leadership in Congress after having served as president ... -
An ICE Detention Center? You Picked the Wrong Town, Residents Say
A private prison company wants to operate an immigration detention center in McFarland, Calif., a town that is home to thousands of undocumented farm workers. By: Miriam Jordan, New York ... -
No more Immigrant Detention Facilities in McFarland or Anywhere Else
By Gonzalo Santos, Community Voices, The Bakersfield Californian, Sunday February 16, 2020. The ongoing attempt by GEO Group, the corporation that runs the 400-bed Mesa Verde federal immigrant detention center ... -
Sheriff's anti-sanctuary proposal nixed, won't be heard by supervisors
By: JAMES BURGER, Bakersfield.com ~ Apr 26, 2017 Sheriff Donny Youngblood’s proposal to make Kern County a “non-sanctuary” county has been shot down before even making it to the Board of Supervisors ... -
May Day March & Rally in Bakersfield, CA
May Day March & Rally in Bakersfield, CA: an all-day event to mobilize and express our diverse community's strong resolve to resist all attacks on its rights and well-being, in ...