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First non-Jew to lead Bet Tzedek has devoted career to working with legal aid groups
Diego Cartagena, an attorney who immigrated to the U.S. from El Salvador with his family as a child, is the new leader of Bet Tzedek. By: JOEL RUBIN, Los Angeles ... -
All the migrants we turned away
Migrant women and children line up for breakfast in Matamoros, Mexico, where asylum seekers are turned back from the U.S. and told to wait. The U.S. has designated the city ... -
To change the church 50 years ago, Catolicos por La Raza first had to break ...
By BRITTNY MEJIA, Los Angeles Times ~ January 26, 2020 A crowd of Mexican American protesters pounded on the locked doors of St. Basil’s, an opulent new Catholic church on Wilshire ... -
Racist Teacher accused of saying she wants to ‘bring back slavery’ suspended
By ALEJANDRA REYES-VELARDES, LA Times ~ DEC. 20, 2019 A Palmdale history teacher has been placed on administrative leave for the second time in two months after students accused her of ... -
Require ethnic studies for California students. But first, rewrite the curriculum
By GEORGE SKELTON, Los Angeles Times ~ AUG. 29, 2019 There’s a legislative move to require all high school students to take an ethnic studies course or they can’t graduate. And ... -
Ethnic studies bill delayed in California amid controversy
By HOWARD BLUME, NINA AGRAWAL ~ Los Angeles Times, AUG. 22, 2019 A proposed law that would require all California high school students take an ethnic studies course is on hold for ... -
Expansion would hobble California’s ethnic studies curriculum
By ALEX WIGGLESWORTH , Los Angeles Times ~ AUG. 21, 2019 A broad coalition of educators and student groups is defending California’s draft ethnic studies curriculum and expressed concern that substantial ... -
A man’s lifelong quest to build his own Chicano library
By JULIA WICK, LA Times ~ AUG. 22, 2019 History usually belongs to the conquerors, or the esteemed academics. But sometimes it also gets told by whoever most carefully corrals all ... -
House OKs immigration bill to protect ‘Dreamers,’ provide path to citizenship
By Associated Press, Los Angeles Times - JUN 05, 2019 Democrats shunned a White House veto threat and muscled legislation through the House on Tuesday that would bestow a chance ... -
‘Chicano’ and the fight for identity
50 years after activists reclaimed the word, a new generation wrestles with whether it’s inclusive enough... By Dorany Pineda, Los Angeles Times ~ June 3, 2019 Joe Rodriguez was a ...
