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A California 'Dreamer' goes home to Mexico…But 'home' proves elusive
By Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times ~ January 22, 2016 After her mother whisked her away at age 8 from her pueblo in Oaxaca to the Mid-City neighborhood of Los ... -
“Jalisco ya no es lo mismo; nosotros, los Dreamers, tampoco”
Por: Gardenia Mendoza | La Opinion | 06 Enero 2016 http://www.laopinion.com/2016/01/06/jalisco-ya-no-es-lo-mismo-nosotros-los-dreamers-tampoco/ México.- Para ser “Dreamer” no hay que tener miedo. Ahora mismo Karen Ragazzo no sabe si podrá volver entrar ... -
Why fewer Mexicans are leaving their homeland for the U.S.
By Nigel Duara and Cindy, L.A. Times ~ November 20, 2015 To its southern neighbor, the United States once represented hope, safety and prosperity. But with the effects of the Great Recession ... -
Claremont McKenna College students embrace a lesson in activism
By Teresa Watanabe and Larry Gordon, L.A. Times ~ November 14, 2015 Student leaders at Claremont McKenna College on Friday savored their victory at the departure of a high-ranked administrator deemed insensitive ... -
Campus microaggression can leave deep wounds
By Sandy Banks, L.A. Times ~ November 14, 2015 When I attended college in the '70s, microaggression wasn't a thing. Back then at Ohio State, we were always protesting something ... -
100,000 in Tucson embrace Mexican approach to death with All Souls Procession
By Nigel Duara, L.A. Times ~ November 12, 2015 http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-ff-all-souls-tucson-20151111-story.html We are forever in the midst of death, and yet we try to believe it doesn't exist. We put our ... -
Microaggression is the new face of bias on campus
By Teresa Watanabe and Jason Song, L.A. Times ~ November 12, 2015 http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-college-microaggression-20151112-story.html USC junior Vanessa Diaz was raised in Dallas. But at a party two years ago, she was asked if she ... -
Supreme Court to rule if Obama is enforcing deportation laws or changing them
David G. Savage and Timothy M. Phelps, L.A. Times ~ November 12, 2015 http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-immigration-legal-analysis-20151111-story.html When President Obama unveiled his plan to help as many as 5 million immigrants “come out of the shadows,” the ... -
A poor student, Anthony Rendon aims to focus on education
By George Skelton, L.A. Times Capitol Journal ~ November 2, 2015 http://www.latimes.com/local/politics/la-me-pol-sac-cap-anthony-rendon-20151102-column.html Your kid's doing cruddy in school? Don't fret. He could rise to the top of his field and ... -
California Gov. Jerry Brown vetoes ethnic studies bill
By Stephen Ceasar, L.A. Times ~ October 13, 2015 http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-brown-ethnic-studies-bill-20151011-story.html Gov. Jerry Brown has vetoed a bill that would have required state education officials to develop a model ethnic studies ...
