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Mexico braces for a surge in coronavirus infections and deaths
By PATRICK J. MCDONNELL, KATE LINTHICUM, Los Angeles Times ~ APRIL 21, 2020 Mexican officials warned Tuesday that the country is about to experience a major surge in coronavirus infections and ... -
California’s farm workers desperately need PPE and coronavirus tests
By MARCELA CELORIO, LOS ANGELES TIMES – APRIL 14, 2020 The COVID-19 epidemic has made clear how much our society depends on essential services we too often take for granted. Among ... -
Mexico and El Salvador clash over airplane passengers purportedly infected with coronavirus
By PATRICK J. MCDONNELL, Los Angeles Times – MARCH 17, 2020 MEXICO CITY — Amid mounting global dread about coronavirus, the 12 young airline passengers apparently stirred scrutiny because of ... -
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 ...