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Life, death and grief in Los Angeles
By Meridith Kohut and Fernanda Santos, New York Times – March 2, 2021 Photographs by Meridith Kohut With more than 10 million residents, Los Angeles County is the most-populous county ... -
Alex Padilla named successor of Kamala in US Senate
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California selected Mr. Padilla to serve the final two years of Ms. Harris’s term. Mr. Padilla will be the first Latino senator to represent the state. ... -
What happens next for DACA’s Dreamers
A judge ordered the Trump administration to reinstate protections for young immigrants brought to the country as children. But their status remains precarious. By Miriam Jordan and Michael D. Shear, ... -
Judge orders Trump to fully restore DACA Program
Up to 300,000 additional undocumented immigrants could be allowed to apply for protection from deportation under a new court ruling. President Trump had sought to cancel the program. By Caitlin ... -
One seat, competing pressures as Newsom considers Senate pick
Alex Padilla, California’s secretary of state, has emerged as the front-runner to succeed Kamala Harris. But Gov. Gavin Newsom appears to be in no rush to make his choice. By ... -
U.S. Border Patrol settles with 2 Americans detained for speaking spanish
In a video of the 2018 incident in Havre, Mont., a Border Patrol agent is heard telling the two American women he detains that speaking Spanish in the small city ... -
U.S. Expels Migrant Children from Other Countries to Mexico
Children from Central America are being sent across the border to Mexico, where they may not have any family. An internal email said the transfers violated the government’s own policies. ... -
Trump’s Overhaul of Immigration Is Worse Than You Think
This administration has attacked every aspect of the immigration system — and it won’t be easy to undo. By The Editorial Board, New York Times – 10 October 2020 It was ... -
Trump’s tax records reveal chronic losses and years of tax avoidance
The Times obtained Donald Trump’s tax information extending over more than two decades, revealing struggling properties, vast write-offs, an audit battle and hundreds of millions in debt coming due. By: ... -
Fidel Castro’s fateful New York visit 60 years later
BY ANDREW DOWNIE, AMERICAS QUARTERLY – SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 Simon Hall’s "Ten Days in Harlem: Fidel Castro and the Making of the 1960s" recounts how a brief trip put the ...
