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Don Boudreaux Special to El Observador When President Trump imposed a 25 percent tariff on steel imports America’s largest nail manufacturer had little choice but to raise prices. Mid Continent Nail Corporation lost 50 percent of its orders as customers opted for cheaper suppliers. Within weeks, the firm laid...
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Logro es proteger el principio de que los residentes indocumentados son “personas” bajo la Constitución CONDADO DE SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA. El Condado de Santa Clara solicitó la semana pasada autorización para intervenir en una demanda federal a fin de defender la práctica establecida de la Oficina del Censo de...
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In Order to Protect Principle that Undocumented Residents Are “Persons” Under the Constitution SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIF. – Last week the County of Santa Clara sought permission to intervene in a federal lawsuit to defend the U.S. Census Bureau’s longstanding practice of counting all people, regardless of immigration status, in the...
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Mark Hedin Special to El Observador Civil rights leaders joined census policy experts July 17 in an urgent plea, particularly to communities of color, for a show of public activism and force to derail a fast-moving Trump administration effort to officially ignore them. The fight begins by taking full advantage of a narrow...
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MACLA: We Interrupt this Message Now – Aug 12, 2018 We Interrupt this Message looks at the role of the artist as activist/disruptor. Featuring Artists: María María Acha-Kutscher, B-Side Brujas, Dignidad Rebelde (Melanie Cervantes & Jesus Barraza), Luis Pinto, and more. GALLERY HOURS Wed & Thu: 12 – 7pm Fri...
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Finally Fridays Friday July 27, 2018 / 5pm Plaza de Cesar Chavez 1 Paseo De San Antonio San Jose, CA Free SJ Improv – Paul Rodriguez Friday July 27, 2018 / 7:30pm San Jose Improv Comedy Club 62 S 2nd St San Jose, CA $25 Candid Camera’s 8 Decades...
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Hilbert Morales EL OBSERVADOR Many ordinary citizens do not pay much attention to the U.S. Federal Court system, which is the judicial arm of governance authorized and established by the U.S. Constitution. The U.S. Supreme Court is the highest court of these United States of America with nine justices...
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$150,000 Raised to Provide Low-Income Students with School Supplies and Shoes Sunnyvale Community Services SUNNYVALE, CA – The Sares Regis Group of Northern California (SRGNC) Education and Community Foundation, in partnership with Hunter Storm and other partners of the CityLine Sunnyvale project have raised $150,000 from the firm’s...
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Soundbite Services WASHINGTON — A new report finds contradictory stereotypes about Native Americans persist in the United States. Researchers say it’s the largest public-opinion research project about Native Americans ever conducted. Crystal Echo Hawk, project leader, said the goal of the report, Reclaiming Native Truth, is to find out about...