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Hilbert Morales / EL OBSERVADOR During the morning session of The Latino Education Summit: Silicon Valley held on April 30, 2016 at the Santa Clara University campus, M.C. Esau Herrera surprised the audience by introducing Actor Edward James Olmos. Olmos immediately established rapport with his audience by speaking in both...
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Suzanne Potter / California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – More than two dozen California progressive organizations announced Wednesday they’re forming a new coalition called the “Building the California Dream Alliance.” The groups advocate for many different issues ranging from gender equity, environmental justice, workers’ rights, immigrant rights, health care and...
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Suzanne Potter / California News Service SACRAMENTO – Tenants’ rights advocates are celebrating after Assemblyman Mike Gatto killed his controversial bill about evictions, just ahead of a scheduled vote on Tuesday in the California Legislature’s Assembly Judiciary Committee. The legislation would have forced renters who are contesting an eviction to...
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Hilbert Morales / EL OBSERVADOR Latinos are already residents of every state in America. In a recent book, entitled “LATINO AMERICA: HOW AMERICA’S MOST DYNAMIC POPULATION IS POISED TO TRANSFORM THE POLITICS OF THE NATION” was recently published by ‘Public Affairs Books (ISBN 978-1-61939-501-4. Authors Dr. Matt Barreto (University of...
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Luisa Fernanda Montero / La Red Hispana Lo que decida la Corte Suprema de Justicia en los próximos meses, cuando dicte un fallo que determine si el presidente Barack Obama excedió sus poderes o no, señalará en gran medida el curso moral que regirá en Estados Unidos de aquí en...
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Raul Ray, Esq. On November 20, 2014, President Obama announced executive actions that would expand the existing DACA program and create a new program to allow parents of U.S. citizens and permanent residents to remain in the U.S. and work without fear of deportation. The DACA program would expand...
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Santa Clara County /CALIFORNIA County of Santa Clara County Executive Jeffrey V. Smith, M.D., J.D., has announced the appointment of Deputy County Executive John P. Mills to the position of Deputy County Executive/Director of the Employee Services Agency. Mills has served as the Acting Deputy County Executive/Acting Director of...
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The following are responses to the opinion piece published in EO edition dated March 22, 2016 “DARK MONEY AND ITS SUPPORTER’S IDEOLOGY Based upon Author Jane Mayer’s book “DARK MONEY, The Hidden Story of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right” Letter to the Publisher dated 04.22.16:...
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Suzanne Potter / California News Service SAN FRANCISCO – Five percent of children in the Golden State have a parent who is or has been incarcerated, that’s more than a half-million kids, according to a new report. Researchers from the Annie E. Casey Foundation found that nationally, more than 5...
