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Selen Ozturk Ethnic Media Services At a Friday, February 23 Ethnic Media Services briefing, voter engagement experts discussed how organizing community voters can make political change. What community votes can win “If we’re going to affect social change, it has to be through the people that are most affected...
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Democratic leaders in the U.S. House and Senate reintroduced the Housing for All Act, which would put about $100 billion over 10 years toward solving the crisis of people experiencing homelessness. The bill would fund federal programs to build affordable housing and provide emergency shelter. Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., who...
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Mark Hedin Ethnic Media Services While the world’s largest higher education system – California’s community colleges – continues to expand its curriculum, lawmakers are expanding ways for students to access it. At a press conference at East Los Angeles College on Feb. 22, local state Assembly representative Miguel Santiago...
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Hay mucho que celebrar en marzo, el Mes de la Historia de la Mujer, en especial para las mujeres latinas en los Estados Unidos en este año electoral. Porque si la participación cívica entre la comunidad latina fuera una competencia, no hay duda de quienes serían los ganadores o,...
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Arturo Hilario El Observador Chicago is a dazzling musical set in the Windy City during the 1920s, where smoky clubs and sensational stories of love and crime are accompanied by bright lights and a jazzy score. Returning to the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts from February 23–25,...
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Conocido como el Nostradamus latinoamericano, su nombre es Benjamín Solari Parravicini, nació el 8 de agosto de 1898 y falleció el 13 de diciembre de 1974. Fue un pintor y artista plástico argentino muy exitoso, quien desde muy temprana edad, comenzó a experimentar dones proféticos. Son muy conocidas mundialmente...
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Deaths in Gaza have exceeded 28 thousand, prompting growing calls for a ceasefire on humanitarian grounds. Joining that chorus is Youth United for Community Action (YUCA) in East Palo Alto, which advocates on behalf of young people in the community. Ofelia Bello is the organization’s executive director. She spoke...
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Adam Echelman CalMatters A sus 47 años, Ibrahim Mohamed no encaja en la imagen típica de un pasante universitario. Cuando llegó a Estados Unidos procedente de Sudán en 2016, buscó en Internet un trabajo estable y decidió que quería ser electricista en una instalación de tratamiento de agua. Unos...
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A new report shows that despite record spending on law enforcement in California, the clearance rate – that is the rate of crimes solved – was the lowest ever. Researchers from the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice found that the state spent a record $27 billion on police in...