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South Kern Sol, Commentary, Gonzalo Santos
Ed. Note: President Obama’s recent decision to delay taking executive action on immigration until after November’s elections, disappointed many immigrant rights advocates, but not Dolores Huerta who is standing by the president on his decision.
Ed. Note: To read a counterpoint to this story by Professor Gonzalo Santos click here.
By Griselda Nevarez, Originally published on VOXXI as Dolores Huerta: Obama was right in delaying action on immigration
Labor leader and civil rights activist Dolores Huerta is standing by President Barack Obama on his decision to delay executive action on immigration and is asking the immigrant community to have patience.
By Alfredo Camacho for South Kern Sol
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Election season is fast approaching, and that means people across the country will be subject to an increasing number of television ads, fliers, speeches and visits from canvassers all imploring them to vote come November 2nd.
New America Media, News Report, Anna Challet
In a world where every day is a holiday – there’s National Doughnut Day, Pi Day (honoring the number 3.14 and celebrated by eating pie), and Talk Like a Pirate Day (that one is international) – a group of organizations came together and decided that surely one of these days should be dedicated to voter registration.
If there is one group of students with the most to gain from staying in school, it is those minors transitioning out of the juvenile justice system.
New America Media, News Report, Ngoc Nguyen and Nicole Hundley
SAN FRANCISCO – A measure on the November ballot would reclassify six non-violent felonies to misdemeanors, a move that observers say could help California finally comply with a federal mandate to reduce its overcrowded prison system.
By Alfredo Camacho
Pictured above: Alicia Rodriguez (left) with her son and mother.
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — The past two harvest seasons in Kern have been unlike the others.