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Dolores Huerta: Obama was right in delaying action on immigration
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.
What’s the Recipe for Latino Voter Participation in Kern County?
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.
September 23 — An Earth Day for Voters
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.
Court School to the Classroom — Bill Would Help Incarcerated Kids Stay Enrolled
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 Study: Prop. 47 Would Help California Address Overcrowded Prisons
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.
Food Bank Increases Distribution After Drought Hurts Local Economy
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.
Going ‘Wild’ in the Most Diverse City in America
New America Media, News Report, Ngoc Nguyen
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act, federal legislation that was signed into law in 1964 to preserve America’s wild spaces.
Ferguson Through the Eyes of a Reporter Who Covered the L.A. Riots
Watching the television news footage of the riots in Ferguson, Mo.,
From South Kern to Sacramento, for an Enriching BMOC Event
South Kern Sol, Youth Commentary, Chris Romo
In a recent youth of color mobilization to the State Capitol, I was alone in representing Kern.
Echoes of Ferguson for Latino Communities In California
New America Media, News Report, Ngoc Nguyen
As the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Mo.