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Dolores Huerta Foundation calls to de-fund police in schools, supports Black Lives Matter movement
Timoteo Prado, an organizer for the Dolores Huerta Foundation, had left the store when he was stopped by police officers and detained in 1992.
Women work longer, sleep less due to COVID-19
By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor
SAN FRANCISCO — Women around the world are facing a shadow crisis amid the COVID 19 pandemic, as their workloads for both paid and unpaid labor increase dramatically.
Kern to Launch Relief Program for Small Businesses and Nonprofit Organizations Affected By COVID-19
Kern County anticipates to launch the Kern Small Business Relief Program after Memorial Day weekend, County officials said Tuesday at the morning Board of Supervisors meeting.
Women detainees suddenly released from Mesa Verde find relief through safety network
Almost two weeks have passed since the release of all women detainees from the Mesa Verde ICE Processing Center in Bakersfield on May 7th.Notified
74-year-old detainee dies at Mesa Verde
Choung Won Ahn, who had been held at the Mesa Verde Detention Facility in Bakersfield since Feb.
COMMENTARY: My new neighbor will be an immigration detention facility, and we won’t get along
Last month, the McFarland City Council voted to allow the GEO Group to open and operate Immigration Detention facilities in my hometown, and as a member of this community, I feel utterly betrayed knowing there will be not just one, but two immigration detention centers in my front yard.