To the editor: If you’re a parent who is vacillating about your child’s plea for an Easter rabbit, please listen to your instincts not to get one. It’s a misconception […]
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“Reflections of a MEChista by a Chicano Scholar Activist”
I first learned about MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicana/o de Aztlán) during UCLA’s Freshman Summer Program (FSP) in 1985, as a 17-year-old freshman. Many moons later, when I became a member, […]
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Biggest UCLA Scandal is Not Bribing Coaches
“College admissions scandal: UCLA Men’s Soccer Coach Jorge Salcedo resigns in wake of bribery allegations.” Ho-hum … another UCLA athletic scandal. UCLA men’s soccer coach Jorge Salcedo resigned in the […]
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Animal Research Saves People and Their Pets from Cancer
In October, James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo won the Nobel Prize in medicine for their groundbreaking cancer research. With the help of mice, they developed six revolutionary cancer treatments […]
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Black History Month: “We All Struggle!”
Ed. Note: Black History Month concludes on Feb. 28 Virtually every “people Group” in America today can point to a period in their history when they struggled to overcome seemingly […]
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Threats to Medicare continue in 2019
Medicare faces numerous threats in 2019. It’s time for lawmakers and healthcare advocates to attack these challenges head-on. One threat stems from the Trump administration, which has suggested weakening the […]
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“If America Falls, Everyone Gets Hurt”
I know I am the product of those who fought to open the doors of opportunity. The optimism – that characterizes the waves of immigrants who have come here – […]
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Trump’s Tantrum is Deceitful, Wild Attempt To Fund Wall
President Trump is no stranger to alternative facts, but manufacturing a crisis at the border, shutting down the government, lying on prime time to the American public, and executing a power grab just to build […]
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One More Child Is Dead While In U.S. Custody
It’s Christmas Day and the parents of this 8-year old child will receive the most gruesome news about their lovely son courtesy of the U.S. government. CBP is by far […]
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Benefits Rule is a ‘Sophie’s Choice’ for Immigrants Courtesy of Trump
The largest immigrant rights organization in California, the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), denounces a proposed rule change by the Trump administration that imposes extra conditions to those who […]