“My heart overflows with gratitude for the workers giving us life.” Photo by Dignidad Rebelde. By Brenda Verano, Staff Reporter The coronavirus is an equal opportunity threat, making no distinction between rich, poor or anything and everything in between. But there is a huge distinction in the economic repercussions of that threat: those who can afford […]
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The Chinese Flu
By Jasmine Nguyen, Culture Editor A month ago I wrote about the growing xenophobic behavior towards Asian Americans due to the now pandemic of COVID-19. Back in February, it was a few uncomfortable glances and unfunny tweets on Twitter but now as the virus has fully become a crisis for many Americans, the xenophobia against […]
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From Invisible to Essential
Agricultural workers in California’s Central Valley Photo by Salvador Oceguera By Salvador OcegueraSpecial for the Bulletin “Cesar Chavez to me is like an angel sent from heaven,” says Marta Velasquez, 56. “If it weren’t for him women wouldn’t have a place in agriculture. “ Velasquez is a farmworker in the Central Valley. Usually ignored, overlooked […]
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Exhibit Celebrates the Women’s Vote, Reminds That Work is Not Done
By Andrea Mendez, Staff Reporter Women may have won the hard-fought right to vote 100 years ago, but there remains serious obstacles to anything close to full equality. So even though the California State University, Dominguez Hills women’s studies department’s exhibit “The Women’s History Collections” commemorates the suffrage centennial, it also highlights the urgent issues […]
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Re-Imagining the Future of America’s Education System
By Brenda Verano, Staff Reporter Imagine enrolling in a class where stress management is part of the syllabus; where instead of trying to connect with the words of a 3,000-year-old philosopher, your connection is with the Earth through an urban gardening class; where ancestral wisdom in the classroom is valued as highly as academic knowledge; […]