By VANESSA SAHAWI
EL NUEVO SOL
“A lot of people said that we wouldn’t last for no more than three months because of our cultural differences, and we have been happily married for 25 years.” -Alicia Martínez
By SEVA GRIGORAKI
Chantal Coudoux, a D.C.-based policy advocate at The Bus Riders Union (BRU), describes how 92 percent of the people riding the bus are overwhelmingly working-class people of color making less than $14,000 per year. “The bus is literally folks’ way to get to the hospital, to a doctor appointment, to get their kids to school, to get to work, to look for work,” Coudoux said. “It is people’s lifeline to get to everything.”
Por MANUEL MORFíN
EL NUEVO SOL
El Ballet Folclórico de México de Amalia Hernández estuvo de visita en la Universidad Estatal de California, Northridge, y un día antes de su presentación, ofrecieron una clase de baile al público y aprovecharon para evaluar y criticar al Ballet Aztlán de CSUN, quienes se están preparando para una presentación.
Por JORGE NERI
EL NUEVO SOL
Según las cifras del censo, en Estados Unidos hay 49.9 millones de individuos sin seguro médico. De ellos, 15.3 millones son latinos, 23 millones son blancos y 8.1 millones son afroamericanos. Esto hace que los latinos sean el grupo estadounidense con la proporción más alta de personas que no tienen seguro médico. Uno de cada tres latinos no tiene seguro médico.
By PAUL LAVERACK
EL NUEVO SOL
In this feature-length documentary, low-wage immigrant hotel workers in Southern California battle for new contracts with Disney and Hyatt. The campaigns are hard-fought, but unions in the US are a shadow of their former selves – membership stands at a 100-year low, as corporate power has grown to unprecedented heights. The hospitality workers of Unite Here demonstrate creativity and determination in their struggle for justice on the job, but will that be enough?
By VIRGINIA ISAAD
EL NUEVO SOL
Mexican photojournalist Julian Cardona presented his photographs illustrating the violence in Mexico and the economic turmoil its citizens face during his visit to California State University, Northridge on Tuesday, April 11. Sharing photographs from his books including Exodus/Exodo and Juarez: The Laboratory of our Future, Cardona noted the ramifications of North…
By VIRGINIA ISAAD
EL NUEVO SOL
Nestled in the heart of Pacoima, amid auto shops and taquerias (taco shops in Spanish) is the San Fernando Valley’s sole multi-service non-profit center, Meet Each Need with Dignity (MEND). Services range from educational to medical for residents of neighboring cities including Arleta, Sylmar, Lake View Terrace, San Fernando, North Hills, and Mission Hills.
Por: Wendy Aguilar y Cynthia Lemus EL NUEVO SOL Un lugar que refleja las raíces mexicanas y que da un toque latino a las calles de Los Ángeles es la Placita Olvera sobre la calle Olvera en el centro de esta ciudad. Música, comidas típicas y artesanías son algunas de las cosas que los visitantes
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By JORGE NERI
EL NUEVO SOL
The award-winning author of “Murder City,” Charles Bowden, and the creator of the Frontera List and librarian, Molly Molloy, discussed the situation of Ciudad Juárez and talk about their book “Murder City” in the Jack and Florence Ferman Presentation Room in the Oviatt Library Wednesday morning.
Journalist and author Juan González—co-host of “Democracy Now!”—visited California State University Northridge, as part of his book tour to promote News For All the People: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media. The event, hosted by CSUN Latino Journalists and El Nuevo Sol, took place before an overflow crowd of faculty members and students from various departments.
By PAUL LAVERACK
POLITICAL MUSCLE
A massive crowd took to the streets of downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, October 15, 2011 as the Occupy Los Angeles movement gained momentum going into its third week. The day’s events were part of a Global Day of Action against corporate greed. Occupy events took place over 1,000 cities worldwide, involving hundreds of thousands of citizens who are tired of the political and economic system favoring the super-rich, at the cost of everyone else.
Por: ROCÍO ROMERO
EL NUEVO SOL
Según los Centros de Control de Enfermedades (CDC) el porcentaje de obesidad infantil se ha triplicado en los últimos 30 años. El fenómeno parece no tener límite y se ha infiltrado en la población hispana colocándola en segundo lugar en desarrollar enfermedades relacionadas a la obesidad. Un grupo de madres, a pesar de la falta de recursos que existen en sus comunidades, han decidido romper las barreras relacionadas al sobrepeso.
By JONATHAN GONZÁLEZ AND JORGE NERI
EL NUEVO SOL
Hundreds of permanent residents attended the “It Is Time” citizenship workshops in Sun Valley Saturday to begin the process of becoming citizens of the United States. The free event – hosted by the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) – was held at John Francis Polytechnic High and featured multiple workshops.
Ve en ustream la charla completa de Tatiana Huezo, directora de el documental El lugar más pequeño, en su visita a California State University, Northridge, en un evento patrocinado por Latino Journalists: CCNMA and NAHJ y El Nuevo Sol.
On Wednesday, September 7, El Nuevo Sol and CSUN Latino Journalists will co-present their first panel discussion of the 2011-12 school year, featuring filmmaker Tatiana Huezo Sánchez, director of The Tiniest Place. Huezo will conduct a Q-and-A in the Whitsett Room at 9:30 a.m.
By PAUL MAVERICK
POLITICAL MUSCLE
Dining Hall workers and their supporters among students, alumni, and faculty hold a picket and rally at Pomona College in Claremont, California, outside the college administration building on Wednesday, August 3, 2011. The event included accusations of unfair labor practices, conflicting views on the proper way for workers to unionize, and an implicit critique of President Obama’s effectiveness on labor issues.
By PAUL MAVERICK
POLITICAL MUSCLE
Civil society leader Jesse Jackson, in Sweden on July 4, 2011 for that nation’s annual weeklong festival of politics, speaks about labor under attack, corporate power in ascendancy, and the need for a mass uprising of ordinary people. He also offers encouragement to students of Cal State Northridge, who are reeling from yet another fee hike, as the state budget implosion continues.
By PAUL MAVERICK
POLITICAL MUSCLE
In a day-long rally, march, and sit-in at the administration building on April 13, 2011, a growing crowd of Cal State University Northridge students protest the ongoing budget cuts and fee hikes across the CSU system. The students are joined by professors, union workers, and Alex Hanna, a leader from the recent Wisconsin capitol protests. The organizers, Students for Quality Education, call for the resignation of CSU Chancellor Charles Reed, whom they refer to as “Chancellor Greed,” for his willingness to slash student services while giving himself repeated salary increases.
By PAUL MAVERICK
POLITICAL MUSCLE
Workers from all over the Western United States and Canada marched through downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, March 26, 2011, from Staples Center to Pershing Square, to show their solidarity with public employees in Wisconsin and elsewhere around the country where corporate Republican governors are stripping state workers of their collective bargaining rights. The day-long event, organized by the AFL-CIO, was called “We Are One.” The parade route was filled, as far as the eye could see, with working people on the march. Numerous local and national labor leaders spoke at the culminating rally in Pershing Square.
By PAUL MAVERICK
POLITICAL MUSCLE
Cal State Northridge students, faculty, alumni, and their supporters rally & march for the future of public higher education in California. Governor Jerry Brown has just proposed $500 million in savage cuts to the CSU system alone, and a staggering $1.4 billion in cuts to education overall. The students respond by turning out in force for this Day of Action. They gain support from Reverend James Lawson, a living legend of the civil rights movement, who has spent the year as a lecturer in residency at CSUN, teaching theory and tactics for nonviolent direct action.
