By MARC EVANGELISTA
EL NUEVO SOL
“I want someone who is willing to try,” said Erline Aguiluz. “Even in the event that gay marriage never happens in California, I want to know that there was someone out there who at least really tried and gave it a shot.”
Por VIRGINIA BULACIO
EL NUEVO SOL
Las voces de tres inmigrantes, un activista y un fotógrafo hablan de los peligros del cruce, de cómo se puede ayudar a los migrantes y de la importancia de documentar ese viaje.
By JING WANG
EL NUEVO SOL
“I began to know sexual stuff when I was 25 years old. I’m ashamed of that,” said Yuan Zhou, a student of Yunnan University.
DARRIN JOHNSON
EL NUEVO SOL—SALUD
With the Supreme Court upholding Obamacare, and President Obama being re-elected, Obamacare is now inevitability. Obamacare is an overhaul of our current healthcare system, which will bring changes such as expanded Medicare coverage, an expanded time period in which young adults can be on their parent’s healthcare coverage, and making it harder for insurance companies to deny people with pre-existing health conditions.
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.”
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
Saul Reyes Salazar, 43, lived as a baker in Mexico until the violence of the drug cartels led to the loss of six family members and his family’s move to the US under political asylum. Since President Felipe Calderon declared war on the drug cartels, more than 60,000 civilians have been killed and according to Reyes Salazar, it is the military gunning down protestors and those in opposition of the governmentA
Por OSCAR ORTEGA
EL NUEVO SOL
Durante la segunda guerra mundial, los países de México y Estados Unidos firmaron un tratado bilateral para incorporar trabajadores en mexicanos en la producción agrícola. Este pacto se llamó Proyecto Bracero que significa “hombres con brazos fuertes”. El proyecto tenía el propósito de crear trabajos seguros que incluían beneficios de salud y condiciones adecuadas de trabajo. Los trabajadores que se incorporaron a este programa continúan reclamando el pago de sus beneficios.
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.
Por ÓSCAR ORTEGA
EL NUEVO SOL
Desde el principio del siglo veinte, los gobiernos de México y Estados Unidos han intercambiado mano de obra bajo contratos bilaterales. Un grupo de jornaleros sigue reclamando el dinero que les corresponde.
By VIRGINIA BULACIO
El Nuevo Sol
Students and activists gathered in Los Angeles to protest against Arizona’s anti-immigrants law and in support of the Dream Act (Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act). Immigrant rights groups and organizations such as The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA), and students organizations such as Dreams to be Heard from Cal State Northridge, and IDEAS from UCLA also participated in the protest to support justice and human rights.
By Rodrigo Peraza
GOOD EXPOSURE CHANNEL
The Dream Continues shows aspects of migrant workers living the “American Dream.” The film was inspired by my father who came to the United States 10 years ago and worked as a day laborer to give his family a better opportunity at life—with education as the key factor for us to succeed. The film inter-cuts my father’s story with the stories of the day laborers who work at the Home Depot that we drive past every day.
By DENA BETANCOURT
EL NUEVO SOL
After years of working on and writing about the subject of human trafficking, journalist and documentary filmmaker Chelo Alvarez-Stehle has used media as a way to communicate and bring awareness on the issue.
As a child, had always been outraged at the condition of women and the superiority of men over women. She realized later on this was the reason why she became very involved. “Women are so vulnerable in the face of men’s sexuality and their needs in general,” she said.
