Monthly Archives: June 2015

Undocumented Kids to Get Health Coverage in State Budget

June 17, 2015 / By

Sen. Ricardo Lara and Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León discuss the state budget that passed this week.

Photo Essay: Caravan Seeks to End Mass Detention

June 5, 2015 / By

By Alfredo Camacho

A “Free the People” caravan from Oakland to Bakersfield converged immigration advocates, youth leaders, and community organizers from around the state at the Mesa Verde Detention Center on Saturday May 30th.

Fewer U.S. Latinos Are Speaking Spanish

June 3, 2015 / By

By LEONEL MARTINEZ / South Kern Sol

Until she was about six years old, my daughter, Ramona, didn’t know I could speak English.

UC President Urges State To Fund Expanded Enrollment

June 2, 2015 / By

Thousands of Farmworkers in California Can’t Make a Living

June 2, 2015 / By

New America Media, News Analysis, David Bacon

Editor’s note: California farmworkers once made a decent living but according to NAM contributing writer, David Bacon, those days are long gone.