Legacy of the East L.A. school walkouts
Commemorations last month of the 40th anniversary of the East Los Angeles Chicana/Chicano Walkouts of March 1968 were a celebration of the process and progress of the civil and labor rights struggles of Mexican Americans.
Story of a plant that closed
Manufacturing isn’t dead; it’s changing. Small and large shops open and close for more reasons than just market forces. Large conglomerates make decisions based on beliefs and bias I can’t fathom.
New York City Council passes resolution to keep families together
NEW YORK — Immigrant rights supporters won a huge victory March 26 when the New York City Council passed Resolution 1250 by a nearly unanimous vote, calling on the U.S. Congress to pass the Child Citizen Protection Act (HR 1176).
World Notes: Democracy in Turkey, Romanian Workers Rebel...
Turkey's Constitutional Court, the nation’s top judicial body, announced March 31 its unanimous decision to consider a case brought by Turkey’s chief prosecutor, alleging that the Islamic orientation of the ruling Justice and Development Party violates the secular basis of Turkey’s constitution.
Paul Robeson Remembrance Day celebrated in Detroit
DETROIT — March 29 was Paul Robeson Remembrance Day at the Swords into Plowshares Peace Center and Gallery here. This event grew out of the gallery’s current exhibit, “Celebrating Paul Robeson: Athlete, Artist and Activist for Justice and World Peace.”
El legado de Martn Luther King
Esta semana se cumple el 40 aniversario de la muerte de líder afronorteamericano por los derechos civiles, Martín Luther King. King fue asesinado en Memphis, Tenesí en abril 4, 1968. Él estaba en Memphis apoyando a los trabajadores de sanidad, en su totalidad afronorteamericanos.
Rally demands end to gun violence
CHICAGO — Turning grief and shock to anger and action, nearly 1,000 Chicago public high school students, including teachers, administrators, parents, religious leaders and elected officials rallied here April 1 against the crisis of gun violence plaguing the city. The rally was called in response to the 21st shooting death of a public school student this school year.
Exhibit features African American artists
HOUSTON — The beauty and genius of Black artists was readily apparent in a new exhibit titled “Art Official Intelligence” at the University Museum at Texas Southern University, which opened last February and ended March 22.
