The U.S. Hispanic population reached a record 59.9 million in 2018, up 1.2 million over the previous year and up from 47.8 million in 2008, according to newly released U.S. Census Bureau population estimates. Over […]
By Bob Highfill Donna DeMartino sees a future when every high school and college student in Stockton has free access to countywide bus services. DeMartino knows the value of education, and she knows truancy would […]
President Donald Trump announced suddenly that he will impose 5% tariffs on all products from Mexico until the flow of irregular migration ends. The measure would take effect on June 10. The tariff would increase […]
Even at 89 years of age, legendary farmworker organizer Dolores Huerta is still planting the seed for change in newer generations that no longer do the back-breaking work of their parents or grandparents. “I know […]
Recently arrived U.S. immigrants are a growing part of the nation’s foreign-born population, which reached a record 44.4 million in 2017. Overall, their profile differs from immigrants who have been in the country longer. About […]
More than four decades after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision, opponents and supporters of abortion rights are still battling over the issue in court, at the ballot box and in state legislatures. A recently enacted Alabama law […]
By Jens Manuel Krogstad More than half of U.S. eligible voters cast a ballot in 2018, the highest turnout rate for a midterm election in recent history, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of […]
SONOMA — Two Latina viticulturists from Sonoma, Vanessa Robledo and her mother Maria Robledo are featured in the new documentary film by Bernardo Ruiz entitled “Harvest Season.” The film premieres at the Mill Valley Film […]
In Wine County, a growing number of Mexican-Americans are part of a new generation of winemakers and winery owners. Many are the children of migrant workers, or started as grape pickers and farmhands, rising through the ranks to become successful […]
Americans continue to prefer watching the news rather than reading or listening to it, and their viewing loyalties have yet to migrate fully to the web. Instead, the majority of U.S. adults who prefer to […]
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