The United States of America now awakens to a new day, a new president and administration, and waits to see if anything can and will change.
San Fernando Valley resident Alex Padilla formally resigned as California Secretary of State on Monday, Jan. 18., so he could begin his historic appointment to the US Senate.
WASHINGTON (AP) — In his first hours as president, Joe Biden will aim to strike at the heart of President Donald Trump’s policy legacy, signing a series of executive actions that will reverse his predecessor’s orders on immigration, climate change and handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Center for American Progress, a nonpartisan public policy research and advocacy organization, estimates some five million essential workers are undocumented.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden predicted he would take office amid a “dark winter,” and the outlook is only getting bleaker.
By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, Jonathan Lemire and Alan Fram
Lalo Garcia is clear in saying that he isn’t a “political artist.”
NEW YORK (AP) — The riotous mob that laid siege to the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday was the product of the destructive forces that President Donald Trump has been stirring for years, culminating …
LONDON (AP) — Despite growing vaccine access, January is looking grim around the globe as the coronavirus resurges and reshapes itself from Britain to Japan to California, filling hospitals an…
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Latino and Black people are more likely to be searched or subjected to force if stopped by police or sheriff’s deputies, a statistic true statewide, according to a data-ric…
As we approach the end of this year we must reflect not only on what got us to where we are now, but what exactly The Now is.
2020 began with so much enthusiasm. It just sounded so cool.
WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Donald Trump was running for reelection, foreign-born U.S. residents were rushing to get their American citizenship before it might be too late.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday blocked Democrats’ push to immediately bring President Donald Trump’s demand for bigger $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks up for…
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican ballad singer and composer Armando Manzanero died at the age of 85, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Monday.
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — California Secretary of State Alex Padilla, a San Fernando High graduate, former Los Angeles City Council member and state senator, has been chosen by Gov. Gavin Newsom to …
Montserrat Parello lost her husband eight years ago, and Christmas gatherings with children and grandchildren had helped her deal with her loneliness. But this year, the 83-year-old will be al…
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The first COVID-19 vaccinations are underway at U.S. nursing homes, where the virus has killed more than 110,000 people, even as the nation struggles to contain a su…
Children of color are often treated as more mature that their white counterparts, having to face the stresses of racial biases from a young age. And because of the color of their skin, they ar…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden’s choices for his health care team point to a stronger federal role in the nation’s COVID-19 strategy, restoration of a guiding stress on science an…
WASHINGTON (AP) — As states frantically prepare to begin months of vaccinations that could end the pandemic, a new poll finds only about half of Americans are ready to roll up their sleeves wh…
Have you observed Jupiter and Saturn moving closer to each other over the past few months?
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats nominated Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday as the speaker to lead them into Joe Biden’s presidency, and shortly afterward she seemed to suggest that these would be h…
As we begin the holiday season, in order to protect your health and others, everyone is urged to avoid Thanksgiving gatherings and to find ways to celebrate differently as COVID-19 continues t…
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has a new selfie.
While sitting President Donald Trump continues to refuse to concede to President-elect Joe Biden and is going forward with lawsuits that challenge the results of the 2020 election, unions, pro…
ATLANTA (AP) — The 2020 election unfolded smoothly across the country and without any widespread irregularities, according to state officials and election experts, a stark contrast to the base…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s campaign filed lawsuits Wednesday in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Georgia, laying the groundwork for contesting battleground states as he slipped behin…
Trying to get a view of what the United States might look or act like over the next four years remains difficult. Even after Election Day, Nov. 3, plenty of issues — from the next President to…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats went into Election Day hoping to reclaim the White House and majorities in both chambers of Congress in a victory that would demonstrate an unmistakable repudiation…
Domestic violence in the United States is pervasive but little understood, particularly in non-English speaking communities. In a groundbreaking new report, the Asian Pacific Policy & Plan…
During the most recent debate in Nashville on October 22, President Trump was not unexpectedly asked about his administration’s 2018 fiasco when thousands of young immigrant children were forc…
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A week before U.S. elections, expectations and attention are unusually low in a foreign country that may have more at stake than any other. Many Mexicans would be glad to se…
Now more than ever, our society is centered around the internet. Social media corporations have been growing more and more powerful each day and have been recognized as a significant contribut…
It’s difficult these days to walk the streets in Los Angeles county and not see someone who is seemingly distressed and in need of help.They may be out of work. They may be homeless. And — eve…
WASHINGTON (AP) _ With Election Day just three weeks away, President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden concentrated Tuesday, Oct.13, on battleground states both see as critical …
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer said he is disappointed that the US Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to halt the US Census count immediately while a …
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Still sickened by COVID-19, President Donald Trump plunged back on Tuesday into playing down the disease that hospitalized him for three days and has so far killed more than …
According to the website LAVote.net, there is still time to register online and receive a ballot by mail. Registration must be submitted no later than Oct. 19.
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles-based civil rights advocates are applauding a federal judge’s order that the government immediately reduce the population of the Adelanto ICE Processing Center …
The future of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Temporary Protected Status (TPS), programs that cover millions of undocumented immigrants in the country, many of whom have …
Voters will be asked this November to vote on Proposition 16, a state-wide ballot measure that could reinstate affirmative action.
LOS ANGELES (CNS) —A Los Angeles federal judge has ordered the US Department of Homeland Security to release records regarding COVID-19 outbreaks at immigration detention centers and Border Pa…
It appears the Republican-controlled US Senate can go ahead with its plans to vote on a new Supreme Court justice nominee before the Nov. 3 presidential election.
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — The Los Angeles federal judge overseeing a 1997 court settlement governing the care of migrant children in detention rejected the government’s request to continue detaining…
The U.S., which has both the largest number of infections and deaths from COVID-19, is lagging far behind other countries which have far fewer resources, concluded three eminent physicians and…
With August being National Immunization Awareness Month, health officials are emphasizing the importance of children and adults getting vaccinated against the flu and other diseases to protect…
California State University, Northridge political science professor Boris Ricks has no doubt that race and the calls for racial justice will be at the forefront of many voters’ minds when they…
President Donald Trump has made good on his promises to carry out an anti-immigrant agenda over the last four years and it’s likely his race for a second term will continue to target working i…
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Animal rights advocates have put up 19 billboards across Los Angeles that connect the eating of animals to pandemics, and pay tribute to an activist killed in Canada earlie…
Elections in the United States have devolved into sporting matches in which politicians campaign with an “us-versus-them” mentality, often to the detriment of the interests of many Americans, …
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — A UCLA study published Monday, July 27, underscores that Blacks and Latinos living in Los Angeles — as well as New York — are roughly twice as likely as white residents to …
Beloved author Rudolfo Anaya, referred to as the “grandfather of Chicano literature” and a “literary giant” died this week.
Like no other time before, eyes are focused on our nation as the world watches our handling of a pandemic and massive protests simultaneously that have touched off global demonstrations.
The murder of a Black man at the hands of the police is not new. The abuse, beating and murder of people of color is an old story. It’s gone on for generations and police have gotten away wit…
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