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Battles between Latino and Asian political candidates could reshape L.A.’s Eastside
2 months, 1 week ago

Battles between Latino and Asian political candidates could reshape L.A.’s Eastside

LA Times  

The text message that showed up on the phones of Eastside voters last month began with a warning: Forty years of Latino political representation is under threat. Los Angeles City Councilmember Kevin de León, center, sent a text message warning that Latino representation in his district is “threatened.” His opponent, Ysabel Jurado, called it racially divisive. At the same time, …

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How a migrant farmworker built generational wealth, penny by penny
8 months, 2 weeks ago

How a migrant farmworker built generational wealth, penny by penny

LA Times  

My grandmother told me about the missing notebook. The last entry from that year, in November, reads, “On Thursday I left for Mexico at 5 a.m.” Pedro Martínez practiced English using a notebook. There, my dad, Sergio, would buy telephone cards and call his parents, Pedro and Herminia, to check on the family or confirm they received the money he’d …

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Column: Wendy Carrillo explains why she’s running against her former ally, Kevin de León
1 year, 8 months ago

Column: Wendy Carrillo explains why she’s running against her former ally, Kevin de León

LA Times  

Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo, at her family home in Boyle Heights, on Thursday is officially announcing her intention to run for Kevin de León’s City Council seat. Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo walks near “El Corrido de Boyle Heights,” a mural painted in 1983 that was defaced by graffiti. When she ran into Brenda Martinez, a member of the Boyle Heights Neighborhood Council, …

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Column: Bonin’s tearful speech was the best thing to come out of L.A. City Hall in ages
2 years, 3 months ago

Column: Bonin’s tearful speech was the best thing to come out of L.A. City Hall in ages

LA Times  

Mike Bonin’s first attempt to speak was unsuccessful. I want — I want to be home with my family right now,” said Bonin, fighting tears through a nearly 12-minute speech that was the best thing to come out of City Hall in ages. Public officials are supposed to call us to our highest selves, and these people stabbed us and …

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Debanhi Escobar: Taxi driver who took haunting final photo of slain Mexico teen ‘tried to grope her chest’
2 years, 8 months ago

Debanhi Escobar: Taxi driver who took haunting final photo of slain Mexico teen ‘tried to grope her chest’

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The investigation into the …

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Back in Haiti, expelled migrant family plans to flee again
3 years, 3 months ago

Back in Haiti, expelled migrant family plans to flee again

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “This is not what I imagined, being here,” …

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Guatemalan lives upturned by failed immigration bids
3 years, 7 months ago

Guatemalan lives upturned by failed immigration bids

Associated Press  

TIZAMARTE, Guatemala — Alvina Jerónimo Pérez tries to avoid going out. At the Mexico-U.S. border — Jerónimo says she doesn’t remember what part — they spent days locked inside a safe house before crossing into Texas, only to be apprehended hours after entering the U.S. Jerónimo said neither she nor her daughter were tested for COVID after being detained or …

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