“President Trump on Saturday spoke to a group of young conservatives, calling them “fearless young leaders.” And while there are young people engaged and active in politics, a recent Harris poll commissioned by UNICEF USA of 8- to 17-year-olds found that only a third felt “included in the political process.” Anucha Browne of UNICEF USA…
“Protesters for immigrant rights demonstrated outside the Democratic debate Thursday in Los Angeles, displaying a banner that read “Migrant Justice on Day One” and demanding a moratorium on deportations and immigrant worker protections. We look at how the candidates responded, with Erika Andiola, chief advocacy officer for RAICES, the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education…
PalacioMagazine.com is on hiatus this week. Happy Holidays! John Culqui is a Long Beach-based Latino artist. He’s one of the artists on display at the Long Beach Museum’s exhibition, Vitality and Verve: Transforming the Urban Landscape scheduled to close October 25. Culqui describes his museum piece as “Fun Art”. And fun he’s having. From John Culqui’s…
“Since it was first created during the Obama administration, there has been no end to the fight over the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare. The battle continues to play out on the campaign trail and in the courts, where a recent federal appeals decision struck down the law’s individual mandate. William Brangham reports…
“People in New York and New Jersey are celebrating two victories for immigrants’ rights. In New York, thousands of undocumented people waited in line for hours at Departments of Motor Vehicles on Monday to apply for a driver’s license, as the “Green Light Law” went into effect six months after New York Governor Andrew Cuomo…
“Adoption is an incredible and complex experience for everyone involved, and transracial adoption is no exception. In this honest and sometimes heartbreaking talk, Sara Jones shares her experience as a transracial adoptee and asks us to consider all the narratives that are part of a single adoption story. Sara Jones was adopted from South Korea…
“The number of U.S. Border Patrol agents stood at over 1,700 in 1975, but today nearly 20,000 agents are on patrol as one of the largest and most well-funded enforcement agencies in the country. A new documentary called “Undeterred,” sheds light on how the expansion has impacted one small Arizona community along the southern border….
“A new report reveals how long-term disasters, including sea-level rise and desertification, and short-term disasters, such as storms and fires, are especially threatening to people living in the Global South and island nations. We speak with the co-author of a new study that finds the climate crisis is already leading to a massive increase in…
Wanna Sleep Through the Holidays is a special gift from musician/composer Michael Archuleta and his wife Irma Archuleta, a retired educator and active volunteer. This new interpretation of their holiday production Wanna Sleep Through the Holidays was rereleased on Thanksgiving week.” Local Long Beach artist Natalie Acosta performs a new interpretation of the song whose music was composed…
“Inside the halls of the U.N. climate summit, hundreds of activists gathered Wednesday to demand rich countries step up their efforts to finance climate action. The protest began just as Democracy Now! was finishing our live broadcast, and we spoke to some of the people there from around the world, including Rita Iyke-Uwaka of Friends…