“From opinions about gun laws to issues of inequality and immigration tactics, middle and high school students with PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Lab asked teenagers across the country what is on their minds in the countdown to the 2018 midterms. Watch more at https://www.pbs.org/newshour/
“Imani Lateef is a designer and founder of the Black Comix Arts Fest, an annual celebration of black comic book artists and their collections, as well as Peep Game Comix, a digital comic website that exclusively sells independent comics by international black authors. In this talk, delivered at TEDxToledo #WhatNow, Imani presents the current landscape…
There are seventeen (17) 2018 Ballot Measures on my Absentee Ballot. Eleven (11) are State Measures, one (1) is a County Measure and five (5) are Long Beach Measures. Some of the 2018 State ballot measures are getting a lot of attention. Propositions 8 (Outpatient Kidney Dialysis Clinics) and 10 (Rent Control) have received the…
“President Trump claimed that he can rewrite the Constitution and end birthright citizenship in the United States in an interview released Tuesday, sparking widespread outrage. Trump told the news outlet Axios that he planned to sign an executive order ending citizenship for children of noncitizens born on U.S. soil. Civil rights groups, legal experts and…
“Forty years ago, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act made it illegal for employers to deny a woman a job, a promotion or higher pay because she is pregnant. But a new investigation found cases when workplace conditions put pregnant women at physical risk. William Brangham speaks with Tasha Murrell, who suffered a miscarriage in 2014, and…
“Melania-Luisa Marte is a first-generation American. She was born in the Bronx and raised in the Lower East Side of New York City. She is a member of the 2018 Dallas Poetry Slam Team currently ranking 5th in the nation. She has performed, featured, and competed in cities across the country. Marte was a finalist…
The Nonpartisan Offices are in my crosshairs today and I have my hands full. There are the judgeships as well as the Superintendent of Public Instruction, County Assessor, and County Sheriff. That’s a total of twenty-six nonpartisan offices. When I speak of the nonpartisan offices of judgeships, I’m talking the California Supreme Court (2 Associate…
“Orange County, California, has become an unexpected battleground region that could determine who controls Congress after the midterms. The Southern California county between Los Angeles and San Diego has remained staunchly Republican for 80 years. Orange County produced President Richard Nixon—who was born here in Yorba Linda and retired to San Clemente—and Orange County last…
“Sanitary and living conditions for an estimated 2,000 homeless people along Los Angeles’ Skid Row are so severe that the United Nations recently compared them to Syrian refugee camps. How does extreme poverty persist in one of the country’s most expensive real estate markets? NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Simon Ostrovsky reports. This is part of…
If you’re still curious for more, check out this list: Pastel de Choclo: corn casserole with meat stuffing Empanadas: pastry filled with meat, cheese or mussels Cazuela: homemade stew with beef, chicken, corn, rice and potatoes Asado: barbecue of beef, pork or chicken Reineta, Congrio, Corvina: the most typical fish Locos: a rare type of mollusks Jaiva: shrimp, crab Centolla: king crab…