I received my absentee ballot several weeks ago from the Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk. They’re handling the logistics for the November 6 election even though there are five Long Beach measures on the ballot. I also received the sample ballot. That is 88 pages long. That doesn’t include the front and inside back covers. I…
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“The New York Times reports that the Trump administration is attempting to eliminate the rights of transgender people by creating a narrow legal definition of gender. Citing a government memo, the Times reveals that the Department of Health and Human Services has undertaken an effort across several government agencies to establish a legal definition of…
“As politicians spar over immigration, playwright Octavio Solis recounts his childhood as a “skinny brown kid” in El Paso in his memoir “Retablos”. Solis says that though he was in the U.S. legally, Border Patrol would ask him to recite the pledge of allegiance. Jeffrey Brown also talks with Solis about his work consulting for…
“Luis Alberto Urrea discusses “The House of Broken Angels” at the 2018 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. Speaker Biography: Luis Alberto Urrea is a best-selling author of poetry, fiction, and essays. He is a distinguished professor of creative writing at the University of Illinois-Chicago. Urrea is also a member of the…
“A record number of Native American women are running for office in the midterm elections. At least four candidates are vying to become the first Native American women elected to Congress, including Deb Haaland in New Mexico and Sharice Davids in Kansas. Three Native women are running for governor, and 31 are running for seats…
“During the Second World War, the Japanese Imperial Army forced more than 200,000 women into sex slavery. This week, POV is airing “The Apology,” a documentary following three of those “comfort women,” who came forward with their stories after decades of living in silence, sparking a #MeToo movement for their generation. Tiffany Hsiung, who directed…
Vote November 6, 2018. This election is being called the most important in a generation. The future of the balance of power in Washington, D.C. will be decided in the House of Representatives and the United States Senate. But for many Americans, it will be the local and Statewide issues that will impact them directly….
“Voters in Florida are preparing to vote on a measure that would restore voting rights to 1.4 million people with nonviolent felonies who have fully completed their sentences. One in five African Americans in Florida and 10 percent of the state’s adult population are ineligible to vote because of a criminal record. Across the United…
“Weeks before the 2018 midterm elections, concerns remain about possible voter suppression tactics in various regions of the U.S. Why do voter roll purges, voter ID requirements and poll shutdowns disproportionately affect minority communities? Emory University professor Carol Anderson joins Amna Nawaz to explain why these aggressive measures seek to solve a voter fraud problem…