“Dozens of farmworkers with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers have entered their last day of a 5-day fast outside the Manhattan office of Nelson Peltz, the board chair and largest shareholder of the restaurant chain Wendy’s. They are demanding Wendy’s sign onto the Fair Food Program, which would require the fast-food giant to purchase tomatoes…
“At “Sneakerhead” conventions around the country, anyone can buy, sell or trade a pair, and much-hyped limited releases demand premium prices. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports on what drives this specialty sneaker culture.” Watch more at https://www.pbs.org/newshour/
\ “Ron Finley plants vegetable gardens in South Central LA — in abandoned lots, traffic medians, along the curbs. Why? For fun, for defiance, for beauty and to offer some alternative to fast food in a community where “the drive-thrus are killing more people than the drive-bys.” Find out more about Ron…
Anyone who has lived in New York knows about Cuban Chinese food. You can pretty much find it in almost every borough. You can find out more about their roots here: A Short History of the Chinese in Cuba. In the meantime, check out this video. “Dining on a Dime’s return to New York City (you…
“Ethnic marginalization can be a challenging experience. This talk will explore ways to courageously mold an ethnic identity that transcends cultural expectations and stereotypes. Michelle Navarro is a full-time professor of history at Richland College. For the past ten years, Michelle continues to sponsor a student club called A.L.A.S., which stands for “Achieving Latino Academic…
“Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is facing new criticism after she struggled in a recent “60 Minutes” interview to explain why schools in her home state of Michigan are faring poorly under the policies she has championed. DeVos is a billionaire Republican activist and the sister of Blackwater founder Erik Prince. She once served as chair…
“Will President Trump’s school safety plan help stop mass shootings? Judy Woodruff gets reaction from Shannon Watts of Moms Demand Action For Gun Sense In America and Katherine Newman, author of “Rampage,” on plans to arm educators, expand mental health treatment and enact a commission to study the problem.” Watch more at https://www.pbs.org/newshour/
Businesswoman and Civic Leader Julie Larkins tells a story about one of her first bosses. A chain-smoking diet coke-binging boss, the woman was known for tirades or as Larkins described her, “A real challenging boss.” Fear was her calling card. It didn’t seem to matter to Ms. Larkins. “It gave me the opportunity to look…
We can not be simply put into a Census box, a classification system, or a reality show idea of who we are. Mexican-American, Puerto Rican, Dominican-American, Cuban-American, what do you want me to tell you to call me. It’s all very complicated. “”We’re not a cookie-cutter version of what Hollywood or the media projects about…
“Meet the godfather of Mexican ice cream in the most Mexican city in the U.S. Santa Ana, CA, where he had to overcome his family’s misfortune to build a paleta empire.” Don’t forget to give this video a thumbs up and share it with your friends! Subscribe to their channel: https://goo.gl/P82MhM