College, in my past life, had been more of an obstacle than a path. 1966, 1967, 1970 were the last years of my previous attempts. College was just too demanding on my body, mind, and spirit; especially during those early personally chaotic years. Buffeted by depression and immersed in drug use, book learning just wasn’t…
Boomers versus Millennial wars are a waste of energy, a misdirection of anger, and clearly a plot to distract us from the real struggle (Okay, the plot part may be a little over the top). In fact, it’s too easy to broadly define either of these demographics. The labels are just a demographer’s way of…
“Editor-in-Chief of HuffPost Lydia Polgreen interviews journalist and novelist Ta-Nehisi Coates on the enduring legacy of slavery in the US and the inspiration for his new book, The Water Dancer. Google Zeitgeist is a collection of talks by people who are changing the world. Hear entrepreneurs, CEOs, storytellers, scientists, and dreamers share their visions of…
The soon to be opened new Main Public Library will get a name on Tuesday, July 23. That’s when the Long Beach City Council is scheduled to make a decision. I’m not taking bets on whose name will be approved. My question is: Why do we have to brand any public facility, school or park…
I really believed in California Dreams. I still do. People come to California from all over the world to make new lives. That’s why I came. It was a little past midnight when I arrived at Los Angeles International Airport on the morning of June 26, 1984. Behind me were a little more than thirty-five…
There is a Housing Crisis in California. That much can be agreed upon. It is the solutions that escape agreement. As part of an ongoing discovery project, PalacioMagazine.com has been researching both text articles and videos about the subject. From the California State Legislature to Newspaper Editorials, there is a wide range of causes and…
It’s Finals Week at Long Beach City College. Enjoy some of the best Podcasts from PalacioMagazine.com. Committed To Latino Student Success: A Conversation With CSULB President Jane Close Conoley Bob Cabeza is Building the Future in Long Beach and around the World Stephanie Rivera, LBPost: Seeking Social Justice with Journalism Regina Cash Just Wants to…
Voter turnout is low because voting is such a hassle. You’ve heard your relatives, your neighbors, friends say it. You’ve probably said it a few times. The whole voting process is just too much to go through. Registering, learning the names of the candidates, trying to make sense of those complicated issues about propositions and…
The Green New Deal is the political football of the day. It’s being tossed around so much from right to left and back again that most Americans can’t see it long enough to understand what it is. That includes me. So, I wanted to take some time to understand what it is and why it…
PalacioMagazine.com is being reimagined for 2019. It has been more than four years since I took over the reins of Palacio Magazine de Long Beach from my good friend and colleague Andrea Sulsona. For the previous five years to the handover, Andrea tirelessly published the only Long Beach-based bilingual magazine for the city’s Latino Community….