Beyond Longbeach

Q&A: Restaurant Workers Movement is Just Beginning

Sep. 3, 2013 / By
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New America Media, Question & Answer, Viji Sundaram

Ed. Note: Hundreds of fast food workers from about 60 cities nationwide struck work Aug...

Magon: Five Generations of Sinaloa

Aug. 28, 2013 / By
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The Diary of Joaquín Magón Entry 26:  Five Generations of Sinaloa

My great grandmother, Maria, never wrote anything down...

The Dream Lives: San Jose Commemorates March on Washington

Aug. 28, 2013 / By
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Silicon Valley DeBug, Video, Charisse Domingo

Ed. Note: Photographer Charisse Domingo captured the images and voices of the hundreds who gathered in San Jose earlier this week to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, which falls on Aug...

A Dream of MLK Today – Aging Against the Machine

Aug. 28, 2013 / By
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New America Media, News Analysis, Paul Kleyman

SAN FRANCISCO — Fifty. This week’s anniversary celebration of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom resounds with a worthwhile mix of critical reassessment and historical pride for the progress made since then and yet to be accomplished...

Discovering the Power of Words

Aug. 26, 2013 / By
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ALEJANDRA ALARCON/Coachella Uninc

I know how it feels to be unheard. But when I began to write, I learned I had the power to change this...