Beyond Longbeach

Caribbean and African Immigrants Getting Blocked in New Immigration Bill

May. 5, 2013 / By
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African Globe, News Report, Kevin Bogardus and Russell Berman

Black lawmakers and civil rights groups are concerned by a proposal in the Senate’s immigration reform bill that would do away with “diversity” visas that are often a pathway for African and Caribbean immigrants to enter the United States...

Documentary Profile of Artist Kevin Cornejo: El Pintor y El Paisaje

May. 1, 2013 / By
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A Marlo Custodio mini-documentary of artist Kevin Alejandro Cornejo. As college students, Cornejo’s parents journeyed from El Salvador during the Civil War in the 1980’s and begun a new life in San Jose, California...

Richmond Tales Fest Promotes Literacy

May. 1, 2013 / By
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News Report • Malcolm Marshall

Civic Center Plaza provided a beautiful backdrop for the fourth annual Richmond Tales Fest on Saturday, April 20...

Aging Undocumented Immigrants – A Burden or a Boon?

May. 1, 2013 / By
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New America Media, News Analysis, Paul Kleyman

SAN FRANCISCO–As the debate over immigration reform tugs predictably back in Washington, an undercurrent of ageism and disability bias has been flowing beneath more obvious racial and class implications...

Immigration Reform: Who’s In and Who’s Out

May. 1, 2013 / By
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New America Media, Commentary, Juan Rocha

In December of 2001, an unknown law professor named Barack Obama lectured on the Civil War Amendments (the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth) to his law school students at the University of Chicago.  ..

Will.i.am. gives back to Boyle Heights

Apr. 28, 2013 / By
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Whether producing the next top-rated song, coming up with a recycling idea for Coca-Cola, singing to sold out crowds or heading up creative innovation at Intel, will.i.am..