California’s Governor’s Race and the Rights of Immigrants

What is emerging as a big issue in the governor’s race is the right of immigrants to health care. Becerra took a stand last year against Newsom’s position of freezing Medi-Cal enrollment for undocumented immigrants – and has vowed to preserve and stabilize Medi-Cal coverage for roughly 1.4 million immigrants. Now his opponent Hilton is making this a primary issue of his campaign and “has promised to eliminate their coverage and has echoed national Republicans who have skewered California’s expansions to bolster their claims of fraud and abuse in the Medicaid program.”

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The Story of Vincent Chin

The Vincent Chin Institute has published a 64-page Legacy Guide sharing the story of Vincent Chin and the national, pan-Asian American civil rights movement his death inspired. The Guide serves as a teaching and reference tool and is available in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), English, Korean, Vietnamese, and Spanish. Read it or download it here: https://www.vincentchin.org/legacy-guide Continue reading

IN MEMORY OF MAGDAELENO “LENO” ROSE-ÁVILA’S LIFE

The following article was written by editorial board member, Laura Cortez Garcia. To read the full article visit: https://tribunodelpueblo.org/fears-over-the-future-of-daca/
IN MEMORY OF MAGDAELENO “LENO” ROSE-ÁVILA’S LIFE
I met Leno through his poem, “I Am the Bad Hombre” published in the Border Angels Newsletter from San Diego. I was deeply impressed with his connection and understanding of  “Los de ‘abajo”. How can he not be, when he was representative of his people? He was speaking for the same people the Tribuno represented.

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