Videos
Is Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Killing the California Dream?
The California Immigrant Policy Center and Capital & Main invite you to a conversation to explore the disparate economic and social impacts of the Trump Administration’s immigration policies, from heightened detention and deportation to a proposed “public charge” rule to punish immigrant families.
The California Immigrant Policy Center and Capital & Main invite you to a conversation to explore the disparate economic and social impacts of the Trump Administration’s immigration policies, from heightened detention and deportation to a proposed “public charge” rule to punish immigrant families.
The evening will include a short video presentation, a moderated panel discussion and an audience Q&A.
To RSVP, please email: ielizalde@caimmigrant.org
More about Panelists:
Featured speakers include State Senator Maria Elena Durazo and Dr. Manuel Pastor (Director, USC Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration), who will discuss how individuals, communities, businesses and the public sector in California have responded to and been affected by federal efforts to limit both legal and undocumented immigration.
Location:
Joan Palevsky Center (at the California Community Foundation)
281 S Figueroa St, Suite 100,
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Rural Poverty in California
Central Valley Drains Away
Arsenic and poverty run high in the Central Valley.
Education
L.A. Teachers Strike Diary: Day Five
Teacher Laura Palacios reflects on the strike during Friday’s Grand Park rally.
Education
L.A. Teachers Strike Diary: Day Four
Laura Palacios and other teachers take a break from the rain to have lunch, then return to the picket line.
Education
L.A. Teachers Strike Diary: Day Three
The rain and the strike drag on for teacher Laura Palacios, who balances family duties with picket line vigils.
Education
L.A. Teachers Strike Diary: Day Two
Los Angeles teacher Laura Palacios confronts the second day of a citywide strike with coffee, doughnuts and a sore throat.
Education
L.A. Teachers Strike Diary: Day One
Laura Palacios is a Los Angeles public school teacher married to another teacher. Today the mother of two joined 33,000 other union members in the first L.A. teachers walkout since 1989. This week Capital & Main will follow Palacios during the strike.
Politics & Government
Video: Police Killings Rise Nationally
According to the Washington Post ‘s “Fatal Force” report, 995 people were shot dead by police officers in 2018.
Epicenters of Refuge
Video: Who Patrols the Border Patrol?
This month U.S. Border Patrol agents met 200 peaceful, interfaith demonstrators with military-style M4 rifles and tear gas launchers.
Immigration
Central American Caravan: Militia Members Head for the Border
U.S. soldiers are not the only ones heading to the border in advance of the migrant caravan. Armed civilian militias have joined a call to deploy their members.
The Golden State of Hate
Video: California’s Anti-Jewish Hate Crimes Are Rising
California continues to lead the nation with the largest concentration of hate groups. A recent Anti-Defamation League report claims the state experienced 268 anti-Semitic incidents in 2017.
How Trump’s ‘Invisible Wall’ Frightens Legal Immigrants Out of Medical Care
Is Environmental Law to Blame for California’s Housing Crisis?
There Will Be Blood: The Rise and Fall of Theranos’ Elizabeth Holmes
Who Pays When Polluting Companies Shut Down?
Beyond Feinstein: A Twelve-Year-Old Climate Activist Finds Her Voice
California Legislation Aims to Clarify Who Is an Employee
West Virginia Teachers Flex Muscle Again
Is the American Dream Drying Up in California’s Central Valley?
Buyer’s Remorse: Why Did McFarland End Its ICE Contract?
Would Oregon’s Anti-Price Gouging Rental Law Work in California?
Is Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Killing the California Dream?
Central Valley Drains Away
L.A. Teachers Strike Diary: Day Five
L.A. Teachers Strike Diary: Day Four
L.A. Teachers Strike Diary: Day Three
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