The undeclared political war between Latinos and Asians

The undeclared political war between Latinos and Asians

Mary Mata April 4, 2014

*Latino proponents of affirmative action in higher educatin in California have encountered an unlikely adversary. The Asian community has rallied against affirmative action. At issue: the disproportionate percentage of Asians […]

Q&A: Napolitano On Diversity, Academics and the Undocumented at U.C.

Mary Mata November 6, 2013

By Peter Schurmann/Video by Jacob Simas, New America Media Ed. Note: In September former secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano took over as president of the University of California, the first-ever woman […]

Bien Hecho: California Swears In First Latino Poet Laureate

Mary Mata March 27, 2012

California Governor Jerry Brown swore in Juan Felipe Herrera as the state’s new Poet Laureate last week.  Herrera currently serves as Chair in the Department of Creative Writing at the […]