The video showed a shooting that shocked the conscience: a cold-blooded attempt to kill two Los Angeles County sheriffs deputies at close range in Compton. Immediately, unequivocal condemnations flooded in from law enforcement officials, city leaders and the nations most prominent politicians. President Trump called for the unknown shooter to…

HBO Max Celebrates Latinx Voices Celebrate Latinx filmmakers and actors with a wide selection of programming available to stream on HBO Max. From original series and documentaries like Selena + Chef and Habla Now to laugh-out-loud comedy specials including Ha Festival: The Art of Comedy and Entre Nos to exclusive…

After he took a look at my resume and clips, I asked him for advice on how to get a journalism internship. I had applied to around 20 summer positions, including a few at the company for which he works. He, a journalism industry executive, suggested that I keep up…

Maria Hinojosa has dedicated her career to telling the stories of Latinos and other communities often ignored by the media. The Emmy award-winning journalist and longtime host of Latino USA on NPR is now telling her own story in a raw, very personal memoir, titled Once I Was You: A…

Education Attainment In many settings, librarians are required to hold at least a masters degree in library science or meet state teaching license standards for being a school librarian.[19] Many other library workers, including lower-paid library technicians and library assistants have high educational attainment as well. ·      In 2018, 53.5…

. . Our Director/Founder, Robert Greenwald is moderating a screening of “Safe & Easy! Vote By Mail In Florida” and a deep dive into the process with Marc Elias (Perkins Cole or Democracy Docket), Adner Marcelin (President, Florida NAACP), Bill Sauers (President, Florida Alliance for Retired Americans), Marcos Vilar (Alianza…

San Francisco, and much of California, has never been like this. California has become a warming, burning, epidemic-challenged and expensive state, with many who live in sophisticated cities, idyllic oceanfront towns and windblown mountain communities thinking hard about the viability of a place many have called home forever. For the…

We truly didn’t know where we are going to live this school year since we are trying to move to Portland (clearly we are lucky/grateful that we have options). Charlie was still enrolled at the public school in our neighborhood in LA, but the Zoom learning did not go great…

Angel Jennings (Los Angeles Times) Los Angeles Times reporter Angel Jennings will be the newspapers first assistant managing editor for culture and talent, part of the media companys efforts to reform hiring practices, increase staff diversity and overhaul how it treats Black and Latino journalists and communities. Jennings, 35, joined…

As coronavirus vaccine trials struggle to get minority participation, a group formed by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has unveiled an ad campaign urging Black and Latino people to get involved. The campaign, which includes television commercials and print ads, began to roll out earlier this week.…