In the opening moments of the new documentary "Dolores," an elderly but still spry Dolores Huerta is asked what she hoped for as a young girl. Her response is haunting: "I guess my only dream was just to be accepted, I think that's what a lot of young children feel."
In the opening moments of the new documentary "Dolores," an elderly but still spry Dolores Huerta is asked what she hoped for as a young girl. Her response is haunting: "I guess my only dream was just to be accepted, I think that's what a lot of young children feel."
Educadores, organizadores, activistas y estudiantes de todo el país participaron en la semana de acción de BLM por fomentar la enseñanza antirracista.
Educators, organizers, activists, and students around the country participated in the nationwide movement, amplifying calls for anti-racism teaching and training and increased focus on Black and ethnic studies in school curricula.
Congressman Adriano Espaillat (New York) and Rep. Dwight Evans of Pennsylvania have introduced a bill that will fight the resurgence of racial hatred in the United States.
El Congresista Adriano Espaillat (Nueva York) y el Representante de Pennsylvania Dwight Evans, han introducido una propuesta de Ley que luchará contra el resurgimiento del odio racial en Estados Unidos.
A manifestation of white supremacists in Virginia reveals that words are the most sensitive weapon of politics.
Una manifestación de supremacistas blancos en Virginia deja al descubierto que las palabras son el arma más delicada de la política.
Donald Trump lanzó su atrevida pero finalmente exitosa campaña para la presidencia de Estados Unidos en junio del 2015 con un discurso intolerante contra los mexicanos, en particular, y contra los latinos en general.
Donald Trump launched his long shot but ultimately successful campaign for the U.S. presidency in June 2015 with a clearly bigoted barrage against Mexicans in particular and Latinos in general.
The Balch Springs Police Department, Texas, USA, on Tuesday dismissed the police officer who shot at a vehicle and killed an unarmed African-American teenager last weekend.
At America’s core, you’ll find two competing beliefs about citizen power. On the one hand, Americans cherish the idea that one person can create social change. But there is also the sense that -- to quote Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders -- the game is rigged.
En el corazón de los Estados Unidos, encontramos dos ideas contradictorias sobre el poder del ciudadano. Por un lado, los estadounidenses valoran la noción de que una persona pueda crear un cambio social. Pero también existe la creencia de que—para citar a Donald Trump y Bernie Sanders—el juego está amañado.
En una conferencia en la Universidad de Columbia, la activista Alicia Garza se mostró crítica con la Administración Trump, acusándola de incluir "verdaderos racistas blancos."
Inequality is rising. Segregation by socioeconomic class, educational attainment and race is skyrocketing. The country is generally less dynamic and more risk-averse -- when people have the opportunity to move for a better quality of life or more rewarding job, they tend to settle for staying put.
La desigualdad está aumentando. La segregación por clase socioeconómica, logros educativos y raza está creciendo a pasos agigantados. El país es, en general, menos dinámico y más reacio al riesgo—cuando la gente tiene la oportunidad de mudarse en busca de una vida mejor o de un empleo de más remuneración, tiende a conformarse y a quedarse donde está.
Guerrero visita a voluntarios y miembros de Equality Pennsylvania antes de tocar puertas el 24 de septiembre del año 2016, y nos da una mirada exclusiva en la obra que ha hecho y lo que espera a lograr más allá Orange Is The New Black y Jane The Virgin.
Guerrero visited Equality Pennsylvania canvassers before they left to knock doors on September 24th 2016, and gave us an exclusive look into the work she has done and hopes to achieve beyond Orange Is The New Black and Jane The Virgin.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reprimanded his employees for crossing out “black lives matter” on signature walls at Facebook headquarters and writing “all lives matter” instead.
I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that in the first time in its 161-year history, “Black Lives Matter” was heard at the Academy of Music. It was a classic drop-the-mic, record-stop, actually look up from your phone moment but it happened.
Organizadores creen que la manifestación podrá reunir hasta 10.000 personas para apoyar "el fin de ‘stop and frisk’; el aumento a $15 dólares de salario mínimo en la ciudad; el derecho a formar sindicatos y escuelas con una fórmula de financiación democrática".
MLK D.A.R.E — short for "MLK Day of Action, Resistance, and Empowerment" — originated from the "Black Lives Matter" protests in Philadelphia and includes religious leaders, labor unions, parent groups, and students.
