The hunger strike taking place in California prisons continues for the 52nd day, as the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) maintains its uncompromising stance against the prisoners demanding humane treatment.
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Native American Health Center
Farmers’ Market Vouchers Available Soon to WIC Participants. The Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program at Native American Health Centerâs WIC Program! Special checks are being provided for participants at every WIC agency this year, including Native American Health Center (NAHC) in Oakland, San Francisco, and Alameda. A limited supply of $20 checks for fresh fruits and […]
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MĂĄxima alerta en comunidad IndĂgena Argentina
El pasado 3 de agosto fue encontrada muerta Juana GĂłmez, una joven qom de 15 años de edad, en un predio de la localidad de Quitilipi, en la provincia de Chaco, al norte de Argentina. Con esta violenta muerte âllegarĂamos a los 80 o 90 en un año y medioâ, dijo FĂ©lix DĂaz, lĂder de […]
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Alert in Indigenous community in Argentina
On August 3, a 15-year-old named Juana GĂłmez was found dead in the town of Quitilipi, province of Chaco, in northern Argentina. With this case, the death toll âwould reach 80 or 90 in the last year and a halfâ said Felix Diaz, a leader from âLa Primaveraâ Qom community to Red Latina sin Fronteras. […]
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Briefs 8/15/2013: Mexico, Chile
MEXICO: DAYS OF VIOLENCE AND SILENCE IN VARIOUS MEXICAN CITIES Confrontations between groups of organized crime and federal forces left at least 54 people dead, wounded and disappeared in various cities Mexico. The violence that occurred between Aug. 1 and 4 devastated Zacatecas (central Mexico) and the cities of Reynosa (in north eastern Mexico) […]
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Breves 15/08/2013: MĂ©xico, Chile,
MĂXICO: JORNADA DE VIOLENCIA Y SILENCIO EN VARIAS CIUDADES DE MĂXICO Enfrentamientos entre grupos del crimen organizado y las fuerzas federales dejaron decenas de muertos (al menos 54), heridos y desaparecidos en diversos puntos de la RepĂșblica. La violencia que desde el 1 de agosto azotĂł localidades de Zacatecas (centro de MĂ©xico) y ciudades […]
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Film exposes abuse of female field workers
A life in silenceâwhether out of fear, shame or ignoranceâis a fate shared by hundreds of women that work in the fields of the United States. It is as if they were crops themselves, as their stories of abuse and sexual harassment have been cultivated for generations. Their vulnerability lies both in their need to […]
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Portraits exhibit support for immigration reform
On March 2, 2011, French photographer who goes by the name âJRâ won the TED Conference in Long Beach, Calif. and decided to create a global participatory art project with the aspiration to change the world. He called it the Inside Out Project, inspired by giant format photographs that characterize the work of JRâand, being […]
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Mission pool reopens its doors
After a nine-month remodel, members of the public were excited to witness the reopening ceremony of Mission pool on Aug. 7.
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One year after explosion, health concerns persist
August 6 marked the one-year anniversary of the 2012 explosion and fire at a Chevron refinery in Richmond, Calif., that sent an estimated 15,000 people to the hospital with respiratory problems.