Stephanie Rivera, Diversity and Immigration Reporter at the Long Beach Post, became a journalist because she saw it as a middle ground between social justice activist and politician. “When I was growing up, social justice has always been part of my life…”
read more via Stephanie Rivera, LBPost: Seeking Social Justice with Journalism — Palacio Magazine
Students at a Kentucky Catholic school who were involved in a video showing them mocking Native Americans outside the Lincoln Memorial after a Washington rally could potentially face expulsion, according to the diocese. A crowd of teenagers surrounded a Native American elder and other activists and mocked them at Friday’s Indigenous Peoples March…
via Kentucky Students Seen Mocking Native Americans Could Face Expulsion — KTLA
A video of Kentucky Catholic high school students yelling over Native American marchers has gone viral after people called the teenagers’ behavior disrespectful. According to local Louisville, Ky. news station WHAS 11, the students were in Washington D.C. on Friday.…
via Kentucky Teens Wearing ‘MAGA’ Hats Taunt Indigenous Peoples March Participants in Viral Video — TIME
LONG BEACH (CBSLA) — A journalist who covered local Long Beach news died Friday evening following a traffic collision in Long Beach. Sean Belk, 36, died after being transported to Memorial Medical Center following injuries sustained in the head-on collision at Broadway and Obispo Avenue. Belk was employed as a staff writer at the bi-weekly Beachcomber newspaper…
via Long Beach Journalist Dies Following Traffic Collision — CBS Los Angeles
Michael Selyem, lead attorney for the Central Hardcore Gang Unit at the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office is seen in a photo posted to his LinkedIn page. A San Bernardino County prosecutor who posted crude and profane insults about U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, Michelle Obama and others to social media has resigned…
via Top San Bernardino County Gang Prosecutor Who Sent Profane Posts on Obama, Immigrants Resigns — KTLA
One of the new college football Hall of Famers has an inflated ego — and more. The Goodyear Blimp, which has become a staple at major sports events for more than 60 years, is being inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as an honorary member — the first nonplayer or coach to be honored…
In Washington, it’s all about the wall. At the border, it’s only part of the story. Border authorities are struggling with outdated facilities ill-equipped to handle the growing increase in family migrants, resulting in immigrants being released onto the streets every day. The immigration court system is so clogged that some wait years for their day…
via Wall Debate Continues as Struggles at Border Intensify — KTLA
