Super Tuesday, 2008, reoccurs in political debates because it’s the largest simultaneous number of state U.S. presidential primary elections in the history of U.S. primaries. Twenty-four states, and American Samoa, held caucuses or primary elections for one or both parties Read more…
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and President George W. Bush have already declared a state of emergency in seven California counties, where wildfires are burning out of control. At Lake Arrowhead, the resort town in San Bernardino Mountains, two aggressive brush Read more…
Elementary and middle-school kids from some of Los Angeles’ toughest neighborhoods are learning how to ‘hang 10,’ as well as other lessons: self-confidence, self-control and determination. These children, from low-income families, are riding the wave of the L.A. Surf Bus. Read more…
Hip hop and the Long Beach music store that brought the artform to the west coast are going down in history. In May, Long Beach officials promised to invest $80,000 towards removing, restoring and registering the “World Famous V.I.P. Records” sign Read more…
For her story on the tension between the Black and Hispanic communities in Los Angeles, Patricia Nazario took the top spot with the only award the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, or NAHJ, offers in her category: Best Radio Reporting.
Patricia Nazario won a Golden Mike Award for reporting on organizers expecting thousands of marchers in Los Angeles and other cities. The demonstrations signal the next phase of activism that seeks major changes in American immigration policy. In the months Read more…
As the 30-year-old recounts what happened, he sits on his hospital bed at Bogota’s Simon Bolivar Public Hospital. This is where the capital’s first-known AIDS patient was treated in 1985. The level of care is well respected. Doctors in Read more…
Cuando el joven de 30 años relata lo ocurrido, se sienta en su cama en el Hospital Público Simón Bolívar de Bogotá. Aquí es donde el primer paciente conocido de SIDA de la capital fue tratado en 1985. El Read more…
NPR’s Morning Edition: El primer y más famoso grupo de rap de Colombia es La Etnnia. Su sello discográfico 5-27 fue nombrado por la dirección de hogar en la sección de Las Cruces de Bogotá cuando comenzaron el grupo Read more…
NPR’s Morning Edition: Colombia’s first and most famous rap group is La Etnnia. Their record label is called 5-27 after the address where they lived in the Las Cruces section of Bogotá when they started rapping in 1994. The Read more…