This year, thanks to a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Bakersfield College has been focusing on how labor and energy have historically intersected with art and literature. To further explore this, the college is inviting Sarah Wald, a professor at the University of Oregon, to speak about …
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California is suing the Trump administration over its decision to add a question about citizenship to the 2020 U.S. Census, calling the move a reckless decision that violates the Constitution. … Click to Continue »
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California has a lot to lose if the 2020 census undercounts the state’s population. The U.S. Commerce Department’s decision this week to include a controversial citizenship question on the decennial … Click to Continue »
Read More »Trump era has Merced County residents flocking to citizenship classes
Dara Davalos kept hearing on television that, under the new president’s hardline stance on immigration, green card-holders like herself would be more secure if they became full U.S. citizens. While … Click to Continue »
Read More »‘People are afraid’: Merced residents rush to get citizenship ahead of Trump policies
More than a hundred people huddle in the cramped waiting room of Central California Legal Services in Merced hoping on Saturday to get a few steps closer to citizenship, spurred … Click to Continue »
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