December 29, 2025 ‘Where the social justice movement was headed’ Drawn west by the 1970s fight for civil rights in Salinas, Dr. John Silva has become a crusading figure for social justice.
September 8, 2023 ‘No me doy a basto’ Ramón Silva Ruelas, fundador de Tonatiuh Danzantes del Quinto Sol, reflexiona sobre tres décadas de baile folklórico en Salinas
September 8, 2023 ‘I would like to split myself in two’ Ramón Silva Ruelas, founder of Tonatiuh Danzantes del Quinto Sol, reflects on three decades of folklórico dance in Salinas
October 6, 2022 The Writing on the Wall Lyde Hussey revisited her childhood home in Chicago and rediscovered her past in a unique way
August 31, 2022 Staying in One Place Josue Chavarria started washing dishes at Toro Place Café 34 years ago; now he runs the place
July 7, 2022 Death and the Playwright Luis Valdez talks about Mayan physicality, his new book, and his legacy
June 23, 2022 The Arts Connection Palenke founder Juan Sánchez honored for bringing arts instruction to Peninsula youth
May 12, 2022 Recalling a one-of-a-kind Chicano activist Inspired to action after seeing the aftermath of a tragic bus crash, Juan Martinez dedicated his life to farmworker justice
March 16, 2022 Poet for the People Watsonville's first poet laureate wants to spread spoken word art to community
February 25, 2022 Los Soñadores de Oaxaca A Yolanda Vásquez Maldonado, inmigrante mixteca de México, le tomaría seis años para terminar el programa de educación básica al que se inscribió para calificar para DACA. Pero, al contrario de muchos otros, lo completó.
February 25, 2022 The Dreamers from Oaxaca It would take Yolanda Vásquez Maldonado, a Mixteco immigrant from Mexico, six years to finish the program she signed up for to meet a DACA requirement. But, unlike many others, she completed her GED
February 4, 2022 Who qualifies as a courtroom gang expert? When young people are accused of gang-related crimes, the specialists who testify almost always come from law enforcement. A new program in California is working to upend that.
