The protest movement that began in Tunisia in January has spread to Egypt, Libya and Syria; Spain, Greece and Italy; and Chile, Israel and China. The global protest reached the United States on Sept. 17, bursting forth in New York City and taking the name Occupy Wall Street. Since then, it has sparked occupations in Chicago, Seattle, Portland, Minneapolis, Atlanta, Denver, Albuquerque, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and hundreds of other cities and towns. Young people, most younger than 30, have provided the primary energy for this grass-roots movement. But the movement has crossed class, gender, political party and age lines, attracting unions and social justice groups, students and professionals, veterans and techies, as well as unemployed and homeless people.
The 10-year graduation rates show that progress is being made in some of America's largest cities, but significant work remains," said Alma Powell, chair of America's Promise Alliance, which was founded in 1997 with her husband, Gen. Colin Powell as its founding chair. "In order to continue to move forward and make the U.S. competitive in todays global economy, we must work together like never before to provide the supports that young people need in order to graduate high school ready for college, work and life. Cities that saw the greatest improvement in graduation rates include Philadelphia, (23 percentage points); Tucson, Ariz. (23 percentage points); Kansas City, Mo. (20 percentage points); El Paso, Texas (14 percent percentage points); Portland, Ore. (13 percentage points); and N...
..., Texas (-12 percentage points); Albuquerque, N.M. (-7 percentage points); and San Francisco, C...
The speedy Dee Gordon is headed back to the minor leagues, but he's expected to be back. The Dodgers sent the promising Gordon, 23, to Triple-A Albuquerque and purchased the contract of Eugenio Velez - the former San Francisco Giant - who will play wherever he's needed, both in the infield and outfield.
Dr. Rodolfo Acuna, historian and author, California State University, Northridge; Juan Carlos Aguilar, program director, Solidago Foundation, Northampton, Mass; Gloria Anzaldua, writer, scholar and spiritual activist, Santa Cruz, Calif.; Ricardo Ariza, director, multicultural affairs, Creighton University, Omaha, Neb.; Frank Bonilla, professor, University of California-Riverside and professor emeritus, Hunter College, N.Y.; Roberto Calderon, associate professor, history, University of North Texas, Denton; Antonia Castaneda, associate professor, history, St. Mary's College, San Antonio, Texas; Marta Cruz-Jansen, associate professor, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton; Raoul Contreras, associate professor, Latino Studies, Indiana University-NW, Gary; Kaira Espinosa, student activist,...
...; Kaira Espinosa, student activist, San Francisco State University, San Francisco; Estevan Flores, e... Environmental and Economic Justice, Albuquerque, N.M.; Cherrie Moraga, author and playwright, San ...
St. Paddy's Day celebrations The fourth edition of "Garden," the regular dance, music and art extravaganza produced by Christalyn Concha at UnitedSpace in Ranchos de Taos, is called "Sprouts." It will take place on St. Patrick's Day -- Saturday (March 17) from 9 p.m. until 2 a.m. Special guest disc jockey is Friction from San Francisco with funky break beats and pumping house. Other special guests are Albuquerque's Adem Joel and local favorites, DJ Chrystalline of ladydjs.com and lady Leprechaun Lyla Johnston, with visual light projections by visual jockey artist Chameleon. Admission is $5 before 10 p.m.; $7 afterward. Call (505) 980-3387.
According to Travelandleisure.com, the survey polled people "on what they like (and don't like) about 25 top urban destinations in the US" Great! But since when is Santa Fe an "urban destination"? Yes, technically Santa Fe is a "city," but it's a city of approximately 70,000 people, pretty much in the middle of nowhere. Which is just to say that we are extremely small as well as extremely far from any real "urban destinations." Napa, Calif., has a population of approximately 70,000 but you wouldn't call it urban. Plus, Napa is a day trip from San Francisco. Santa Fe is a day trip from...Albuquerque. It was 300 years ago that Don Diego de Vargas labeled our city "remote beyond compare." Don't you think of that line sometimes when you're driving an hour to get to the airport to wait two h...
Francisco Veloz, 24, died alone at a hospital in Albuquerque while his loved ones worried Francisco Veloz disappeared Halloween weekend.
The creation of a Purple Heart for LAPD has been rejected by the Department in past administrations. In one instance, it was determined that "an award for injuries sustained in the line of duty serves little or no useful purpose." However, many law enforcement agencies in the United States have seen things differently and adopted medals similar to the Purple Heart. They include police departments in New York City, Chicago, San Diego, San Francisco, Sacramento, Denver, Las Vegas, Tampa, Tulsa, Spokane and Albuquerque; the Departments of Public Safety in Texas, Utah, New Mexico and Illinois State Police; the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The idea for the LAPD Purple Heart resurfaced after Commissioner Skobin had dinner with five LAPD Office...
We've all heard of Pittsburgh's "Boomerang Generation," those younger folks that leave in search of better pastures and inevitably come back. But a new exhibition that just opened at Digging Pitt Gallery in Lawrenceville examines the art and careers of Pittsburgh artists who have left and, for now, have no plans to come back. Appropriately titled "Pittsburgh Alumni," the group show presents works by 20 artists spread throughout the country. Many live in or around New York City, which most still consider the capital of the art world, but some live as far away as Albuquerque, N.M., Los Angeles and San Francisco. However, all have one thing in common: They spent time in Pittsburgh, either growing up or going to school here.
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