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Opinion: Miner, activist and author Alfredo Figueroa sets the record straight on Mexican American history

Day is a journalist, filmmaker and author of “Forty Acres: Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers.” He lives in Vista. Lately there is a growing backlash against those who want to teach their students to think critically about racism. Some believe critical race theory fosters White guilt. Its defenders say it points out the systemic nature of racial injustices in our country. This is just one example of a story that needs to be told. Alfredo Figueroa, 88, of the city of Blythe in eastern Riverside County, has spent a lifetime approaching history from the bottom up. His latest passion, maybe his last hurrah, is to set the record straight about the plight of Mexican miners like Joaquin Murrieta who founded Sonora during the California Gold Rush but were forced into exile from the Mother Lode Country with the arrival of the “49ers.” Murrieta, says Figueroa, defended his fellow Sonorans against the atrocities of the newcomers. “He is a hero for all peoples who struggle in the jaw

Coalition Calls for Easing of Southern Border Travel Restrictions

Officials along the U.S.-Mexico border say restrictions on nonessential travelers first adopted at the start of the coronavirus crisis are dividing families and hindering economic recovery in the area. A welcome sign in Presidio, Texas, located just north of the Rio Grande from Ojinaga, Mexico. (Courthouse News photo/Travis Bubenik) PRESIDIO, Texas (CN) Elsa Armendariz and her husband Alberto run Montana Western Wear, a clothing store in the quiet West Texas border town of Presidio. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, customers would come from as far away as the Mexican states of Coahuila and Durango to browse their selection of boots, hats and more. At Christmas, they’d pick up gifts for friends and family.

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