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By Emily Melgar (Daniel as managing) + 3 others for Talon Marks - 2 min read
Video: Thousands march at LA Rally in solidarity with Palestinians
Photo credit: Emily Melgar
[PROTESTORS CHANT INAUDIBLY]ORGANIZER: Long Live Palestine!PROTESTORS: Long Live Palestine!ORGANIZER: Long Live Palestine!PROTESTORS: Long Live Palestine!EMILY MELGAR: On Saturday, May 15, thousands marched in solidarity with Palestinians in Los Angeles after increasingly violent conflict between Israel and Palestine has continued to shock the world. ORGANIZER: What do we want?PROTESTORS: FreedomORGANIZER: When do we want it?PROTESTORS: Now!ORGANIZER: What do we want?PROTESTORS: Justice!ORGANIZER:...
By Rafael Magana (Daniel as managing) + 4 others for Talon Marks - 2 min read
Taymon Lawson audio interview on being raised by a single mother, influence of social media
Rafael: During my interview with Taymon Lawson, we spoke about his experiences being raised in a single parent household. One of the most interesting points that came up pretty briefly, but I felt still needed to be shared, were his thoughts on how social media and the internet are transforming the way that children are being raised. Rafael: You know,...
By Rafael Magana (Daniel as managing) + 4 others for Talon Marks - 1 min read
Audio voicer: Minority single parents
Rafael Magana: The life of a single parent is one that's often wrought with difficulty. Um, this is doubly so when you're a person of color, a minority. There are challenges that a single parent faces that are enhanced greatly when they're a minority. Being a, uh, product of a single mother and being of Mexican descent, I felt a...
By Emily Melgar (Daniel as managing) + 4 others for Talon Marks - 2 min read
Audio story: Central Americans enrich food and culture in So Cal
Photo credit: Matt Gush
Emily Melgar: As the border crisis and battle for immigration reform in the nation rages on, thousands of Central Americans have made Southern California their home, introducing remarkable food and culture. The Golden State, known for its vast cultural diversity, is heavily influenced by Mexican culture. However, the “south of the border” influence goes beyond Mexico, and with hundreds of...
By Lola Ajetunmobi (Daniel as managing) + 6 others for Talon Marks - 5 min read
Minority parents' beliefs around mental health hurt the next generation of kids
Photo credit: James Milstid
Lola: Hello everyone my name is Lola and I have here with me Janet. Janet: Hey everyone! This is Janet here. Lola: And today we're going to be talking about mental health the mental health myth in minority families and how much that affects the kids in those families. Janet: Yes it's become such a unfortunate trend how children or...
By Oscar Torres (Daniel as managing) + 5 others for Talon Marks - 12 min read
Anti-black racism in gaming interview, featuring Stanford Perry
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Stanford Perry: Stanford Perry. I'm currently a worker at a fast-food restaurant called chick fil and uhh taking a break off semester and I am African American. And I do do enjoy gaming here and there. Oscar Torres: Alright great to have you on here and so to start off with the first card I would like to ask you...
By Oscar Torres (Daniel as managing) + 4 others for Talon Marks - 24 min read
Falcon Entertainment S2E5: Racism in gaming
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Oscar Torres: Hello, Cerritos College faculty members and students. Welcome back to Falcon entertainment. The only podcast here in Talon Marks where we talk about all things entertainment. As always, I'm your host, Oscar Torres, co-editor for arts & entertainment. And I'm joined again with my co-host Rafael Magana, who has decided to come after so long. Rafael Magana: Are...
By Silas Bravo (Daniel as managing) + 5 others for Talon Marks - 3 min read
Despite loss of Dustin May and slow start, the Dodgers are in a good place
Photo credit: Robert Gauthier/ Los Angeles Times/TNS
The Dodgers and their fanbase are going through it right now. We have lost five straight series and one of our top pitchers, right hander Dustin May, is out for the year with Tommy John surgery. Forty years ago, a torn UCL would be the end of a major league pitcher. Fortunately, the 23 year old is in an era...
By Daniel Suarez Jr. (Daniel as managing) + 6 others for Talon Marks - 6 min read
Gun lives matter: Stop the gun violence, give Americans more guns
Photo credit: Jack O'Rourke Unplash.com
As the country finally returns to normalcy, innocent gun-owning patriots are now being canceled just for exercising their right to bear weapons of war and this must be stopped. People should be outraged that our constitutional right to bring weapons to any Wendy’s, Walmart or classroom is in grave danger. The Communist News Network reported that there were (only) 11...
By Vincent Medina (Daniel as managing) + 3 others for Talon Marks - 3 min read
Protesters in OC compare voluntary vaccine passport to Nazi regime
Photo credit: Vincent Medina
Hundreds of anti-vaccine and anti-mask protesters gathered outside the Orange County Board of Supervisors meeting on May 11 to fight against a proposed voluntary digital vaccine passport. Several protesters claimed the digital passport is a suppression of people's freedoms. Many went so far as to compare the passport to how the Nazis made Jewish people wear yellow stars during World...