7,000 immigrant children ordered deported without going to court
7,000 immigrant children ordered deported without going to court
*This lack of due process is happening in the U.S., the beacon of democrcy, the shinning city on a hill. “What was a border crisis is now a due process […]
THE REAL Doesn’t Follow Their Own Advice About Perpetuating Stereotypes
*It’s frustrating that this keeps happening, this time on a nationally televised program, with people who claim to know better. VL By Melissa Salas Blair, Latino Rebels Yesterday, this happened […]
How to fire up America
*Read this, share it, and share it again. One sentence in this article sums it up: “America needs its Latinos. To prosper, it must not exclude them, but help them […]
What is the TPP and how will it affect Latinos?
*If you haven’t yet paid attention to the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, here are some reasons you should: First, many political, business and international trade relations observers believe it […]
Vitter Injects Citizenship and Immigration Into Human Trafficking Bill
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Interesting developments today concerning a bill in Congress that would take funds seized from human traffickers and provide those funds to the victims of human trafficking. […]
NAACP battles Latino groups over push to open public schools for non-English speakers
*Isn’t part of the problem the lack of funds for low income schools? When funds are woefully limied, it pits Latinos against blacks. Isn’t that the real problem? VL By […]
Panel of UT Latino community discuss UT’s decision to not take punitive action against Texas Fiji
*A follow up to the Border Patrol party story out of the University of Texas at Austin. The Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, known as Fiji, came under scrutiny after the […]
How Mexico Learned To Polka
*Not sure how I missed this. Legendary cojunto accordionist Flaco Jimenez received a Lifetime Grammy Award recently, we published a video tribute to mark the occasion. But NPR also paid […]
Hispanics face serious drinking water issue along Texas border
*This is also part of the national Latino narrative. There are places in Latino concentrated South Texas where as many as 90 thousand people have no running water. It’s also […]
Job Growth for Hispanics Is Outpacing Other Groups
*Can’t deny that this is good news for Latinos, who were among the hardest hit by the Great Recession. Where does this leave issues like minimum wage, job safety laws, […]
