Latino Deficiency in Science is More Than Sputnik Moment

“Fifty-eight percent of Hispanic 12th-grade students scored below basic” proficiency in math and science. The quote was taken from a story published in the chron.com about dismal science scores across […]

One of our faithful readers, Linda Cuellar, sent us this incredible story reported in the Chronicle of Higher Education. A Border Patrol agent was fired for voicing his opinion on […]

We were supposed to have been past this. I know it hasn’t been too long since President Obama made a speech, at a Tucson memorial for the victims of the […]

There was a time, not too long ago, when immigration was not high on the list of Latino political priorities. I remember polls that indicated education, followed by jobs and […]

Are you into electoral numbers crunching and swing state fortune telling? If you are you’re gonna love this. It’s the most recent presidential electoral vote analysis, done by beyondchron.com. Here […]

Twitter went aflutter last night, at least the corner of Twitter where I was hanging out, when President Obama mentioned immigration reform and the DREAM Act during his third State […]

You can put Mississippi at the head of  the line on at least one thing: that state’s seante is the first to approve an immigration law that apes Arizona’s sb […]

A bill in the Wyoming legislature that would have mimicked Arizona’s sb1070 had died a neglected death. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Pete Illoway, R-Cheyenne, went before a committee where […]

Legislators in Missouri and Texas will consider Voter ID laws today. This is important because many Latino civil rights advocates consider Voter ID an infringement on the voting rights of […]

I came across this interesting piece in e-book.com. It’s called “Learning To Speak Spanish – Useful Phrases For The Roads.” Everything about that  headline called to me: Which roads? How […]