An Unexpected Christmas is Best
An Unexpected Christmas is Best
I spent part of last week, like most of us, wading through the crowds and Christmas commerce. I’m not the type to do my Christmas shopping with a list and […]
Great Gadget: Phone Translator App
If you’re Latino in the US chances are that translating from English to Spanish or vice-versa is a huge part of your life. How often have you been called-on to […]
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Latino Style!
Just to get you in a good-er mood. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Latino style! It’s a trio called Camelia Latin Jazz, performing live at a club somewhere in Massachusetts. […]
Arizona Population Down: Economy vs Immigration
If there’s any place where the Census and immigration would cross paths and clash it would be Arizona. And it’s taken exactly one day for folks in that state to […]
Obama Meets With Hispanic Caucus, Talks Immigration
There’s bad news in the Comprehensive Immigration Reform front (not that we didn’t see it coming). President Obama met with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus yesterday. The bostonherald.com reports: […]
Census Gives Plenty to Talk About: More to Come
Let’s call it the Census hangover, the day after the big party when you wake up slightly dazed…OK dazed…alright, very dazed. There is so much information attached to so many […]
“Illegal” or “Undocumented”? A Media Dilema
Journalists love to navel-gaze. We love to hold forums about our coverage and then have discussions about the forums about our coverage. “Did we do it right?” And, when we […]
The Latino Vote Prevailed in State-Wide Races
An interesting analysis of the Latino vote in California, published by Ganett, points out that the strength of the Latino vote is in state-wide races. Erin Kelly writes: “While Republicans […]
DREAM Act Dreamers, Plan B
To think that the Dreamers have a viable option is to misunderstand their reality. Dreamers are the students and their supporters who organized themselves across the country in support of […]
Senate DREAM Act Vote was a Watershed
If the outrage is maintained, if the anger takes root, then today’s DREAM Act vote in the US Senate will have consequences that the politicians in Washington have yet to […]