Census Estimates Latino Youth are Driving Force
Census Estimates Latino Youth are Driving Force
We’ve all been waiting for this, so consider the news the first wave, indicator, yardstick… The US Census has released its first estimate of nation’s population, based on last spring’s […]
Tea Party: Limit Voting to Property Owners
¡Mira que bien! (read that with dripping irony) This has been churning around the Internet for a few days but I paid it no mind. It’s so ridiculous, how could […]
Carlitos Guerra: We Remember a Friend
It’s taken a while to settle enough to write this. I’ve been in a daze since hearing of Carlitos’ passing. It wasn’t until the fog thinned, until I began to […]
US Cities With More Latinos are Less “Brainy”
There’s got to be a better way to say it. Cities with a high percentage of Latino population have been classified as “less brainy.” Whatever that means. Portfolio.com, a property […]
Is the IRS Targeting Latinos?
It’s official, barrios are not safe places to live, but not for the reason you may think. It’s not gang-bangers or the usual suspects you need fear, it’s the IRS! […]
Professor Fights Latino Stereotypes in Textbook
Props to Dr. Nancy Rudner Lugo, a former professor of the University of Central Florida, for taking the school to task over negative Latino stereotyping, and losing her job in […]
Why Pass the DREAM Act?
Here are some bullet points, as compiled by the Immigration Policy Center, to help you make the case in favor of the Act; they range from more taxable income, savings […]
Latina Legislator has Solution to Immigration Impass
Leave it to a Latina to show us the way. You’ll find few people these days who think that our immigration policies are good as they are. Almost everyone thinks […]
$3.5 Million Bottle of Tequila!
Really, what’s the point? Mexican distillery Hacienda la Capilla has produceda bottle of Tequila worth $3.5 million. I’ll let that sink-in for a bit. The thing is that it’s not […]
GOP Immigration Meet Featured Racists
Republican legislators in Colorado are preping their offensive against undocumented immigrants. This is not news, GOP state legislators from Washington State to Texas are doing the same. They seem to […]