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Obama Budget: Expand Schools, Reduce Prisons

Mary Mata March 6, 2014

By Brentin Mock, Colorlines President Obama released his new budget proposal for the coming fiscal year that starts October 1, and it’s a relatively safe package of spending wishes carefully customized to not […]

Poor and Hispanic Workers Are Least Likely to Have Sick Days

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Venezuela’s Maduro breaks diplomatic links with Panama

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Arizona Sen. Gallardo discloses he’s gay

Mary Mata

By Mary Jo Pitzl, The Republic State Sen. Steve Gallardo, D-Phoenix, disclosed he is gay at a news conference Wednesday, saying the furor over Senate Bill 1062 prompted his decision […]

Wary of losing Hispanic voters, Florida House GOP backs tuition plan

Mary Mata March 5, 2014

By John Kennedy, Atlanta Journal-Constitution TALLAHASSEE — Children of undocumented immigrants would be eligible for in-state tuition in Florida under a measure unanimously approved Wednesday by a House panel, a move […]

What it means to me to be a Latino writer

Mary Mata

By Ulises Silva, Culture Con Limón When I wrote the press release for Solstice back in 2007, I lost count of the things I knocked over as I purposefully went out of […]

A Puerto Rican explores art space

Mary Mata

By Sylvia Obén, Latina Voices When Edra Soto isn’t teaching art at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, or SAIC, she is exhibiting artwork on her patio and reliving her […]