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Junot Diaz Still Feels Like an Immigrant

Mary Mata September 19, 2013

By Sigal Ratner-Arias, Associated Press/ABC News “He has won a Pulitzer, teaches Americans how to write at MIT and his Spanish-sprinkled stories have been acclaimed in the United States. But […]

High rate of deportations continue under Obama despite Latino disapproval

Mary Mata

29.1% of All Latinos Uninsured in Total 48 Million Americans Uninsured

Mary Mata September 18, 2013

Oldest U.S. Spanish-language paper approaches 100

Mary Mata

By Claudio Iván Remeseira, NBCLatino “El Diario La Prensa” (El Diario, for short), the oldest publishing Spanish-language newspaper in the U.S., will celebrate its centennial next month, but the festivities have […]

After brutal summer heat, border-crosser deaths up this year over 2012

Mary Mata

By Elisa Cordova, Cronkite News TUCSON – Following brutal summer heat, deaths of border crossers in Pima County so far this year are up from 2012, the chief medical examiner […]

Bruce Springsteen Pays Tribute To Victor Jara, Chilean Folksinger Killed After Coup

Mary Mata

By Huffington Post Latino Voices The Boss has just boosted his Latino cred. Bruce Springsteen gave a tribute in Spanish to Chilean folksinger Víctor Jara at a concert in Santiago the […]

“Teach for America” Celebrates Largest Teaching Corps of Latinos

Mary Mata

By Hispanically Speaking News Today Teach for America announced that it has more than 600 Latinos serving high-need schools this academic year.  Teach for America develops a diverse corps of outstanding individuals […]