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Dolores Huerta Receives Nation’s Highest Civilian Honor

Mary Mata May 30, 2012

By Raisa Camargo, Voxxi Dolores Huerta, the famed civil rights advocate of the farm worker movement, received the nation’s highest civilian honor Tuesday when President Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal […]

Finding Oscar: Massacre, Memory and Justice in Guatemala, Chapter 3

Mary Mata

Finding Oscar: Massacre, Memory And Justice In Guatemala, Chapter 2

Mary Mata May 29, 2012

Violence Against Women Act: A Human Face

Mary Mata May 28, 2012

By Carlos Sanchez, Voxxi Although she lived with fear, this 42-year old mother took the final step in an abusive relationship by calling police. She had arrived in the U.S. […]

Finding Oscar: Massacre, Memory And Justice In Guatemala

Mary Mata

(Editor’s note: This is a first of an eight part series) by Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, and Ana Arana, Fundación MEPI Chapter 1: ‘You Don’t Know Me’ The call from Guatemala put Oscar […]

Morning NewsTaco

Mary Mata May 25, 2012

Friday May 25, 2012 Will Latinos elect Obama? (Salon):  A closer look at the numbers is not so reassuring for the president. Much of the growth in the Latino population has […]

Texas Gaining National Rep For Executing Innocents

Mary Mata May 23, 2012

By Dave Mann, Texas Observer I was talking to a couple from Philadelphia at a cocktail reception on the East Coast last week. When I said I worked as a […]