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US-Mexico border: The ‘Cicatriz’ of Tecate

Mary Mata July 30, 2013

By Johanna Mendelson Forman, Voxxi Tecate is a small border town of 65,000 people that serves as a gateway to the Mexican state of Baja California. It is famous for […]

Anaheim’s changes not enough for Latino community

Mary Mata July 29, 2013

Are Latinos Relevant to Midterm Elections?

Mary Mata

North Carolina legislature approves restrictive voting measures, Latino groups worried

Mary Mata July 26, 2013

By Adriana Maestas, NBCLatino The North Carolina Senate passed HB 589, one of the most restrictive voter ID measures in the nation. It permits only permits 7 kinds of ID – […]

Puerto Rican juror on Zimmerman trial: “I fought to the end”

Mary Mata

By Nina Terrero, NBCLatino Juror B29 – the only minority on the jury that cleared George Zimmerman of all charges in the shooting of teen Trayvon Martin – has decided to […]

Latino members of Congress denounce King on House floor for “demonizing immigrants”

Mary Mata July 25, 2013

By Liliana Llamas, NBCLatino Following remarks made by Iowa Republican congressman Steve King about DREAMers, members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus took to the House floor on Wednesday to denounce his “ignorant” comments, […]

AG opens new front on voting rights protection

Mary Mata

By Associated Press/Los Angeles Times Attorney General Eric Holder announced Thursday the Justice Department is opening a new front in the battle for voting rights in response to a Supreme Court ruling […]