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Will Obama throw Latinos a bone?
By Tony Castro, Voxxi In his State of the Union last week, President Barack Obama made an expected plea for passage of the long-awaited immigration reform legislation that pleased America’s […]
La Santa Cecilia dedicates Grammy to 11 million undocumented
By Sandra Lilley, NBCLaino The alternative rock group “La Santa Cecilia” took home a Grammy for “Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album” for their album “Treinta Días” – and promptly […]
Five economic issues could benefit US Latinos and the economy in 2014
By Susana G. Baumann, Voxxi Congress has come back to Washington to act upon several legislations affecting the livelihood of U.S. Latinos. From immigration reform to the reduction of SNAP […]
Joaquin Castro: Democrats are ‘pushing for full-fledged citizenship’
By Griselda Nevarez, Voxxi During an interview Thursday, Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) insisted that Democrats will continue pushing for an immigration reform that includes a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants instead […]
The Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act. Now a bipartisan gang wants to put it back together.
By Dylan Matthews, The Washington Post It’s rare that you can get Reps. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) and John Conyers (D-Mich.) to agree on much of anything. The former, after all, introduced […]
Latinos holding out for old promises
By Tony Castro, Voxxi Can a year that fails to produce the jewel of a long-hoped-for comprehensive immigration bill be considered a positive one for American Latinos? After all, this […]
Undocumented immigrants start testing for Illinois driver’s licenses
By Mary Wisniewski, Reuters (Reuters) – Undocumented immigrants in Illinois began taking road tests on Tuesday to qualify for driver’s licenses, starting a process expected to be closely watched by […]
Remembering JFK; Latinos recall a relationship cut short
By Suzanne Gamboa, NBCLatino Al Maldonado has been planning since last year to bring back together people who were at the Rice Hotel the night before John F. Kennedy was killed. […]
Providence Mayor Taveras wants to become the first Latino Governor of RI
By Susana G. Baumann, Voxxi The natural progression in a politician’s career seem to always aim for higher offices, and Mayor Angel Taveras is ready to fall into his path’s next […]
Health care politics seeps into Latinos’ re-election races
By Suzanne Gamboa, NBCLatino Republicans have not moved on immigration reform. The public put much of the blame on the GOP for the government shutdown. Yet three Latino Democratic lawmakers who are expected […]