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Are Pro Immigrant Marches Counter productive?
By Pilar Marrero, La Opinion/New America Media Translated by Jonah Harris As Congress begins to discuss immigration reform, immigrant rights groups, DREAMers and their supporters marched in many U.S. cities, […]
Aging Undoc Immigrants – A Burden or a Boon?
By Paul Kleyman, New America Media SAN FRANCISCO–As the debate over immigration reform tugs predictably back in Washington, an undercurrent of ageism and disability bias has been flowing beneath more obvious […]
Alaska Rep. Young Apologizes for Calling Latinos ‘Wetbacks’
By Justin Sink, The Hill Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) issued an apology Thursday after using the term “wetbacks” to describe Latino workers on his family farm. “During a sit down […]
Invisible Racism – It’s Not the Racism of Your Parent’s Day
By Dr. Herny Flores, NewsTaco I’ve been watching the discussions over immigration reform and the civil rights movement for a number of years. I began reading about racism while I […]
Moving a National Latino Art Agenda Froward
By Eduardo Diaz, Dierctor, Smithsonian Latino Center After the presidential election, much has been made of the impact of the Latino vote, shifting some of the national focus to issues […]
How Is One Able to Get Absolutely Nothing Done?
By Dr. Henry Flores, NewsTaco Tuesday evening our president will deliver his annual State of the Union address to the nation when he will report as to how healthy our […]
Obama’s 2nd-term Education Agenda: Where Do Latinos Fit?
By Gabriel Sanchez Zinny, Huffington Post Latino Voices Amidst all of the election-year sniping, education reform never became a major issue in the 2012 presidential campaign. Even though both candidates released […]
Why Democrats Don’t Have to Worry About Ted Cruz?
By Dr. Henry Flores, NewsTaco Not too long ago Ruben Navarette wrote a most revealing column entitled “Democrats should worry about up-and-comer Cruz.” The column goes on to extol Cruz’s […]
Advice to GOP Politicians: Don’t Call Immigrants ‘Illegal’
By Roque Planas, Huffington Post Latino Voices Will the revitalized immigration debate change the language politicians use? Organizations and advocates including journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, the publication Colorlines, and the National Association of […]
Latinos in the 113th Congress
By Silvia Manzano, Latinovations The 113th Congress includes a record number of thirty-eight Latinos elected officials. These notable numbers have both policy and political implications for the future of Latino […]