MALDEF Files Lawsuit On Behalf Of Latino Car Wash Workers

PRESS RELEASE Los Angeles, CA – Today, on behalf of Latino car wash workers, MALDEF filed suit against the owners of three Santa Monica area car wash facilities—Santa Monica Car Wash […]

By Oscar Barajas It has been two decades since that Wednesday in April when Los Angeles went through either a civil unrest or a riot – it all depends on […]

Miryam Mora-Barajas April marked the one year anniversary since California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill that made prisoner early release program a reality. The California Supreme Court ordered California […]

As a former Spanish language journalist I’m sensitive to the news of my small but hard working tribe.  So I read  Adolfo Guzman-Lopez’s recent KCET post with sadness. Two important journalists died in the […]

And while the greater issue of immigration enforcement is argued in the highest court in the land, we get this from a County Board of Supervisors, in California, as reported […]

(Editor’s note: the following is a MALDEF Press Release) Today (4/23/12) MALDEF filed a petition for writ of mandate to compel Sheriff Lee Baca to release public records relating to […]

Friday, April 20, 2012 Obama camp launches Latino push, hits Romney: With both sides eying one of the fastest-growing blocs in the American electorate, President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign on Wednesday […]

Once upon a time, I believed what my first grade teacher told me.  I thought I was the descendant of a pilgrim. I took her word for it. I thought […]

The California National Guard made history this week, when it promoted Col. Sylvia Crockett to the rank of brigadier general. Gen. Crockett is the first Latina to obtain this rank in the state’s National […]

Growing up in Los Angeles and spending the past decade in Texas, I had no escape from the tradition of the weekend carne asada. Although seemingly these weekly gatherings look […]