CULTURE: Parent Attention Gap Behind Class Divide
CULTURE: Parent Attention Gap Behind Class Divide
By Sam Quiñones, A Reporter’s Blog Fascinating piece in The Atlantic online this morning about what’s behind the class chasm in America. The magazine holds that a major reason for the class divide […]
COMMENTARY: What Part of “Safety-Net” Don’t You Understand?
By Juan Flores, La Fe Policy and Research Center No, Mr. Romney. Obama supporters are not predominantly freeloaders, as you recently suggested. Adults, seniors, and (yes) even teenagers want to […]
No way, José. I will not change my last name
By Taina Haiman, Being Latino Although my husband and I met and got married in the United States, I was raised in Puerto Rico and he grew up in the neighboring […]
Hispanic Heritage Month: The Best of Times As We Face The Future
By Victor Escalante, News Taco Hispanic Heritage Month is upon us with exhibitions, shows, festivities, and acknowledgements of the contributions Latinos have made to our country. It’s a time to […]
Immigrant Mothers–Living With a Heart Divided
By Norma De la Vega, New America Media/Enlace, Translated by Elena Shore As national media debate whether women can “have it all” – a successful career and a family – one group […]
Guatemalan Massacre Survivor Wins Political Asylum in U.S.
By Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica U.S. immigration authorities have granted political asylum to Oscar Ramírez Castañeda, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala who learned only last year that he was a survivor of […]
Faking Food Festivals
By Andrea Mikenas, Gozamos Sometimes, when the man you love is looking you in the eyes with earnestly hopeful expectation, you just have to fake it. In the long run, occasionally […]
Children’s Citizenship Ceremony at Los Angeles Central Library
By Yago Cura, NewsTaco What with all the starched white dress shirts and itchy pants, at first I thought I was at a spelling bee; but, then I realized that […]
Hamburger Dreams and McMelancholia
Oscar Barajas, NewsTaco My friend Richard and I were sitting around McDonald’s restaurant on a Sunday afternoon. I had been playing with the same three fries over a pool of […]
First Group of Dreamers are Granted Deferred Action
By Griselda Nevarez, Voxxi One month after the Obama administration began accepting applications for the deferred action program that suspends the deportation of undocumented youth and gives them work permits, […]
