FBI Raids Sex Traffickers That Victimized Latinas in Tennessee
FBI Raids Sex Traffickers That Victimized Latinas in Tennessee
FBI authorities in Tennessee recently rescued a woman who had been held captive in a house in Goodlettsville and sold for sex. The tennessean.com reports: The victim was among a group of […]
Texas Legislature Approves Voter ID
It’s not like we didn’t see this one coming. What with the Texas GOP reading population tea leaves, fighting for dear life in the redistricting process and seeing their waning popularity in […]
Drug And Human Smuggling Under Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Nose
Maybe Sheriff Joe Arpaio should be paying closer attention to what’s happening in his own department. The controversial Sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, has made a name for himself persecuting undocumented immigrants […]
Wisconsin Rep. Files Arizona-Type Immigration Bill
Now it’s Wisconsin’s turn. State Representative Don Pridemore of Hartford, Wisconsin, has filed a strict anti-undocumented immigrant bill that mirrors Arizona’s SB1070. According to a report on fox11online the legislation would […]
Georgia HS Students Face Suspension For Protesting Anti-Immigrant Law
Students from a Georgia high school face suspension after participating in a pro-immigration demonstration. According to cbsAtlanta.com, the kids left their classrooms and took to the streets to protest the […]
Cesar Chavez Home Nominated For National Historic Registry
The patch of land where Cesar Chavez lived coordinated the United Farm Worker movement has been nominated for placement on the National Historic Registry. The nomination came about during the quarterly meeting […]
What is a College Degree Worth to Latinos?
I spent a day recently at Lowell Middle School, in San Antonio’s south side, talking to 6th, 7th and 8th graders about what I do for a living – or […]
North Carolina Checkpoints Accused Of Racial Profiling
If you’re Latino and traveling anywhere near Asheville, North Carolina, you may want to be aware of the checkpoints – you could be an automatic suspect. According to a recent article […]
Get Your Norteño Out Of My Conjunto
By Saul Elbein, from the Texas Observer where this article was first published. Everything is going fine until Lupe Saenz sees the CDs. I’m paying my check at a run-down diner in […]
More Latinos Than Amish In Amish Country
Here’s a statistic I didn’t see coming. According to a report in Pennlive.com Latinos have surpassed the Amish in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, which is considered the geographic center of the US Amish culture. […]
