Texas Border Residents March Against “Mounting Human Rights Crisis”
Texas Border Residents March Against “Mounting Human Rights Crisis”
By Peter Malof, Texas News Service EL PASO, Texas – The number of illegal border crossings from Mexico has dropped sharply in recent years, but that hasn’t slowed human-rights violations […]
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Thursday June 7, 2012 Romney woos Hispanics over economy (The Hill): Mitt Romney is using Hispanics’ double-digit unemployment rate to argue that the key voting bloc should support him instead […]
Finding Oscar: Massacre, Memory And Justice In Guatemala, Chapter 8: Two Guatemalas
(Editor’s note: This is the last of an eight part series) By Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, and Ana Arana, Fundación MEPI Chapter 8: Two Guatemalas Last August, a Guatemalan court found three former […]
More Female Narcos Stepping Up To Management Roles
By Kalyn Belsha, Voxxi Women’s participation in Mexico’s drug trade is nothing new — in fact their involvement can betraced back to the 1930s. But now, female narcos are stepping up to management […]
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Tuesday June 6, 2012 Long Pause in Illegal Immigration Sweeps as Arpaio Faces Discrimination Lawsuits (Associated Press/Fox News Latino): Critics of America’s self-proclaimed toughest sheriff, known for his hardline stance […]
The U.S. Latino Story Is Our Story, Let’s Tell It
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco First let’s list the things we know about being Latino in the U.S. These aren’t things that have been empirically proven, well promoted and marketed – […]
Finding Oscar: Massacre, Memory And Justice In Guatemala, Chapter 7
(Editor’s note: This is the seventh of an eight part series) By Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, and Ana Arana, Fundación MEPI Chapter 7: ‘Sorrows Can Swim’ Oscar waited about six weeks for the […]
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Tuesday June 5, 2012 Cuomo Seeks Cut in Frisk Arrests (The New York Times): Wading into the debate over stop-and-frisk police tactics, Gov.Andrew M. Cuomo plans to ask legislators on Monday for a change […]
Finding Oscar: Massacre, Memory and Justice In Guatemala, Chapter 6
(Editor’s note: This is the sixth of an eight part series) By Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, and Ana Arana, Fundación MEPI Chapter 6: Cocorico2 The U.S. arrests helped jolt Romero’s investigation back to […]
Hispanic Unemployment Rate Climbs
By Griselda Neváres, Voxxi The unemployment rate among Hispanics in May rose significantly to 11.0 percent, up from 10.3 percent in April. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday that overall […]
