The Trouble With Immigration’s “Legal Way”

The Trouble With Immigration’s “Legal Way”

Mary Mata April 18, 2011

If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a thousand times:  why can’t people without papers do it the “legal way”? Well a great story in Newsweek has the answer: […]

The Problem With Latin America’s Aging Population

Mary Mata April 6, 2011

[Editor’s Note: The following was published by The World Bank] Report advises Latin American countries to prepare for a ‘greying revolution’; rapid aging no longer a rich country phenomenon. Region’s […]

VIDEO: The Fate Of Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Mary Mata March 30, 2011

The future of comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) is in serious doubt and for this reason, it’s important to work toward reform in steps, according to Oscar Chacón, Executive Director of […]

The Importance Of Latino Group Cohesion

Mary Mata January 4, 2011

As we start off 2011, I find it an important opportunity to make a comment about something we all tend to take for granted:  Why do we lump together ethnicities […]

Govt, Banks Loan Less To Latino-Owned Businesses

Mary Mata December 10, 2010

The California Reinvestment Coalition recently released a report entitled, “Small Business Access to Credit: The Little Engine That Could” that found from 2007 to 2009 the Small Business Administration severely cut […]

Govt Facebook Spying For Citizenship Fraud

Mary Mata November 30, 2010

The U.S. government has been encouraging its employees to spy on people, particularly those who may be dealing with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service, via social networks like Facebook. […]

LA Mayor Villaraigosa Naked For Freedom

Mary Mata November 23, 2010

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa stepped through an LAX full body scanner yesterday to try to convince people pre-Thanksgiving holiday traffic that they’re perfectly safe, not nasty and won’t give […]