Federal judge refuses to lift injunction on Obama’s immigration order
Federal judge refuses to lift injunction on Obama’s immigration order
*Aside from the obvious news about the legal battle over the president’s executive action on immigration, I found this article interesting on two levels. One is the backdoor posturing and […]
Rahm Emanuel Elected Chicago Mayor, Defeats Jesus “Chuy” Garcia
*In the end Emanuel received 56% of the vote, to Garcia’s 44%. VL By Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel won a historic runoff over challenger Jesus “Chuy” Garcia […]
Voters Head To The Polls In Chicago’s First Mayoral Runoff
*According to the AP, 142,300 Chicago reidents voted early, compared to 90,000 early voteers in the February general election. VL By Sophia Tareen and Sara Burnett, Associated Press/HuffingtonPost CHICAGO (AP) […]
Immigration Fluency in the GOP Primary Field
*Two things to take note of: one is that the author, Thomas Shaller, gives us a different perspective from which to gauge the GOP presidential candidates. Specifically, he says the […]
Latino Groups Plan Protest, Vigil and March to Mark two Months Since Pasco Police Shooting
*Latino community organizations in Pasc, Washington, have been relentless in their organizing and in their calls for an independent investigation into the shooting of Antonio Zambrano-Montez. Pasco police shot and […]
Jeb Bush identified himself as ‘Hispanic’ in 2009 form
*Wait. What? This opens a crate filled with cans of worms. The Hispanic/ Latino/ Indigenous/ Mestizo/ Chicano/ Mexicano/ Salvadoreño/ Dominicano/ Boricua/ etc… community has been in “dialogue” about the issue […]
Chuy and the battle for Chicago
*Polls open in Chicago tomorrow morning. VL By Maria Hinojosa, Latino USA Latino USA visits the Windy City for a behind-the-scenes look at Jesus “Chuy” Garcia’s campaign for Mayor of […]
Non-citizens in New York City could soon be given the right to vote
*First thing that came to mind? Imagine if Chicago had the same idea. Given the energized mayoral runoff there … The thing is that there are so many immigrants in […]
Latino children’s language skills are lagging by age 2, study says
*This is not shocking, but it does shine a light on the fact that previous thinking on Latino literacy was incomplete. There’s been a recent move towards a more intense […]
GOP needs 40% of Latino votes to win White House in 2016, Republican pollster says
*So there’s a magic number, 40%. Here’s what gets my head spinning about this: Smart, survivalist politics says the GOP understands it needs only a specific number of Latino votes […]
