Studies highlight teacher-student ‘diversity gap’

*This matters. 48 percent of students in U.S. public schools are not white. Of the 3.3 million teachers in America’s public schools, only eighteen percent are racial, ethnic or cultural […]

By Lori Abbott, Public News Service Many legal immigrants in California and across the country are not pursuing citizenship. Even though more than 8 million nationwide are eligible to apply, many […]

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco The problem with the GOP’s stance on immigration is that it’s untenable. It’s untenable because it’s contradictory, and it’s contradictory because it’s not serious. If the […]

*Politics of immigration aside, Latino voter influence in the coming mid-term election hinges (as always) on turnout and … turnout. VL By David F. Damore And Thomas Schaller, Latino Decisions From […]

*Thanks to Taquista AnnaBanana for suggesting this article. By ACLU DENVER – 4/30 – On TWenedsay, April 30, Denver County Sheriff Gary Wilson announced that Denver will join the growing […]

*The important thing here is that the Federal Judge struck-down voter ID in Wisconsin on the basis of what’s left of the Voting Rights Act – Section 2, which prohibits […]

*This article was suggested by Taquista Ito Romo. Could it be that Boehner is waiting until after his state’s primary election to bring immigration reform to a vote? This sounds […]

*There is no silver Latino vote bullet. If the Latino vote is to increase (or even think of reaching its potential) a concerted effort of many people, in many groups, […]

*This report is a good summary of Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s 58 page dissent against the Court’s upholding of a Michigan law that bans Affirmative Action in college admissions. VL By Joan […]

*Giovanni Rodriguez asks a series of important questions in this article, and he provides a different nomenclature that could help us approach the Latino vote “problem” in a refreshing way. […]