Georgia’s Anti-Immigration Law Is Anti-Women
Georgia’s Anti-Immigration Law Is Anti-Women
By Maria Elena Perez, interim Executive Director of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health “It’s like my mom… doesn’t exist. My mom doesn’t ask too much of her place […]
Alabama Has Thrown The Baby Out With The Bath Water
If I were living in Alabama, which I’m not, I’d probably be among the many Latinos of that state who are packing their tiliches (stuff), pulling their roots and moving […]
Feliz Cumpleaños NewsTaco
The most exhilarating and terrifying thing about doing something like NewsTaco is that there are no instructions. It wouldn’t have mattered because we’re not the type to read instructions — […]
Latino Civil Rights Figures: LULAC
LULAC stands for the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC). The organization was founded in 1929 as a way to combat discrimination and empower Latinos in the U.S. The […]
Latino Childhood Poverty Sets Record
The headline across the top of a Pew Hispanic Center press release is ominous: The Toll of the Great Recession. The body of the story doesn’t get any better. More Latino […]
No Casa Blanca For The GOP
By María Cardona As a Democrat, predictably, I find all of the presidential candidates and the policies they support anathema to everything I believe this country needs right now. Their […]
Berkeley Affirmative Action Cupcake Sale Misses The Point
Driving through southern New Mexico several years ago I came to a crossroads where a state highway intersects a farm road. A truck was parked to the side of the […]
The Heavenly Innocence Of My Son’s Guesses At My Age
I love the age of innocence and candor of a child. Throughout his short life, my son has only guessed at my age using the limited information he has acquired about […]
5 Tips To Improve Your Job Search
If you’re Latino and looking for a job you’re 1 in 10 (actually you’re 1.1 in 10, I rounded). This recession has been harder on Latinos than it has on […]
More Latinos Needed In Highest Levels Of Federal Government
All things being equal, with population growth rates remaining the same, by the year 2050 there will be no clear ethnic or racial majority in the United States. That’s according […]