Florida Cop Targeted Latinos, Robbed Them

Lantana, Florida police officer Mark Ott has spent much of this year targeting Latinos in his community, pulling them over as they left check cashing stores for no reason, then […]

[Editor’s Note: The following is a press release written by Fernanda Bellei, who is working with the festival from Brazil] From June 10 through 12, in the Kamaiurá village of […]

Eight Latino employees of the City of Rochester in New York claim that they were subject to harassment at work because of an “English only” policy in the public works […]

Today Georgia Governor Nathan Deal, a Republican, signed into law HB 87, The Illegal Immigration Reform and Enforcement Act of 2011, which targets Latino immigrants in a variety of different ways. We […]

It’s a tired line — one that’s been in vogue at least since the 1980s — “we cannot consider immigration reform until the border is secure.” Texas Congressman Silvestre Reyes, […]

Recently a few sensationalistic stories came to light: women were found to be hiding things in their privates. Some of these women happened to be Latina. And, perhaps most amazingly, […]

By Daniel Setiawan House Bill 12—the sanctuary city immigration bill— is scheduled for debate Friday on the House floor and legislators on both sides of the aisle are gearing up for […]

And now for the surprise of the century: Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office routinely and frequently circulated racist, anti-Latino jokes among employees via email. What’s more, Arpaio distributed letters […]

By Melissa del Bosque Unaccompanied Mexican migrant children are not receiving the government protections from human trafficking, and exploitation that they should, according to a report released today by the nonprofit […]

[Editor’s Note: Professor Michael A. Olivas wrote this essay and it’s reposted here with permission.] For some time, I have believed and written that the first Latinos to argue a […]