Over 100 women, including undocumented, arrested in pro-immigration action
Over 100 women, including undocumented, arrested in pro-immigration action
By Sandra Lilley, NBCLatino A group of women representing immigration, civil rights, labor and women’s rights – joined by undocumented immigrant women – blockaded an intersection outside the House of […]
Can immigration speed the economic recovery?
By Alain Sherter, CBS News Cities and towns across the U.S. struggling to recover from the Great Recession could benefit from a key force for economic renewal: Immigrants. Foreign-born residents, […]
White House names Latino as Deputy Director of Intergovernmental Affairs
By Sandra Lilley, NBCLatino Adrian Saenz joins the White House as Deputy Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, according to a White House official. Saenz will lead the White House team assigned […]
How Crossing The Border Can Get Your Laptop Confiscated
By Adrian Florido, Fronteras A report by The New York Times sheds light on how the United States government has routinely confiscated and searched the computers and electronic devices of people entering […]
Clorado Latina recalled over gun control support; says she has “not one iota of regret”
By Sandra Lilley, NBCLatino Angela Giron, a freshman Latina state Senator who was elected to represent a strongly Democratic and working-class district of Pueblo, Colorado, lost her seat Tuesday in […]
Carlos Menchaca’s primary victory lifts Mexican New Yorkers’ political hopes
By Albor Ruiz, New York Daily News Sunset Park played host to history on Tuesday as a young political upstart vanquished an entrenched incumbent City Councilwoman. But this primary victory […]
Chicanos movement revisited changes that helped all
By Eduardo Stanley, Voxxi “My birth certificate of 1943 says my race is ‘Mexican’!,” explains amused Dr. Jorge Garcia, a veteran of the Chicano Movement in California’s Central Valley. “In 1965, […]
Syria complicates immigration, Obamacare
By Leigh Ann Caldwell, CNN Washington (CNN) — The looming decision on Syria is likely to preoccupy Congress for the next couple of weeks and complicate President Barack Obama’s domestic agenda. […]
Latino legislators on Obama Syria speech, “US doesn’t do pinpricks”
By Sandra Lilley, NBCLatino President Obama spoke to the nation on Tuesday night and said the U.S. is using diplomatic channels to force Syria to cede control of its chemical […]
Latina Not White Women Have Advantage in Congressional Campaigns
By Kansas City InfoZine Lawrence, KS – infoZine – In her new book, “The Latina Advantage: Gender, Race and Political Success,” University of Kansas political science professor Christina Bejarano explores […]
