Border Injustice – NYT Editorial

By The Editorial Board, New York Times Those who view fixing immigration as simply a matter of getting tougher on lawbreakers tend to overlook how tough the system already is, […]

By Igor Volsky, Think Progress Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett (R) remembered the one Latino in his administration on Thursday, one day after ThinkProgress highlighted an exchange in which he said “we do […]

By Forrest Wilder, Texas Observer You hear the question often: Is Texas becoming a blue state? Since President Obama won reelection in November with an emerging Democratic coalition of African-Americans, Latinos, […]

By Hector Luis Alamo, Jr., Gozamos This week, hundreds, if not thousands, of angry parents, teachers and their supporters marched on Daley Plaza to voice their opposition to Mayor Emanuel’s planned school […]

By Tony Castro, Voxxi Eric Garcetti was elected mayor of Los Angeles on Tuesday, sweeping into office with a slew of new expectations, not the least of which is what he […]

By Amy Worden, The Phildelphia Inquirer HARRISBURG – A brief exchange of comments videotaped during an effort to reach out to Latino leaders last week in Philadelphia has created a new wave […]

By Alan Gomez, USA TODAY GOP senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz have arrived at the contentious issue of immigration from very similar places. Both came from immigrant families. Both have Cuban […]

By Lisa Mascaro and Brian Bennett, Los Angele sTimes WASHINGTON — A sweeping bipartisan plan to overhaul the nation’s immigration system headed to the Senate floor after a key committee approved it […]

By Timothy Spangler, The Guardian Mayoral elections in Los Angeles are typically quite parochial affairs, and this year’s outing is something of an exception. As Angelenos go to the polls today under […]

By Maeve Reston and David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Thursday waded into the heated contest to choose his successor, calling for two ads aimed at Latino […]