How A Florida Law Makes Trayvon Martin’s Death “Reasonable”

How A Florida Law Makes Trayvon Martin’s Death “Reasonable”

Mary Mata March 26, 2012

By Paul Adams On the 26 of February, a rainy night in Sanford, Florida, Trayvon Martin was walking through his neighborhood to get home to his father after buying Skittles candy […]

Marchers In East Haven Promote Respect For Immigrants

Mary Mata March 5, 2012

By Melinda Tuhus, Public News Service  EAST HAVEN, Conn. – Hundreds of Latinos and their allies staged a march and rally in East Haven on February 27, in response to the arrest […]

Milwaukee Latinos 5 Times More Likely To Be Crime Suspects

NewsTaco December 8, 2011

There are roughly half a million people in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Of those, 17% are Latino. But if you were to ask Milwaukee’s Police Chief Edward Flynn, most of those Latinos are criminals. […]

Why I’m Not Leaving The Republican Party

Mary Mata October 26, 2011

By Bob Quasius, Somos Republicans Although two Somos Republicans leaders recently left the GOP, I fully intend to stay in the GOP as I believe I have much more influence […]

Film 9500 Liberty Shows County Divided By Immigration Debate

Mary Mata October 21, 2011

Before SB 1070 in Arizona, there was the “probable cause” mandate in Prince William County, one part of a law that divided a rural farming county in Virginia, in an […]

10 Things to Know About Alabama’s New Immigration Law

Mary Mata October 19, 2011

By America’s Voice Education Fund On September 28th, 2011, the most sweeping anti-immigration law in the country went into effect in Alabama.  The law, HB 56, has already had harsh […]

When I Was Racially Profiled By LAPD Coming Home From School

Mary Mata October 12, 2011

It was not unusual for me to be enrolled in night school when I attended East Los Angeles College. Classes would go until 10 p.m. and the student body’s groans […]

Austin Police Already Have A Problem With Racial Profiling

Mary Mata July 22, 2011

By Hannah Carney It’s no secret that the heated debate over immigration during the recent legislative session deepened the divide between minority communities and the Anglo establishment over the role […]

Attacking Racial Profiling In Texas

Mary Mata June 26, 2011

[Editor’s Note: The following post was written by the hosts of The TNA Show, a radio show every Friday night from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m.] In Texas, the legislature […]

“Mexican Hunters” Profiled Latinos At New Jersey Airport

Mary Mata June 14, 2011

Screeners for the Transportation Security Administration, TSA, spent about a year from 2008 to 2009 routinely profiling “Hispanic male passengers, especially Mexicans and Dominicans, to see if they had proper […]