Obama Asking Latino Celebrities For Help With Immigration
Obama Asking Latino Celebrities For Help With Immigration
President Barack Obama is asking Latino celebrities to help him overhaul the nation’s immigration system. Yes, it’s true. For some reason, the president feels that enlisting celebrities — as opposed […]
How To Survive In An Interracial Relationship
Interracial relationships come with their own unique set of challenges. For starters, more often than not, it is those closest to you who are most critical of your relationship and […]
Congressman’s Racist Remarks – Judge for Yourself
Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan is learning a valuable political lesson. He’s become the darling of the GOP with his radical ideas grounded in the Tea Party movement’s ideology. He’s got […]
Paul Ryan Compares Latinos To Animals, Decries “Anchor Babies”
Yesterday, Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan held several town halls, one of which stirred up the topic of immigration and so-called “anchor babies.” What ensued, were some rather insensitive comments from […]
Tucson Students Take Over School Board Over Ethnic Studies
Students in Tucson, Arizona preempted what they perceive to be a vote to undo ethnic studies in their schools, rushed into the Tucson Unified School District board room, tied themselves […]
Brisenia Flores Murderer Given 65 Years In Addition to Death Penalty
I’m not sure how this works in the practical world, but in the halls of justice (and even symbolism) it’s a big deal. Shawna Ford, 49, who was sentenced to […]
Georgia’s Anti-Immigrant Politics Reflect Deep South Sea Change
Is Georgia becoming the new Arizona? An immigration bill that parrots Arizona’s infamous sb1070 is making news in that state. Even while the Arizona law has been successfully challenged in federal court and a […]
SB1070 One Year Later
Saturday marked the one year anniversary since Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed the controversial anti-immigrant law SB 1070 into law and placed the immigration debate front and center in American […]
National Latino Museum Faces Funding, Discriminatory Hurdles
A national museum that honors Latinos in this country will probably not be coming anytime soon, according to a New York Times report. Sadly, the reasons the federal museum is […]
How Accurately Do Police Sketches Depict Latinos?
Years ago, when I anchored television news for a living, I would read the description of a criminal suspect-Latino male, mid-thirties, medium build, mustache-and think, “holy crap, that’s me!”…me and […]