Arizona Senator Reads Racist Letter: Latino Kids Are Gangbangers

Arizona Senator Reads Racist Letter: Latino Kids Are Gangbangers

Mary Mata March 22, 2011

An Arizona Republican state senator, Lori Klein, decided to add her name to the list of racist politicos in that state last week when she read what she said was […]

Brisenia Flores Killer On Trial, Has No Defense

Mary Mata

The man who shot 9 year-old Brisenia Flores point blank in the face is currently on trial. Jason Bush, 36, also killed Brisenia’s father Raul when he and his accomplice […]

Neo-nazi, Latino Confrontation in Claremont

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Head-shaven and military boot wearing a group of about two dozen white supremacists marched on the streets of Claremont, CA, in protest against what they claim is an “unbridled flow […]

Texas Set To Pass Voter ID Law

Mary Mata March 21, 2011

By Abby Rapoport The Republicans in Texas have been trying for years to pass voter ID legislation—and today they very likely will be almost done. The measure, which requires voters […]

Immigrant Shake-Down in New Jersey

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According to reports, Rocco Malgieri, a 19 year veteran of the Elizabeth, N.J. Police Department, would stop what he thought looked like Latino immigrant drivers, ask them about their residency status and […]

Diversity Is A Privilege

Mary Mata March 18, 2011

I consider myself lucky to have grown up in Los Angeles and so many people from so many places. At the time, I thought it was normal to live next-door […]

All Latino Youth Are Not Gang Members

Mary Mata March 17, 2011

Northern California Latino youth have been battling injunctions that underscore latent fears that all latino youth are gang members. According to the blog Dream Deployed: On March 4th 2011 , […]

Arizona Senate Takes Up New Crop Of Hate Bills

Mary Mata

Promise Arizona sent out a press release yesterday announcing that the Russell Pearce-led Arizona Senate would be taking up for a vote a slew of anti-immigrant bills today: SB1611 — […]

Nevada Tax Assessor’s Racist Antics

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If you’re Latino and happen to be traveling across Nye County, Nevada, be sure not to wear a hard hat – the Tax Assessor there might think you’re undocumented. Her name is Shirley […]

“Illegals” To “Anchor Babies” Media Warp Immigration Debate

Mary Mata March 16, 2011

[Editor’s Note: The following post first appeared in Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting, FAIR.] On the first day of the new Congress, Rep. Steve King (R.-Iowa) introduced legislation to end […]