News Taco To Go: Govt Shutdown, Wisconsin, Decapitated Bald Eagle And More

The government is on the verge of a shutdown as Republicans and Democrats have been unable to come to an agreement over the budget. A beheaded bald eagle was found […]

By Dr. Matt Barreto With the recent release of the national Census data, pundits have been quick to point out the obvious: the Latino population is growing! As if data points from […]

President Barack Obama, seemingly surprised by Census results, has begun to court Latino voters around the issue of education. Last week 6,000 less people applied for unemployment, perhaps hinting at […]

Anthony Hill, the racist substitute teacher who claimed his eighth grade class was filled with Latino students who only wanted to be gangbangers, is surprisingly a troubled individual. Excellent reporting by […]

[Editor’s Note: Michael Seifert is an activist living in Brownsville, Texas. This post was re-published from his blog, Musings from Alongside a Border with permission.] Someone must have had a […]

Presente.org’s campaign to gather 50,000 signatures to demand that Kansas Rep. Virgil Peck resign after calling for the shooting of immigrants from helicopters was wildly successful. Presente.org’s National Campaign Director […]

I read the reports twice, just to make sure, then I went back to read them again. There were five bills dealing with stringent measures that would add spikes to […]

Texas Governor Rick Perry met last week with GOP leaders of the state to urge them, again, to not raid the state’s $9 billion rainy day fund to stem the bleeding of […]

Republicans in Wisconsin stripped away collective bargaining from public workers. Labor is vowing to recall GOP politicians and fight back. GOP Congressman Peter King is going after Muslims today — […]

The new Republican speaker of the House in the New Hampshire state legislature wants to take away college students’ right to vote, he says they lack life experience and “vote […]