Abel Moreno can’t forget the day last December when he and his girlfriend were pulled over by Officer Marcus Jackson. After ordering them from the car, the Charlotte cop fondled Moreno’s girlfriend and arrested Moreno when he intervened. The department fired Jackson and charged him with sexually assaulting six women – including Moreno’s girlfriend – […]
Guest Blogger Series: Congresswoman Judy Chu “Improving the Lives of Immigrant Workers”
June 18, 2010 By
Low number of Minority Medical School Graduates Puts Underserved Communities at Risk
June 17, 2010 By
As the nation begins to put in place the procedures for implementing the recently passed health care overhaul legislation, as recent studies show, minority communities may once again be underserved. Although collectively, the Latino, American Indian and Black populations in the US total about thirty percent, only 8.7 percent of doctors in 2007 were from […]
Undocumented Workers Identifiable by “grooming habits” according to GOP lawmaker
June 16, 2010 By
In a statement on the floor of the House of Representatives on Monday, Republican Congressman Steve King of Iowa defended Arizona’s new anti-immigration law and justified the need for profiling. A requirement that local law enforcement stop individuals if they have “reasonable suspicion” that the person is in the country illegally is one of the […]
GUEST BLOGGER SERIES: Beatriz Terrazas “Where I Come From–A Latino Family’s struggle with Alzheimer’s”
June 16, 2010 By
My friend asked the question during a conversation about my mother, who has Alzheimer’s: What about a nursing home? She asked because I was on my way to El Paso to relieve my sister for two weeks. My sister works fulltime but she is in charge of scheduling Mom’s care. She ferries Mom to doctor […]
GUEST BLOGGER SERIES: Melissa Boteach and Sophie Milam “As School Ends, Hunger Begins”
June 15, 2010 By
Children Need Access to Subsidized Meals in the Summer, Too Most children jump for joy when the final bell rings on the last day of school. For them, summer means freedom. It means camp, vacation, and popsicles. But summer also means hunger and stagnation for too many American children. Schools begin letting out over the […]
Hispanics Leave Arizona in Anticipation of Law’s Enactment
June 14, 2010 By
In anticipation of the controversial new anti-immigration law going into effect at the end of the month, Hispanics are reported to be leaving the state of Arizona. School districts with high Latino populations are reporting a drop in enrollment. Balsz Elementary School District #31 in Phoenix, which is 75 percent Latino, has seen 100 students […]
Fueled by Births, Not Immigration, US Hispanic Population Continues to Grow
June 14, 2010 By
New numbers released by the Census Bureau late last week show that the percentage of Latinos in the United States increased by 3.1 percent last year. Now comprising just under 16 percent of the total population, Hispanics total 48.4 million people in the US. As the country as a whole continues to become younger and […]
GUEST BLOGGER SERIES: Andres Ramirez “More than Immigration Needs to Be Addressed to Earn the Hispanic Vote”
June 14, 2010 By
Once again Ruben Navarette has gotten it wrong… Read his full article here or better yet don’t, I will summarize it in a single sentence: both Democrats and Republicans are undeserving of the Hispanic vote, because they have taken this voting block for granted. This is nothing short of nonsense. It has been a difficult […]
On-going Puerto Rican Student Strike Paralyzes University
June 11, 2010 By
Despite receiving little to no attention in the mainland press, thousands of University of Puerto Rico students have shut down all 11 campuses on the island in a protest over increased student fees and tuition. University officials issued a deadline to student leaders earlier this week in an effort to end the six-week old strike […]
Juarez Teen Shot By Border Patrol
June 10, 2010 By
Outrage continues to mount over a US Border Patrol shooting of an unarmed 15 year old Mexican youth even as conflicting details emerge. Vigils and protests were under way yesterday to mourn the death of Sergio Adrián Hernández Güereca of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, who was shot in the head by a US agent during an […]
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