Claiming that they are responding to years of historical skewing by the left, the Texas State Board of Education approved new guidelines last Friday for social studies and high school text books that contain a decidedly conservative bend. The process to approve the new text books is required every ten years by state law. However, […]
Arizona Lawmaker Now Targets Citizenship Rights
May 24, 2010 By
Buoyed by his success in authoring and passing the state’s controversial new anti-immigration law, Arizona State Sen. Russell Pearce is continuing his crusade. A local Phoenix reporter obtained emails from Pearce (R-Mesa) to constituents and supporters indicating he intends to introduce a measure in the state legislature that would deny US citizenship to the children […]
Poll Findings: Latinos Feel Sting of Discrimination
May 24, 2010 By
According to a recent poll commissioned by the Associated Press and Univision, Hispanics feel they are the most discriminated group in the US and are viewed as such by others. The AP-Univision poll compared results of attitudes of 901 surveyed Latinos to non-Hispanics polled in a separate AP-GfK survey. In the joint findings: 61 percent […]
Growing Hispanic Market Prompts Targeted Advertising Dollars
May 21, 2010 By
According to the Hispanic Pew Center, the U.S. Latino population is one of the fastest growing in the nation—accounting for 15.4 percent of the population in 2008. The media market is taking notice and spending more advertising dollars with Hispanic media outlets. The newest outlet to launch a website aimed at the Hispanic community is […]
Arizona Official Threatens to Cut off Los Angeles Power for Boycotting State
May 19, 2010 By
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa received a letter from Gary Pierce, commissioner of the Arizona Corporation Commission, which threatened to cut off the city’s power supply as payback for the city’s boycott of Arizona. As previously reported in La Plaza, the Los Angeles City Council made the decision last week to boycott Arizona in protest […]
Hate Crime Alleged in Phoenix Shooting
May 19, 2010 By
The family of a slain Hispanic man in Phoenix is demanding that his death be labeled a hate crime. Juan Varela, a third-generation Mexican-American, was slain in his front yard by a neighbor who allegedly repeated racial slurs and told him to “go back to Mexico” or he would die. Gary Thomas Kelley was charged […]
Guest Blogger Series: Albert Morales on “Reform Mexico First”
May 18, 2010 By
As featured in The Hill: During the next several months, pro- and anti-immigration reform advocates will return for a battle royale over the status of millions of undocumented immigrants. We will hear a common theme that comprehensive immigration reform is the single most important issue facing the Hispanic community. Much like the rhetoric of death […]
Mexican President to Visit U.S.
May 18, 2010 By
A little more than a year after they first met, President Obama and Mexican president Felipe Calderón will meet again, this time in Washington, to continue the dialogue on the complex issues facing the two nations. On Wednesday, the two leaders will participate in a joint press confrence in the Rose Garden. Later that evening, […]
Update: Sarah Palin Comes to Support of Gov. Jan Brewer
May 17, 2010 By
Ex-Alaskan governor Sarah Palin joined Arizona Governor Jan Brewer in Phoenix at a press conference on Saturday to kick off securetheborder.org, a web site Brewer hopes will combat the negative publicity around her state’s new anti-illegal immigration law. The one time vice presidential candidate placed the blame for the tough new law on the White […]
Texas Population Could Shift State Politics
May 17, 2010 By
Sometime between 2015 and 2020, the Hispanic population of Texas will surpass the Anglo population, according to the San Antonio Express News today. Hispanics will account for 78 percent of Texas’s population growth between now and 2040 while African Americans will account for 6 percent and Anglos only 4 percent. The change in demographics has […]
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