On Sunday evening, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake occurred in Mexico’s Baja California peninsula, jolting millions of people from Los Angeles and San Diego to Phoenix and scattering destruction along the U.S.-Mexico border. It was the region’s most powerful earthquake in decades, but damage was limited in part because the temblor had a shallow depth of […]
US Labor Secretary Tells America’s Under-Paid and Under- Protected “We Can Help!”
April 2, 2010 By
On Thursday, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis unveiled the U.S. Department of Labor’s “We Can Help” campaign at Chicago’s famed Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, on the Chicago campus of the University of Illinois. Solis announced the launching of the new marketing campaign that will let workers know that they can contact the federal government if […]
President Obama Signs Proclamation for Cesar Chavez Day
April 1, 2010 By
Earlier this week, President Barack Obama signed a proclamation in the Oval Office designating March 31st, as Cesar Chavez Day. Obama was surrounded by members of the Chavez family and leaders of the United Farm Workers (UFW) union on the day that would have been his 83rd birthday. Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the UFW along […]
Legendary Latino Educator Jaime Escalante Dies
March 31, 2010 By
Jaime Escalante, 79, passed away on Tuesday afternoon from cancer. A native of La Paz, Bolivia he was the son of two teachers and came to America in 1963 at age 33. In 1974 he obtained a job at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles where he encountered low expectations, gang activity and administrative […]
New York Teenager Testifies About Attacking Latinos for Sport
March 30, 2010 By
Nicholas Hausch, 18, of New York testified on Monday in New York State Supreme Court about attacking Latinos for sport which he called “beaner hopping”. On a Friday night in November 2008, Hausch said that he and two friends drove to Patchogue, New York and used a pistol-style BB gun to shoot at a Hispanic […]
Hispanic: Not a Race
March 29, 2010 By
From community groups and national organizations to churches and the federal government, a highly orchestrated and concerted effort is underway to ensure that Latinos in the US respond to the 2010 Census. This year’s form is, as boasted by the Census Bureau, the shortest one to date. However, despite its simplicity, one large question looms […]
Cuban-American Singer Leads Miami March in Support of Cuba’s Las Damas de Blanco
March 26, 2010 By
On Thursday, Grammy-Award winning singer and songwriter Gloria Estefan led a march on the famous Calle Ocho in Miami, in support of Cuba’s Las Damas de Blanco, or the Ladies in White. At a press conference earlier this week, Estefan called on exiles to join her in protest of the treatment received by the women […]
Pelosi Appoints Latino Lawmaker to President’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform
March 25, 2010 By
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, on Wednesday, appointed Congressman Xavier Becerra (D-CA) to serve on President Obama’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. The nine-term member joins fellow Democrats, Budget Committee Chairman John Spratt, and Energy and Commerce Committee member Jan Schakowsky to complete the 18 member bipartisan commission. In addition to serving as a […]
Hard Times Hit Latinos and Blacks
March 25, 2010 By
On Wednesday, the National Urban League released its annual report, “State of Black America”, measuring the disparities between blacks and whites in economics, education, health, civic engagement and social justice. This year, the report also included measurements of inequality for Hispanics. Marc Morial, president and CEO of the 100-year-old civil rights group, said, “These are […]
Clinton Leads Delegation to Mexico to Discuss Drug Violence
March 24, 2010 By
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton led a high-level U.S. delegation to Mexico on Tuesday to discuss the growing drug violence. She was joined by Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, the director of national intelligence, Dennis Blair, and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Michael Mullen. The visit […]
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