Earlier this morning President Barack Obama appeared in a town hall-style meeting at the White House co-sponsored by Univision. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis hosted the event and was joined by other officials to speak about the government’s efforts to control the H1N1 virus. She was joined by Esther Olavarria, deputy assistant secretary for policy […]

Latinovations thanks today’s guest bloggers, Julissa Reynoso and Michelle Garcia. This article appeared in Alternet on April 18th. Here we go, once more, into the political battlefield that is “immigration reform.” As the respective armies assemble to hash out who deserves citizenship and at what cost, we question whether true citizenship can be won by […]

Since New York Federal Appeals Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s name surfaced as a prime contender for the vacant seat on the Supreme Court, she has become the object of much criticism and praise in part because of her appeal to two of President Obama’s key consistencies: women and Latinos.

High school graduation rates for Latino teens in Montgomery County, a suburb of Washington D.C, are lower than for any other racial or ethnic group in the county. Last year, 78.13 percent of Latinos in Montgomery received diplomas, compared with 94.5 percent for non-Hispanic whites, 83.94 percent for African Americans and 95.45 percent of Asians […]

According to the Associated Press, the mayor of Albertville ,Alabama wants to require all local businesses with signs in Spanish to include an English translation, saying it is a matter of public safety.

By: Gustavo Arellano Latinovations thanks today’s special Cinco de Mayo guest blogger, Gustavo Arellano. This piece originally appeared in the OC Weekly. Become a friend of Gustavo’s on Facebook to keep up with his latest “Ask a Mexican” columns. Cinco de Mayo is ridiculous. It’s not pointless because it serves the nationalist project of promoting […]

As reported by the Associated Press, an all-white jury late Friday acquitted two Pennsylvania teenagers of all serious charges against them from the fatal beating of an illegal Mexican immigrant named Luis Ramirez. Brandon Piekarsky, 17, was acquitted of third-degree murder and ethnic intimidation, while Derrick Donchak, 19, was acquitted of aggravated assault and ethnic […]

As more than 140 cases of H1N1 virus, known as swine flu, have emerged across the United States, the growing public health concern has also exposed fear and hate against Hispanics. Conservative talk show host Michael Savage said, “No contact anywhere with an illegal alien! And that starts in the restaurants where you don’t know […]

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for what is being called the most significant case of this term.  If the conservative-leaning court rules the way some civil rights groups fear, it could strike down a central provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that was designed to protect minority voters.