By Delia Pompa As featured in the Huffington Post and NCLR: School is now in full swing, and students throughout the country are readjusting to new classmates, teachers, and schoolwork. Many states are also marking the new school year by beginning to implement the Common Core State Standards, which are part of a voluntary, state-led […]
Guest Blogger Series: Delia Pompa “The Promise of Real Change in Our Education System”
September 10, 2010 By
Civil Rights Groups Taking Aim at Childhood Obesity
September 7, 2010 By
A coalition of leading civil rights groups in the nation, including the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) and the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) are uniting to help end the epidemic of child obesity. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is funding a […]
Guest Blogger Series: Janet Murguía on “GOP flirting with Disaster on Latinos”
August 12, 2010 By
As featured in Politico: The National Council of La Raza honored Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) in 2007 for his work on immigration. “We are going to solve this [immigration] problem,” Graham said that night, “We’re not going to run people down. We’re not going to scapegoat people. We’re going to tell the bigots to shut […]
NAACP Calls for Tea Party to Condemn Racism within In Its Ranks
July 15, 2010 By
The NAACP, the nation’s largest and oldest civil rights organization, adopted a resolution Tuesday condemning racism within the Tea Party at their annual national convention held this year in Kansas City, Missouri. Among the accusations is that the Tea Party has been tolerating racism and welcoming white supremacists within their ranks. Hilary Shelton, director of […]
Civil Rights Leaders Call for All-Star Game Move
July 12, 2010 By
On the eve of the Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game, Janet Murguia, president and chief executive of the national Council of La Raza, and Wade Henderson, president and chief executive of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, make an argument for moving next year’s game out of Arizona in an op-ed in today’s Washington Post. […]
Financial Reform Bill Will Help Latino Families
July 7, 2010 By
The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) has released their analysis of the financial regulatory reform bill recently passed by the US Senate. In it, they outline what they believe to be the “victories” for Latino families in this piece of legislation. Many Latino families resort to payday and car title loans to pay their […]
Guest Blogger Series: Janet Murguía “Arizona Law is Not a Solution”
April 28, 2010 By
As appeared in Politico Gov. Jan Brewer promised Friday that Arizona’s new law targeting illegal immigrants has “no tolerance” for racial profiling. Please. Don’t insult our intelligence. I’ll give you three words by way of explanation: Sheriff Joe Arpaio. For years, law enforcement agencies have criticized the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office for failing to serve […]
Latinovations Honors the Legacy of Dr. Dorothy Height
April 20, 2010 By
Early Tuesday morning, Dorothy I. Height, who fought for most of her life on behalf of women and blacks, died at the age of 98. Height was president of the National Council of Negro Women for more than 40 years, advising presidents from Dwight Eisenhower to Bill Clinton on both civil and gender rights. She […]
Study by NCLR Examines Emotional Impact of Foreclosures
February 16, 2010 By
A study being released this week by the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill reports that the stress of foreclosure can have detrimental effects on families and marriages. The study is based on interviews with 25 Latino families in California, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, and Texas.
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