Top Stories + Commentary Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)

November 10, 2009

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus took the right stand on threatening to withhold healthcare votes

October 28, 2009

An Entire Generation at Stake – By 2030, Latino children will make up half of the U.S. child population living in poverty.

October 13, 2009

CNN, You Can’t Have It Both Ways: It’s Either Dobbs or Your Latino Future – (w/ video)

August 24, 2009

Hispanics A Tough Sell On Health Care Reform – As A Group, They’re Among The Most Likely Not To Have Coverage, But They’re Wary Of Current Reform Efforts – (lots of info – great map)

August 21, 2009

It’s official: Political survey shows Latinos overall don’t trust Republicans for nada

August 18, 2009

Homeland Security’s Revolving Door – Contracts with the Department of Homeland Security are spewing billions of dollars into private industry, largely to companies that also rely on Pentagon military contracts.

August 16, 2009

What Sotomayor is Starting – The evolution of Latino politics.

June 30, 2009

Striking a nerve on racism – The time has come to fight hate speech against Latinos as we have against blacks.

June 29, 2009

Honduras coup is a blow to democracy

June 8, 2009

Puerto Rico en la Marcha : Over 100,000 March Against Layoffs, Form New Coalition

January 21, 2009

Is a Mexico collapse wishful thinking by people who want to militarize the border?

December 12, 2008

Bush Administration now bails out agricultural industry with changes to guestworker program that creates a government sanctioned slave market

December 2, 2008

The Next Supreme Court Justice? Push for the Nation’s First Hispanic Underway

October 6, 2008

Make No Mistake : ICE Raid of Citizen Latina Wasn’t a Mistake -A Port Isabel woman who has been a U.S. citizen for 40 years has immigration agents storm into her house.

September 26, 2008

Bush’s Last Latin America Initiative, the Path that Should Have Been

July 28, 2008

Still, there are issues in which a Latino lens slides into place. Education is one. It doesn’t surprise me that Latinos consistently rank education as the No. 1 issue. It must be, when 30 percent to 50 percent of Hispanic students are dropping out of high school and Latinos are the largest and fastest growing population in the country. A plus B equals disaster.

July 22, 2008

The next extinct species: the Latino journalist – Esther J. Cepeda

June 3, 2008

The Great Immigration Panic – Unjust and Unethical Treatment of Illegal Immigrants in the United States

May 20, 2008

Are immigration raids really doing what backers claim?

May 15, 2008

Feds grapple with backlog for citizenship – Arizona focus

April 21, 2008

Latinos need our own Obama

March 26, 2008

Mario Solis-Marich: A Call for Democratic Unity to Latino Voters

January 24, 2008

Mexico could be a factor – Mexico President Felipe Calderon US visit and immigration’s part in election

January 15, 2008

Five myths about the recent anti-immigration talk in America

January 14, 2008

No need for rush job on immigration – (the Indianapolis Star takes a rational approach: “Legislature needs to take time to study how a proposal targeting illegal immigrants would affect businesses and the economy.” and gets burned in the comments)

January 7, 2008

The Latino effect: Will it be felt in 2008 race? – California politics

December 13, 2007

Saying ‘Adios’ To Spanglish – Growing up, I wanted nothing to do with my heritage. My kids made me see how wrong that was.

December 9, 2007

Man from El Chuco: Helping Bridge the Divide – (worth reading)

December 3, 2007

Losing Our Minds over Immigration

Immigration is back – with a vengance

November 25, 2007

The black-Latino blame game – Los Angeles

November 11, 2007

Immigrant Issue Can’t Save Republicans

October 28, 2007

What Part of ‘Illegal’ Don’t You Understand? – (good read)

October 21, 2007

A matter of ethnicity and journalistic ethics – the Rebecca Aguilar saga in Dallas

October 13, 2007

Tomás’ thoughts on the 2nd National Congreso Latino: Summary – Passion: Hope & Frustration + Action & Words

October 11, 2007

Marisa Treviño: New Report Analyzes the Immigration Reform Caucus’ Role in Derailing True Immigration Reform

September 20, 2007

Is GOP determined to avoid minority voters? – Republicans are passing up opportunities right and left – (This seems to be the question of the moment & it is quite a valid question)

September 17, 2007

Maria’s hopes rest on a DREAM

August 21, 2007

Adios and good riddance, Elvira Arellano – Felon with huge sense of entitlement mocked law, gave immigrants stigma – Esther J. Cepeda

August 20, 2007

Disregard diversity at own risk – Ruben Navarrette

May 14, 2007

LAPD Opens Dangerous Front in Immigrant Movement

Latinos give PBS a history lesson

May 2, 2007

Ruben Navarrette Jr.: PBS series on WWII has a big hole

April 8, 2007

Latina Lista: The 30th Annivesary of Roots Stirs Thoughts of That its Time to Recognize Latino Journeys to this Country

April 5, 2007

Spanish language media is valuable

April 4, 2007

Scandal-ridden Gonzales guilty of nothing worse than ineptitude – Ruben Navarrette Jr.

Hispanics power slow to be realized at polling places

April 2, 2007

Latina Lista: Dallas Mega-Rally Falls Short of Last Years Numbers: Why Aren’t Latinos Supporting the Cause Like They Did?

March 29, 2007

Rico : Marketing to Hispanics botched big time

March 21, 2007

Latino leaders silence is killing blacks – L.A. is headed for a racial meltdown unless the two groups form a coalition.

March 20, 2007

Latina Lista: The Extent of Gonzales’ Guilt Should Serve as a Wake-Up Call to Latinos

March 15, 2007

PBS series excludes Hispanics (this upsets me)

March 8, 2007

BLACK PRIDE By TEGO CALDERON – LATIN AMERICA NEEDS ITS OWN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT SAYS THE WORLD-FAMOUS RAPPER

February 27, 2007

Latina Lista: Is New Mexican Site Calling for Deportation of the Undocumented the Real Thing? (I don’t know)

February 26, 2007

Immigrant paradox

February 15, 2007

Janet Murguian: A change of heart on guest workers

January 23, 2007

Richardson could be ’08’s most dangerous candidate

January 19, 2007

Latinos know up close the cost of Iraq war

January 16, 2007

Ruben Navarrette Jr.: Social Security is about math, not Mexicans – If you want to get everybody up in arms, just blame illegal immigrants.

January 11, 2007

Kern woman true Latina of substance – Dolores Huerta

January 9, 2007

Latina Lista: New Study on Immigrant Entrepreneurship Fails to take into Account the Value of All Immigrant Labor

January 7, 2007

Put down the pitchforks and hear Badillo out

January 2, 2007

For Latinos, 2006 will be a year to remember

December 21, 2006

Latina Lista: Privatized Immigrant Detention Facilities for Families Revealed to be Modern-Day Concentration Camps

December 3, 2006

A convenient foil for those who think nation is too Hispanic – Ruben Navarrette on NCLR & Janet Murguia

November 29, 2006

Farmers Branch Folly: Local Immigration Laws Do More Harm than Good

November 20, 2006

Escondido and others have it wrong on immigration

November 16, 2006

Spanish speakers earn a place in U.S. society

November 15, 2006

Latina Lista: Are Hispanic Family Values a Myth?

Border security rhetoric centers on culture and language fears

November 14, 2006

THE HYPOCRITICAL ANTI-IMMIGRANT ARGUMENT

November 13, 2006

Hispanic Family Values? Runaway illegitimacy is creating a new U.S. underclass.

November 6, 2006

Latina Lista: Can Latino Political Candidates Be Seen Independent of “Hispanic Issues?”

October 23, 2006

Commentary: Letter is bid to intimidate Latino voters

October 22, 2006

IMMIGRATION MATTERS: A Wild-Eyed Gamble with the GOP’s Future

October 19, 2006

Illegal immigrants used as pawns in heated campaign rhetoric

October 13, 2006

GOP Illegal Immigrant ‘Social Security’ Claim Debunked

Jorge Mariscal: PowerPoint Racism – How Military Recruiters Pitch to Latinos

October 12, 2006

Governor’s language lesson

October 10, 2006

Latina Lista: Have Undocumented Immigrants Been Renamed as “Enemy Combatants”?

October 4, 2006

The Democrat-supported border wall is a slap in the face to both Mexico and Mexican-Americans

October 2, 2006

Don’t Confuse Mexican Immigration with Terrorism

September 28, 2006

Double Standard for Hispanic Media? Miami Scandal Puts Journalists Under Fire

September 26, 2006

Border fence bill simply a grand political deception

September 24, 2006

Fence-building along the border a futile gesture

The Gentrification of El Paso’s Historic El Segundo Barrio – Texas

September 14, 2006

News Blackout on LA’s Latino Congreso (I can attest to this – the interesting thing is that this is from an anti-immigration person not from any Hispanic leaders or Congreso participants)

September 12, 2006

Orange Grove: Legalization leads to assimilation

August 27, 2006

Looking like Don Quixote, not Sancho Panza

August 13, 2006

Birth control message is not reaching Latinas

August 7, 2006

Immigrant blame game nothing new in America. (Check out the quotes from a very famous American. I had no idea.)

April 13, 2006

La Queen Sucia: “Illegals” in the U.S. Military in Iraq. I don’t know if this is true, but if it is….

February 2, 2006

From “American Dream’ to “Latino Nightmare’

December 7, 2005

Confined Space: The Pineros: Newspaper Series Forces Change in Treatment of Immigrant Workers

November 23, 2005

Latina Lista: La Virgin de Guadalupe Appears But You Wouldn’t Know It If You Only Read English

November 2, 2005

Latina Lista: To See the Future, the Nation Need Only Look at the State of Texas Latinos Today