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UC Santa Barbara to host International Mother Language Day Conference
Amigos805.com SANTA BARBARA — Sixty years ago, a group of students from the University of Dhaka in Bangladesh (then known as East Pakistan) were killed as they participated in the Bengali Language Movement protests. The student activists were seeking to have Bengali recognized as an official language of Pakistan. In their honor, the United Nations
Opinion: Corruption at Lawrence, MA City Hall cheats underprivileged children
Published on 21 Feb, 2012 at 9:04 in Community Stories, General, Northeast | Viewed 174 times | No Comments
By Dalia Diaz RUMBO This is a different kind of corruption, but corruption nevertheless. A few weeks ago, I wrote about 97 tickets to see Disney on Ice on February 23 that were available through the Recreation Department at a cost of $20 each including transportation for that price. Since they had not been advertised
Editorial: Once again: I-L-L-E-G-A-L!
Published on 20 Feb, 2012 at 10:04 in Community Stories, Great Plains | Viewed 169 times | No Comments
By Juan Miret Hispano de Tulsa Eleven. Yes, since 2007 I have written 11 editorials on this subject. However, there is always a single-neuron being that loses his bearings and is intent on labeling undocumented immigrants as “illegals.” Forget for a moment that the National Association of Hispanic Journalists has been calling for ending the
NAFTA links 450 million persons in a $17-trillion market
By Robert Brown Borderzine EL PASO – The North American Free Trade Agreement, (NAFTA) created 18 years ago spawned millions of jobs in Mexico, sending $160 billion in business south of the border. “Never did we expect during the negotiations the success that NAFTA has had,” said Dr. Herminio Blanco, founder of Soluciones Estratégicas and
Lawmakers grill Napolitano on deportation practices, border
By Dustin Volz Cronkite News Service WASHINGTON – Lawmakers pressed Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano about border security and deportation policies in two House hearings that lasted much of the day Wednesday. Napolitano’s appearance before a House Appropriations subcommittee in the morning and the House Homeland Security Committee in the afternoon was supposed to be
Border Patrol budget would cut agents’ overtime pay
By Hernán Rozemberg Fronteras Desk SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Under President Barack Obama’s proposed budget, the Department of Homeland Security would not change the current number of Border Patrol staff, but would change their pay rates. The National Border Patrol Council, the union representing 17,000 agents, said the cut in overtime pay will reduce the
Mexican legends of romantic music to support (former astronaut) Jose Hernandez’s U.S. Congressional candidacy
Bilingual Weekly Modesto, CA — Mexican romantic group Los Dandys, along with La Sonora Santanera, will rally support for Jose Hernandez’s congressional race the evening of April 14th at the Modesto Banquet Hall. The 1950s quartet, Los Dandys, was originally scheduled to perform at Stockton’s Chitivas Sports Bar and Grill and at La Comision Honorifica
Missing Papá – Latino Families Dismembered by Unequeal Treatment
By Adam Gettinger-Brizuela La Prensa San Diego There is someone very important missing from the lives of tens of thousands of Latino children in San Diego County: their father. Although Latinos are not the majority in San Diego County, our men are disproportionately jailed and imprisoned, so they make up the majority of the incarcerated
Garza: Is the VA Discriminating Against Latinos?
By Arturo ‘Treto’ Garza Rio Grande Guardian HARLINGEN — A while back some of the leaders of America’s Last Patrol Post 3 were criticized when they made public that at a San Antonio Veterans Affairs meeting, they were told that the VA would never construct a veterans hospital for those people from “down by the
Latina among a growing number of unorthodox young entrepreneurs
Published on 9 Feb, 2012 at 10:13 in Community Stories, General, South | Viewed 244 times | No Comments
By Raymond Ruiz The Venture HOUSTON — Evident Empire has gained a reputation as a socially-conscience media service agency in the Houston area. The multimedia marketing company was founded by Jessica Bolaños, an aspiring filmmaker, and her fiance in 2009. Bolaños, a 27-year-old Colombiana, chose to go into business for herself rather than climb the corporate
