By Star Hunter AmigosNAZ Higher tuition at NAU, CCC, cuts in programs at community college level pose challenges for first-generation students Immigration reform may lead in the headlines, but it’s not the top issue for Hispanics. According to Pew…
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Audio Documentary: Mexicali deportees with a dream of return
Jul 16, 2014, 2:39 PM 0
By Jéssica Bedolla El Nuevo Sol The goal of this audio documentary is to put a human face on the devastating effects of deportations on immigrant families by giving voice to the deportees themselves. The documentary includes interviews with…
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Rio Grande Valley’s La Unión del Pueblo Entero sends White House its proposals for immigration reform
Jul 15, 2014, 9:02 AM 0
By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian SAN JUAN, TX — La Unión del Pueblo Entero (LUPE), which represents 7,000 colonia and low-income families in the Rio Grande Valley, has written to President Obama with recommendations on how to fix…
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Crisis in Sussex County, Delaware: The arrival of hundreds of children to Sussex County has created a serious humanitarian situation.
Jul 14, 2014, 9:21 AM 0
By Gabriel Pilonieta-Blanco El Tiempo Hispano Ana Costales, adviser to the alcohol and drug program, along with Neda Biggs, immigration attorney primarily dedicated to helping victims, and Claudia Peña Porreti, executive director of La Esperanza Community Center, talk to…
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LGBTQ movement acts as inspiration for immigration reform
Jul 10, 2014, 9:37 AM 0
By Fabiola Barral Extra! fter the neon skin-tight clothes were peeled off and the strewn banners were cleaned off the streets of Boystown, it was time to get to business. If last Sunday’s Pride Parade was a full blown…
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Migrant students attend Georgia university’s summer camp
Jul 9, 2014, 2:12 PM 0
By John Newton La Voz Latina Last month, 24 Georgia middle school students from around the state spent a week living on the campus of Georgia Southern University (GSU) in Statesboro while attending the second annual Georgia Migrant Education…
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The Latina Who Is Opera’s New ‘It Girl’
Jul 8, 2014, 10:33 AM 0
By Annika Darling CTLatinoNews.com “The music I sing comes to me as a beautiful, sublime gift.” ~Isabel Leonard At 32 years old Isabel Leonard is one of the world’s most in-demand mezzo-sopranos. CBC Music recently crowned her opera’s new…
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More Hispanics go to college after high school, but less actually graduate
Jul 7, 2014, 1:16 PM 0
By Jessica Salcedo Borderzine EL PASO — Eight years ago, when 24-year-old Rosalie Aguirre moved from Durango, México to El Paso to receive an education, she had no idea of the multiple steps she would have to take to…
By Warren Vieth Oklahoma Watch Oklahoma is one of only seven states that grew younger last year, thanks in part to an influx of 20-something oilfield workers, newly-released Census Bureau data shows. The Sooner State also became slightly more…
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Chicano Park muralist Victor Ochoa: “My love for education started in the barrios”
Jul 2, 2014, 1:02 PM 0
By Pablo J. Sáinz La Prensa San Diego After almost a quarter of a century teaching art in formal educational institutions, Chicano Park muralist Victor Ochoa retired from traditional classrooms last week, when MAAC Community Charter School ended its…
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Arizona woman looks back after almost 10 years fighting Redskins’ name
Jun 30, 2014, 9:41 AM 0
By Matthew Seeman Cronkite News WASHINGTON – Amanda Blackhorse said things have changed since a 2005 game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Washington Redskins, when she and other protesters faced fans’ verbal abuse for having the audacity…
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TX US Rep Cuellar: “Mexican leaders cannot believe the United States has not responded to its offer to help secure the southwest border”
Jun 20, 2014, 2:23 PM 0
By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian McALLEN, TX — Mexican leaders cannot believe the United States has not responded to its offer to help secure the southwest border and they wonder just how much commitment its neighbor to the…
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For Some, San Francisco Latino History Began With Irish Songs
Jun 19, 2014, 9:52 AM 0
By Lydia Chávez Mission Local As a boy, Francisco Camplis acquired a repertoire of songs that would have served him well in Dublin. Never mind that Camplis, now 80 years old, was the son of two Mexican immigrants in…
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The Connecticut Latino Behind The ‘Borinqueneers’ Bill
Jun 18, 2014, 1:27 PM 0
Brian Woodman, Jr. CTLatinoNews.com Frank Medina, grew up in Bridgeport, CT and still remembers when he first learned about the legendary ‘Borinqueneers.’ It was from his grandfather, who served in the 65th Infantry Regiment. Medina remembered the story of…
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French artist creates first video facade installation in the United States on San Antonio landmark
Jun 17, 2014, 10:48 AM 0
By Alyssa Bunting La Prensa de San Antonio San Antonio, the magical city of historical landmarks, is giving one of its oldest a facelift with a modern twist using some advanced technology. The San Fernando Cathedral is the oldest…
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With a Dream of Return: Deportees in Mexicali
Jun 16, 2014, 11:24 AM 0
By Jéssica Bedolla EL NUEVO SOL The goal of this audio documentary is to put a human face on the devastating effects of deportations on immigrant families by giving voice to the deportees themselves. The documentary includes interviews with…
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Political Developments Chill Immigration Reform from Texas to Virginia
Jun 13, 2014, 9:09 AM 0
Frontera NorteSur In new signs that prospects for immigration reform legislation are all but dead for now, developments in both state and national arenas have pushed a solution to the issue farther down the political tracks. For starters, Texas…
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Caring for thousands of children crossing illegally into the U.S. to cost $868 million in 2014
Jun 12, 2014, 10:08 AM 0
By Hecko Flores Borderzine EL PASO – Employees at a children’s shelter in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, found 12-year-old Noemi Alvarez Quillay’s lifeless body hanging from a shower-curtain rod last March. The Ecuadorian girl had been trying to cross the…
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Texas’ Hispanic Republicans urged to switch parties
Jun 11, 2014, 8:36 AM 0
By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian AUSTIN — Given what happened with the vote on immigration reform at the Texas GOP Convention last weekend, Hispanic Republicans are being urged to ditch their party and join the Democratic ranks. State…
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Latino student wins scholarship to Yale University
Jun 10, 2014, 3:56 PM 0
By John Newton La Voz Latina Forgive Christopher Rios-Villalobos if life seems a little surreal these days. The Latino teen has just graduated with the highest grade-point-average in his class at Swainsboro High School, has been recognized as the…
By Michael Bacos Extra! n May 27, Veterans for Immigration Reform held a discussion at the Pritzker Military Library to discuss the role of immigrants in the U.S. Armed Forces and how immigration reform is needed to protect these…
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NBA Finals bring San Antonio’s Mayor Castro a shot at redemption
Jun 6, 2014, 9:15 AM 0
By Lea Thompson La Prensa San Antonio — As the Spurs enter the NBA Finals season, all bets are back on. The Miami-Dade County Mayor’s office confirmed to La Prensa that Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos A. Gimenez planned to…
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Connecticut’s Young, Latino, and Political
Jun 5, 2014, 2:32 PM 0
By Adam Chiara CTLatinoNews.com The three have only lived for 84 years, yet in that time, these young Latinos have already made an impact in Connecticut politics. From leading a state commission, to serving on a city council, to…
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Arizona appeals court rules Maricopa County must pay former County Supervisor Wilcox to settle claims Sheriff Joe Arpaio intimidated her
Jun 3, 2014, 10:20 AM 0
By Julianne Defilippis Cronkite News Service WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court ruled Monday that Maricopa County must pay former County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox $975,000 to settle her claims that the sheriff and a former county attorney harassed…
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Founder of one of the most successful charter schools in nation shares 3 suggestions on helping students achieve academic success
Jun 2, 2014, 9:31 AM 0
By Mike Feiberg La Voz de Austin The debate over public education in Texas has been loud and heated. There’s nothing wrong with that, as long as we debate productively. But we’ve been bogged down in trivial fights that…
