By Diane Alverio CTLatinoNews.com Donald Trump’s insulting remarks and actions regarding Univision’s network anchor Jorge Ramos at a press conference in Iowa (last) Tuesday predictably increased Latino disgust over his presidential campaign. It also gave Hispanics a new hero…
By Kent Patterson Frontera NorteSur It was one of those splendid cruises up Highway 26 and around the Mesilla Valley south of Las Cruces, New Mexico. A hot summer day and Mexican radio 106.7 FM from Ciudad Juarez was…
By Bill Sarno CTLatinoNews.com Three Connecticut cities with large Latino populations, three primary races and three prominent Latino officeholders, all Democrats, challenging candidates who bear the local party machinery’s seal of approval that they were denied. That is the…
By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian HARLINGEN , RGV – Elected officials who signed the BiNED agreement says their focus on bringing advanced manufacturing to the region is a better bet than pumping more and more money into border…
By Alex V. Hernandez EXTRA! There was a row of about 50 cars parked on half mile the stretch of Sacramento Avenue that sits next to Cook County Jail last Saturday. There were a few white cars but the…
By Jose Arredondo La Prensa Google Fiber’s ultra fast internet makes its way to the fast-growing city of San Antonio, Texas. Mayor Ivy Taylor made the googly-announcement this past Wednesday. This fairly new internet service is said to bring…
By Meira Gebel Mission Local Walking on San Carlos between 18th and 19th streets, 76-year-old Jerry Avila points to changes he has seen on the block where he has lived for more than 30 years. For most of that…
By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian PHARR, RGV – University should not be thought of as conveyor belt that churns out students for the workforce but rather a fun place to grow up and have a life-transforming experience. This…
By Michael McClure Borderzine “Wait a minute, this wont hurt at all will it?” Anthony Aguilar asks while holding a registration packet for Be The Match, a project to match donors with people who need bone marrow transplants. Anita…
El Tiempo Hispano The Bank of America Charitable Foundation announced that five high school juniors and seniors from Delaware will be awarded eight-week paid summer internships at local nonprofits through the Bank of America Student Leaders program. Although the…
By Alex V. Hernandez EXTRA! CHICAGO — Spanish newscaster plans to challenge incumbent Rep. Luis Gutiérrez in next year’s race for the 4th Congressional District of Illinois. “We always stick to one issue, immigration, and even though I have…
Frontera NorteSur Near the intersection of Vicente Guerrero and Lopez Mateos in Ciudad Juarez, local artist Maclovio describes a hypnotizing mural that honors three female victims of disappearance and homicide-Esmeralda Castillo Rincon, Rosa Virginia Hernandez Cano and Adriana Sarmiento….
By Bill Sarno CTLatinoNews.com The Puerto Rico debt crisis, if not resolved soon, is expected to have an impact far beyond the troubled commonwealth, with Connecticut, as the home to more than 250,000 Puerto Ricans, many with deep ties…
By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian McALLEN, RGV – On the eve of its annual summer conference, the Border Health Caucus has reaffirmed its support for the expansion of Medicaid. “There is no question about our support for Medicaid…
By Bill Sarno CTLatinoNews.com When Republicans in Waterbury asked Jose Morales, a former Democrat, to be their candidate for mayor, he quickly seized the opportunity and became the first Hispanic to seek this post in the city’s history. ”…
By Lisette Garcia The Venture EGMN reporter Lizette Garcia sets out to find the top five Hispanic leaders everyone in the Space City should know. Whether they’re helping young students land their dream job or helping citizens better themselves,…
By Natalia Bobadilla La Prensa SAN ANTONIO — More than 150 local students between the ages of 10 and 18 spent two days out of their summer delving into the realm of technology at San Antonio’s very own Geek…
By Mimi Pollack La Prensa San Diego Dancing flamenco and giving back to others have been part of Sonya Burton’s life since she was a child. These two passions will come together for one evening at The Abbey…
By Nate Robson Oklahoma Watch Oklahoma’s high school graduation rate has dropped, with low-income students seeing the largest decline, according to the latest data available from the state Department of Education. The state’s overall graduation rate was 82.7 percent…
By Laura Waxmann Mission Local The artist whose mural on LGBT love that has been vandalized at least four times said on Saturday at a community forum that he failed to foresee the impact and called the vandalism an…
By Aubrey Rumore Cronkite News WASHINGTON – The governor of the Gila River Indian Community told a House panel Wednesday that Indian Country is the nation’s “least served” area for broadband access, despite the “astounding” opportunity that it presents….
By Luis Badillo EXTRA! CHICAGO — Last week, Twitter saw a spike in the use of the hashtag #Not1More, which had users calling for the end of deportations and the detention of immigrants in the U.S. However, the movement…
By Luis Montoya Rio Grande Guardian McALLEN, RGV – GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump is to visit Laredo on Thursday to speak with the law enforcement community. KGNS-TV broke the news on its evening broadcast on Tuesday. Its source…
By Jose Lara La Prensa San Diego It’s official. Latinos now make up the largest ethnic group in California. They surpassed Whites for the first time since California was part of Mexico. However, the same is not true about…
By Lisa S. Lenkiewicz CTLatinoNews.com Across the state, Puerto Ricans are watching closely and some say with sadness and anger, at the state of financial peril in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Repayment of its outstanding debt –$72 billion…
