By Mariana Llamas-Cendon Amigos805.com SANTA BARBARA, CA — Alternative music lover, current PR entrepreneur, former successful PR executive for the music industry, passionate radio DJ, “punk” at heart and funky shoes collector — Mariluz Gonzalez is an ascending professional…
By Angela Covo La Prensa San Antonio San Antonio.- Fleeing the dangers at home in Mexico, a new wave of legal immigrants from the south bring jobs and investment capital to the United States, specifically to San Antonio, a…
LatinaLista — The juvenile antics of the GOP in setting terms for raising the debt ceiling and their continuous sparring with the President and Democrats over the issue can’t help but be seen as a stark predictor of how…
LatinaLista — This week, when President Obama appeared before the National Council of La Raza’s annual convention, he pledged solidarity with Latinos on the issue of immigration reform and the DREAM Act. Yet, what he didn’t pledge support with…
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary _________________________________________________________________ REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT TO THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF LA RAZA Marriott Wardman Park Hotel Washington, D.C. 12:50 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you! Thank you so much. (Applause.) What…
LatinaLista — The dead bodies of hundreds of immigrants found along the US-Mexico border is a haunting reality by itself but Mexican artist Luz María Sánchez has created a special sound-based art installation that makes 2,487 of these dead…
LatinaLista — He was against Muslims immigrating into his country and he didn’t like that society was turning multicultural. Those have been the two reasons offered as the motives for the bloody rampages of Norway’s most notorious mass assassin,…
LatinaLista — Before President Obama even took to the podium at today’s NCLR conference there was the usual expectations — and the usual letdowns afterwards. In a speech that seemed to regurgitate past rhetoric about the recession, jobs, the…
La Costa Latina MONTGOMERY, ALA. -The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and a coalition of civil rights groups filed a class action lawsuit on July 21 challenging Alabama’s extreme anti-immigrant law, HB 56, passed last month. The law is…
By Cristina Rayas Cronkite News Service WASHINGTON – A Phoenix business leader warned Tuesday (July 19, 2011) that businesses will continue to suffer from the jumbled approach to immigration issues by states, unless the federal government steps in. “Down…
LatinaLista — Six states have enacted some form of government ID laws, meaning that citizens cannot cast a vote until they show some form of ID. The assumption is that this law should be no big deal. After all,…
By Juan Miret Hispano de Tulsa TULSA, Oklahoma – Police Chief Chuck Jordan says his department’s mission is public safety and fighting crime. “We are not immigration agents.” “My officers are working so all of us can enjoy a…
LatinaLista — The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) holds their annual national convention next week in Washington, DC and has scored a coup in getting President Obama to commit an appearance. In fact, they beat out their fellow…
LatinaLista — Ever since President Obama was elected, the rhetoric from the GOP to make him a “one-term president” has been nonstop. Blistering comments lobbed against a sitting president by the opposing party is nothing new. In fact, it’s…
LatinaLista — Today’s release of the Nation’s Report Card: Geography 2010 showed that 12th graders not only had the least improvement in geography scores but the percentage of students at or above Proficient was lower in 2010 than in…
LatinaLista — One of the selling points of the DREAM Act — the bill that sets young undocumented people on a path to citizenship after meeting a laundry list of criteria — is the point that the ones who…
MetroLatinoUSA WASHINGTON, DC — Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL), Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) and more than a dozen religious leaders representing a broad variety of faith traditions, today announced a DREAM Act Sabbath – an initiative enlisting…
LatinaLista — The reference to “youth being the future” has been said so often it’s been drilled down to a cliche that elicits little to no response these days. Yet, unlike past eras, the truth of the statement is…
LatinaLista — Just how racist is the United States? It’s a question that used to have a gray area. Though it was recognized that some regions of the country were still stuck in the pre-Civil Rights era, the broader…
LatinaLista — The #1 concern of the White House these days has little to do with the Hispanic Public Policy Summit wrapping up its two-day meeting on Capitol Hill or the announcement today of a “DREAM Act Sabbath” by…
LatinaLista — When it comes to transracial adopting — when an adopted child is of a different race/ethnicity from the adoptive parents — a loving home outweighs any other concern for what is best for the child. Yet, it…
LatinaLista — There’s no denying that President Obama and his staff are under a lot of pressure these days. Seeing all the hoops Republicans are making him jump through while they deliver the party’s standard stall strategy — making…
Air Date: Sunday, July 10, 2011 Key: JR: Jorge Ramos AB: Andrew Breitbart JR: MR. BREIBART, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TALKING TO US. AB: Thank you very much Jorge. JR: LET ME START BY ASKING YOU ABOUT CONGRESSMAN…
LatinaLista — The practice of microfinance — loaning low-income entrepreneurs small loans to start or help their businesses along — is not a new concept. In fact, it’s been around, with a lot of success, for several years. Microfinance…
By Alfredo R. Santos, publisher La Voz de Austin First they came for the communists, and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a communist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn’t speak out because I…
