By REBECCA MCCLAY Cronkite News Service PHOENIX – At Mr. Lucky Barber Shop in this west Phoenix plaza, owner Ruben Vizzerra bides the time by mending his button-down shirt as he watches television. His 35-year-old business was already suffering…
LatinaLista — The press releases circulating today in advance of the press conference held by the former housekeeper of California’s Republican candidate Meg Whitman and her new lawyer, Gloria Allred, promised to reveal shocking information. Given the fact that…
LatinaLista — When it comes to politics, the adages of “turn the other cheek” or “stick and stones can break my bones but names can never hurt me” just don’t apply. In fact, by following either age-old advice a…
LatinaLista — Last week’s failure of the Senate Democrats to get the DREAM Act attached as an amendment to the Defense Reauthorization bill was a bitter blow to every student eligible under the DREAM Act to get on with…
LatinaLista — Four major newspapers in Texas — The Dallas Morning News, The Houston Chronicle, The Austin American-Statesman and The San Antonio Express-News — decided to conduct a statewide poll on how Texans feel about illegal immigration. Since it’s…
By Alyssa Newcomb Cronkite News Service PHOENIX – Ward Connerly has carved a career, and a reputation, out of striking down affirmative action, starting with university programs in his home state of California. Now Connerly and his American Civil…
LatinaLista — For anyone who has blogged, tweeted, marched or called on behalf of the DREAM Act these past several months, today’s events in the U.S. Senate chamber were extremely disappointing. While it’s interesting to note that most of…
LatinaLista — Before we had daily reports of indiscriminate murders of undocumented Central American immigrants committed by Mexican drug carteles, Americans weren’t so accustomed to hearing about mass deaths of undocumented immigrants. The first such report that brought this…
LatinaLista — It’s been over two months since Latina Lista joined with Citizen Orange and America’s Voice to elevate the voices of undocumented students who are fighting to be recognized as Americans. The “DREAM Now Series: Letters to Barack…
LatinaLista — Next week, it is widely anticipated that the DREAM Act will come up for a vote on the Senate floor as an attached amendment to the Defense Reauthorization bill — IF there are 60 votes to support…
LatinaLista — For the past month, letters to President Obama written by DREAM Act students have been posted to Latina Lista. It’s part of an ongoing campaign to get Congress to pass the DREAM Act. Well, yesterday two things…
LatinaLista — For the thousands of undocumented students who have been working tirelessly for passage of the DREAM Act — staging hunger strikes, peaceful sit-ins in the offices of Congressmen and women, organizing protest marches, creating petitions, Facebook pages,…
LatinaLista — Colorado Springs residents Manuel and Valente Valenzuela are brothers, Vietnam veterans, Mexican-Americans and facing deportation to Mexico — a country that by all rights is not their home. Though the two men were born in Mexico over…
By Alyssa Newcomb Cronkite News Service PHOENIX – Early ballots and strong interest in congressional races helped make turnout for the August primary the highest in 20 years, Secretary of State Ken Bennett said Tuesday. Releasing the official primary…
By Jennifer A. Johnson Cronkite News Service PHOENIX _ Arizona voters overwhelmingly favor even the most controversial provisions within SB 1070, according to a poll released Wednesday Arizona State University’s Morrison Institute for Public Policy. The electronic poll, conducted…
LatinaLista — The latest Pew Hispanic report, U.S. Unauthorized Immigration Flows Are Down Sharply Since Mid-Decade reflects several truths that are a result of our current immigration policies. To the casual reader (who especially supports Arizona’s SB1070), all the…
LatinaLista — While the focus this past week has been on how the various primary candidates were trying to get voters to vote for them by flaring tempers over illegal immigration, there was another story happening that involved the…
LatinaLista — Amid the debate over comprehensive immigration reform, arguments have centered over how such a bill would affect the undocumented immigrants who are here. But no one is looking at the bigger picture of how such a bill…
LatinaLista — It might just be any other Tuesday in most of the nation, but for the people of Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Oklahoma and Vermont today is voting day. Yet, the two state primaries that have garnered the most…
LatinaLista — Randy Parraz is a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate from Arizona. He also happens to be the only Latino Democrat running for the Senate. Given the level of unprecedented international attention on the state since their…
LatinaLista — The “DREAM Now Series: Letters to Barack Obama” is a social media campaign that launched Monday, July 19, to underscore the urgent need to pass the DREAM Act. The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM)…
LatinaLista — In a testy exchange between TX Democrat State Rep. Rene Oliveira of Brownsville and Judge Mary Horn, a Republican from North Texas over a new report detailing how much undocumented immigrants cost the state of Texas: Horn…
LatinaLista — As more and more Republican state politicians running for office take their cues from Arizona in proposing harsh legislation targeting undocumented immigrants, it has been disappointing as to either how silent or compliant Latino Republicans have been…
By Jennifer Barreto-Leyva LatinaLista VENEZUELA: “The Guardians of Chávez” is the name of a very controversial documentary produced and made by Spanish journalist Jon Sistaga, who also covered the American invasion of Baghdad and is ranked by Gallup as…
LatinaLista– There have been many columns, headlines and comments made regarding how the GOP treats Latinos. While Sen. Reid’s observations last week on how any Hispanic could be a Republican insulted many in the Latino community, the Sen. wasn’t…
