CTLatinoNews.com A national organization has moved into Connecticut with the goal of helping to harness and mobilize the power of the state’s growing Latino population. The Hispanic Federation, which is based in New York and serves as an umbrella…
By Luis Flores Borderzine BERKELEY – What is “public” about a public history? Is it that these historical narratives chronicle marginalized rather than elite stories? Is it that these types of stories can be publically available, on a website…
By Brian Dudley Extra News Community activists gathered at Good Sheperd Parish for a rally on Dec. 1 that called upon Gov. Quinn and Mayor Emanuel to increase prevention and enforcement efforts against a form of assault called the…
By John Rosales Hispanic Link News Service My tio Lalo was proud of the Jesus portrait tattooed across his chest. He also had the Virgen strategically scratched on his left arm, where her colored garments and rosary beads hid…
By Pablo J. Sáinz La Prensa San Diego David Alvarez is one step closer to becoming the first mayor of Mexican origin in San Diego. The once relatively unknown Democrat councilmember, placed second in the Nov. 19th special mayoral…
By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian NUEVO PROGRESO, TX – An attorney and bail bonds company owner in Edinburg has started a national organization to provide free legal advice to Mexican nationals living in the United States. Fred Regalado…
By Andra Cernavskis MissionLocal Principal Lena Van Haren called 8th graders at Everett Middle School to the auditorium to hear about high school applications. They filed in, sat, and waited. Then, District 8 Supervisor Scott Wiener, who could easily…
The Venture A new study by University of Houston (UH) researchers may lead to dramatic changes in the way language is taught and learned – especially a second language. These findings are important because statistics show 60 percent of…
By Gabriel Pilonieta-Blanco El Tiempo Hispano Many of us are confused about how the new law requiring everyone in America to have health insurance will work, so we decided to talk to Delaware’s Secretary of Health and Social Services,…
By Joe Sandoval La Prensa de San Antonio My admiration and involvement with John F. Kennedy started when he ran for office against Vice President Richard Nixon in 1960. I was a student at Hawthorne Jr. High. That’s what…
By Angel Fernandez-Chavero Special to CTLatinoNews.com You can accuse them, but rarely convict them. Police officers, that is, when they’re alleged to have committed criminal acts in the course of duty. So it was a virtual miracle when two…
By Pablo J. Sáinz La Prensa San Diego When José Vallejo started attending the Barrio Logan College Institute (BLCI) 16 years, along with a group of children from Logan Heights and surrounding areas, used to meet after school at…
By Kendra Szabo Cronkite News Service Maria Quiring’s son was just months old the day the deportation notice arrived at her El Mirage home. Despite her marriage of five years to a U.S. Air Force serviceman, Quiring was ordered…
By John Newton La Voz Latina “Your gift of language changes lives.” That was the theme of a speech delivered by Yair Muñoz, a student at Armstrong Atlantic State University (AASU) in Savannah, to more than 500 ESOL teachers…
By Lucia Quinonez Borderzine EL PASO — It sounded like a fiesta, but between the laughter and loud chatter the group of some 80 Latina women examined the existential questions of identity and women’s rights. Organized here recently by…
By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian WESLACO, TX — Should the new university being created by UT in South Texas build and staff community centers in the region’s most populous colonias? What about the new university providing high-speed Internet…
By Frank X. Moraga AmigosNAZ As he surveyed the room, Sean Arce hit the play button and the video kicked in on the screen. Students, high school students, could be seen on the video rushing to sit and chain…
By Juniper Rose Hispanic Link: National Hispanic News Three members of the 435-member U.S. House of Representatives — one the child of immigrant parents from Portugal, another with Puerto Rican and Mexican in-laws and a third who called Cuba…
By Lisa S. Lenkiewicz CTLatinoNews.com In the fall of 1993, a committed group of Hispanic lawyers, meeting in New Haven, formed the Connecticut Hispanic Bar Association (CHBA). Among their original and lofty goals were to enhance the visibility of…
By Eleanore Catolico EXTRA News As the city transitions to the winter, one of Pilsen’s community gardens prepares for a fresh start. On Nov. 3, Pilsen community members gathered in an office at St. Pius Church to discuss the…
La Voz Last month, attorney Thomas L. Cole was sworn in by Mayor Glenn Jones as the new Chief Judge for Port Wentworth, Ga. Cole also serves as a municipal court judge for Thunderbolt, Ga. and sits as a…
By Alex Corey El Nuevo Sol On September 30, Luis Rivera, 17, attempted to enter the U.S. through Laredo, Texas — 1400 miles away from his family’s home in Los Angeles. As Rivera stepped up to speak with a…
By Pablo J. Sáinz La Prensa San Diego If you ask him, Juan Ortiz would tell you that he rarely votes in local elections. But now that that two of the candidates in the City of San Diego special…
By Clifton Adcock Oklahoma Watch Despite a congressman’s recent assurance that many hospitals “do the work for free,” Oklahoma’s hospitals spend less than 3 percent of their net patient revenues on charity care on average, records show. During a…
By Kent Paterson Frontera NorteSur New Mexico and the borderland will come alive this weekend with activities related to the annual Day of the Dead celebration, which falls on Saturday, November 2, this year. As befits a cultural boom…
