By Nate Robson Oklahoma Watch An amendment co-sponsored by Sen. Jim Inhofe would track the graduation rates of homeless and foster care students, while the bill it is attached to would replace the controversial No Child Left Behind Act….
By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, RGV – Starr County Judge Eloy Vera says the so-called “border surge” played havoc with the local economy because a lot of people stayed indoors and did not go to…
By Pablo J. Sáinz La Prensa San Diego SAN YSIDRO — Thanks to a strong support network that included her parents and teachers, Julissa Muñiz never thought of dropping out of high school when she became pregnant at the…
By Bill Sarno CTLatinoNews.com The future of the state’s economy and its global competitiveness will largely be determined by how well Connecticut schools prepare their English Language Learners, an area where much work remains to ensure that these students…
By Andrea Estrada Amgios805 The Chicano movement of the late 1960s and 1970s was the largest and most widespread civil rights and empowerment movement by Mexican-Americans in U.S. history. But without strong and dedicated leadership, it might not have…
By Tanya Carbajal Borderzine Water witching (also called divining or water dowsing) is a practice used to locate ground water using a stick, rod, pendulum, or something similar. With the drought going on in the El Paso area, a…
By Mark R. Day La Prensa San Diego The aroma of ceremonial sage brush and the sound of Indian drums and chants mingled with the cool ocean breeze blowing over Mission San Luis Rey recently at the 19th annual…
By Soyenixe Lopez Cronkite News WASHINGTON – Schools across the country have made “remarkable progress” toward closing achievement gaps between different groups of students, but “troubling achievement gaps” remain for the lowest-performing schools, administration officials said Monday. A state-by-state…
By Natalie Bobadilla La Prensa SAN ANTONIO, TX — Ill and injured veterans are using their skills and mindset to hunt the enemy in a battlefield much closer to home. Through the Human Exploitation Rescue Operative (HERO) Child-Rescue Corps,…
El Tiempo Hispano DELAWARE — Finally, on June 29, after much anticipation, by a vote of 22 in favor and 15 against, Senate Bill 59 was passed by the State House of Representatives and signed immediately by Governor Jack…
By Luis Gonzalez Borderzine EL PASO — Grabbing the wrestling ring ropes with both hands, in one swift move Eddie Guerrero landed on the top turnbuckle facing the ring and then launched off the turnbuckle into a backflip. The…
Bill Sarno CTLatinoNews.com As Connecticut is poised to rename a major street through a Latino neighborhood in Bridgeport to “Borinqueneers Memorial Highway’, nationally questions are raised about the lack of input they’ve had in the design of the Congressional…
By Jenny Manrique Mission Local An award-winning Bolivian folkloric dance group — started in a local high school and nurtured in any rehearsal space it could find — celebrates its 15th anniversary this weekend with four programs at the…
Frontera NorteSur A groundwater crisis is literally deepening in the Juarez Valley across from Texas. Mexican officials report that wells drilled to a depth of about 400 feet are drying up or producing poor quality water, forcing users to…
By KeAnna Whisenhunt La Prensa de San Antonio San Antonio native and artist Moni Avila has designed a program that will educate the public on the importance of Mexican American culture and its history. Inspired by her own upbringing…
By Soyenixe Lopez Cronkite News WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court Monday upheld a lower court ruling that said Arizona’s system for educating English-language learners does not violate the federal Equal Educational Opportunities Act. A three-judge panel of the…
By Alex V. Hernandez EXTRA! CHICAGO — The twin Puerto Rican flags that bookend Division Street in Humboldt Park will soon be joined by steel flags from other Latin American countries. “What they’re going to do is install these…
By Pablo J. Sáinz La Prensa San Diego The campaign to bring ethnic studies courses to San Diego high schools is one step closer to becoming a reality. On the June 9th San Diego Unified School District governing board…
By Joey Gomez Rio Grande Guardian WESLACO, Rio Grande Valley – It’s not up to Texas to discriminate against immigrants and their children. That’s the message from attorneys for Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid, Inc. and the Texas Civil…
Borderzine Maricela Reyna and her family pay property tax on their home, located in an El Paso County colonia. Yet they lack access to municipal water and gas services. Instead, they hire a tanker truck to deliver water each…
By Bill Sarno CTLatinoNews.com Stamford has bid a fond adios to Miriam Arzola, a Chilean immigrant who is returning to her homeland to care for her ill father after having been a “super volunteer” for many local organizations and…
By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian MERCEDES, RGV – Forty six high school students from 11 school districts across the Rio Grande Valley are spending four days this week at Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Brown University and…
By Adda Montalvo La Prensa “El gentleman andaba por allí por los fifty” … Sounds right, no? He was tall, skinny and his mind merged one day with all the books he read of chivalry and dreaming of adventures….
By José Antonio López Rio Grande Guardian One of the favorite descriptions used by advertising and news media to define San Antonio is “The Álamo City”. Also, the popular Spanish Mexican colonial church silhouette is a universal logo used…
By Soyenixe Lopez Cronkite News WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Monday refused to intervene in a case that overturned Arizona’s voter-approved ban on bail for criminal defendants who are in this country illegally. The high court denied an…
