(The following is written by a regular contributor to Latina Lista’s Linking Latinas section.) by Jennifer Barreto-Leyva Venezuelans are about to say good-bye for good to democracy and freedom of speech. The only independent TV Station is about to…
LatinaLista — One of the first signs there was big trouble in Iran was when the government banned foreign journalists from reporting on what was happening in the country. Media censorship Regardless of the event, whenever it is heard…
by Jennifer Barreto-Leyva VENEZUELA: Venezuelans are about to say good-bye for good to democracy and freedom of speech. The only independent TV Station is about to be closed by Hugo Chavez’s regime. Radio Caracas Televisión (the first TV Station…
LatinaLista — The Supreme Court has been very busy these last few weeks. Try as they might to avoid passing any controversial cases — such as today’s vote on keeping Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act and last…
18 de junio de 2009 La Prensa .- Central Texans joined in on the global protests of the disputed presidential election in Iran. Police estimate about 500 Iranian-Americans and other reformist supporters showed up in front of the Texas…
LatinaLista — Benita Veliz has become the national face of the DREAM Act, a bill before Congress that would allow students who were brought to this country illegally as children by their parents to attend college at in-state tuition…
LatinaLista — The news yesterday that the Supreme Court justices had refused to hear a case that challenged the federal government’s assertion that it could supersede state and local laws to build the fence between Mexico and the U.S….
LatinaLista — There’s no denying that hate crimes and violence against people of color, religion, and sexual preference seem to be on the rise. Of course, the latest hate crime is the Holocaust Museum murderer but there are countless…
LatinaLista — On the heels of the news (and please forgive the pun) that Judge Sotomayor fractured her ankle at La Guardia airport enroute to Capitol Hill for more meetings, one conservative who has been having a field day…
LatinaLista — NEWSFLASH — There are Latinos in the military! Ok, so that’s not such a newsflash but what may be news is that certain branches of the military are going above-board in creating special marketing campaigns trying to…
LatinaLista — While the rise in the Latino population is shifting the demographics of the country, a new U.S. Census report reveals it’s Multiracial Americans who are impacting the growth of all communities of color. When the Pew Hispanic…
LatinaLista — In April, 200 detainees at the Port Isabel Detention Center in Los Fresnos, Texas started a hunger strike to draw attention to their complaints of physical and verbal abuse, improper medical attention and the fact that the…
LatinaLista — Gabriel Arana is a Spring 2009 intern at The Nation, as well as, a graduate student at Cornell University. Though Arana is based these days on the East Coast, he is a product of the U.S.-Mexico border region….
LatinaLista — When Sonia Sotomayor was named this week by President Obama as his choice for the upcoming Supreme Court vacancy, everyone knew that conservatives would scream and holler. The cover page of the Berkeley speech delivered by Sotomayor…
LatinaLista — The fact that Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor is both extremely qualified and Latina are sources of pride for the Latino community who has seen too many promising Latino/a nominees or appointees to Obama’s administration fall…
LatinaLista — Dr. Douglas Massey is a professor of Sociology at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and is an adjunct professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. Specializing in the sociology…
LatinaLista — In the last two days, there has been more positive news regarding aspects of immigration reform than has been seen in the last few months. To start with, the DREAM Act received a very large endorsement from…
LatinaLista — It was reported today that the Obama administration is expanding an immigration program that was started under the Bush administration. It entails checking the immigration status of people booked into local jails. The idea being that those…
LatinaLista — It seems at every chance the Obama administration builds upon the two strengths it had going for itself during the presidential campaign — youth and technology. The latest initiative that targets these two areas is an innovative…
LatinaLista — Today is the anniversary of one of the largest work-site immigration raids in U.S. history. It was one year ago that federal officials stormed a Postville, Iowa kosher meat packing plant and didn’t just detain 389 men…
LatinaLista — This past weekend, 130 invited women from 50 countries began arriving in Antigua, Guatemala for a special three-day conference. Sponsored by the Nobel Women’s Initiative (a group comprised of all female Nobel Peace Prize winners), partnering with…
LatinaLista — If you recall, Louis Caldera was the guy who authorized that bad decision to let the President’s jet buzz New York City evoking memories of 9/11 from the New Yorkers who saw the plane. Results of the…
LatinaLista — From the very beginning when news broke of the immigrant detention centers, the one element that united people across ethnic, religious and political lines was the fact that families were being held in jail-like conditions. Since then,…
LatinaLista — Luis Ramirez was attacked by a group of teens in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania last summer. He died two days later. Yet, the teens brought to trial for his murder were found to be guilty of only simple assault….
LatinaLista — Today in the Oval Office, President Obama signed a proclamation making May 7 the National Day of Prayer (NDP). President Barack Obama signs the proclamation marking the National Day of Prayer in the Oval Office of the…
