It’s showdown week for child migrants. This week the House votes on citizenship for Dreamers, and also legal status for farm workers; and FEMA will now help with the overcrowding issues at border detention facilities filling up fast with…
Since an adult reentered the White House, every day has been a revelation of how truly bad things were with Trump at the helm. Unfortunately, though he’s gone, his devout politicians are continuing his disservice to the country. Can’t…
It’s become both a cliche and an understatement to say the world is changing. In the previous four years, that change, mostly for the worse, was attributed to Trump. However, we no longer have him as a distraction to…
Depending on which side of the ‘wealth’ aisle someone is standing, their view of welfare and welfare reform can mean two different things. So, the headlines that touts Congress ending welfare reform “as we know it” is both concerning…
Usually, we start our headline coverage with national political news. But today’s is about an interesting study done on renters’ leases. Researchers found that landlords are including more “illegal terms” in leases that basically strip renters of any rights….
Popular expectations were that once Joe Biden was in the White House, all the vile, repulsive policies of the Trump administration would be immediately reversed and life would resume pre-Trump era. Unfortunately, it doesn’t happen that fast. All the…
The worst legacy of any former president is still happening at the US-Mexico border, and it’s not just with young migrants. ACLU is asking the Department of Homeland Security to investigate their own; How did the Supreme Court just…
Normally, we don’t like to feature headlines of bills that the House of Representatives are considering because (it used to be) there was a slim chance of them getting into the law books. But with our new Congress and…
Texas Governor Greg Abbot declared that the Lone Star State will reopen for business next week. Doesn’t matter that the state holds the worst vaccination record among any state in the nation, or that the state is home to…
Who would have thought that the Voting Rights Act which brought so many more into the democratic process would be up for debate? Yet, its future lies with the Supreme Court today; Some immigrant families subjected to the most…
More and more of us are only “six degrees of separation” from knowing someone who has died of COVID-19. Last night, I learned of a third person who has succumbed to this terrible disease. Two were doctors who worked…
The last week in Washington underscores how tough a job the Biden administration has in returning to bipartisanship. The GOP is ramping up its efforts to throw roadblocks approving Biden’s Cabinet choices. In some instances, the Republican senators have…
Since Biden’s election, families desperate to live in the United States have started their plans to come here. They know they’re not guaranteed a place, or even a chance to argue their case, but they feel the wheels of…
Diversity, equality, inclusion (DEI) are gaining buzzword prominence throughout society, thanks mostly to the pandemic. From government to corporations to education and class make-up, people are using these lenses to evaluate how little or much entities are complying with…
The IRS just extended the tax deadline for Texans and other states could follow suit; Census data shows Latinos still lag in this important indicator of future wealth; New national plan underway to create online education access for workers;…
Even as we approach 500,000 COVID-19 deaths, the pandemic is being heralded as the ‘great exposer’ of disparities in our society. BS! These disparities have long been known and they only garnered attention because it goes against US moral…
With todo que está pasando in the country right now, we lead today’s headlines roundup with Dems voicing uneasiness over Biden admin’s overhaul of the immigration system. While it’s unknown whether everyone will support its passage, it’s clear that…
Wondering where Latina Lista has been? Well, I’m Texas-based. If you’ve been following the national news, you should understand. A little over 10 hours ago, we got our electricity back on after spending almost 72 hours without, a victim…
The influx of migrants across our southern border is a dilemma that has faced presidential administrations ever since the US acquired Mexican territory. The reason why the US is such a magnet to immigrants is because of plentiful low-paying…
The new video evidence presented by House Managers in Trump’s second impeachment trial horrified and sickened most people watching it. Too bad some GOP senators are so detached from the proceedings they still affirm their intentions for acquitting Trump….
U.S. history’s first-ever second impeachment trial of the same president began with a harrowing video of what happened on January 6, and House Managers explaining why it is constitutional to pursue impeachment again. Yet, what followed by the former…
2021 is increasingly heralding in a “New Normal.” Not because there’s a Biden White House but because there’s a renewed interest in transparency, awareness and analysis. Three things buried over the last four years are rising from the ashes…
While the story in DC remains the same: Biden administration continues to undo the damage left in the wake of Trump’s departure, there is other news that deserves our attention: Researchers have traced how climate change may have had…
From recent polling, it seems those surveyed feel Biden’s honeymoon is already over. Unlike the GOP, who walk in lock-step with one another, Dems are united by only one goal: to help humanity in need. To what degree that…
During the ‘Days of Trump,’ it was common for the former president to dominate the headlines. Never before had a president took center stage on the airwaves and screens as often as Trump did – mostly for the wrong…
