trad. Victor Flores EXTRA Newswire The Illinois Latino Agenda, a collaboration of 49 Latino-serving organizations, presented maps Monday outlining 16 Latino House districts, along with a proposal for 4 Latino Senate districts, for consideration by the Illinois legislature as…
LatinaLista — Not to be sexist but with all the recent gridlock in Congress it’s clear that the only solution to a more bipartisan government is to elect more women to political office. A study published in the American…
LatinaLista — The press release issued by the White House today that the President was convening yet another assembly of “stakeholders” in immigration reform at first puzzled me. Then, it angered me and finally disappointed me as I scanned…
LatinaLista — The “birther” movement’s latest champion, Donald Trump, could hardly contain his joy in broadcast interviews today after it was announced the White House was releasing President Obama’s long-form birth certificate. “The Donald” took full credit for forcing…
LatinaLista — The Pew Hispanic Center released a report today analyzing the Latino turnout in the 2010 midterm elections. According to the study, The Latino Electorate in 2010: More Voters, More Non-Voters, there are some marked distinctions among Latino…
LatinaLista — The Obama campaign wants Latino voters to help re-elect him. The message has been driven home loud and clear. If not through the President’s recent immigration thinkfest, where he invited various political and business leaders to the…
By Valerie Godines Fitzgerald La Prensa de San Antonio.- San Antonian George Rodriguez will be sworn in as the first Hispanic Tea Party President in the nation. At a recent law school panel discussion on immigration, George Rodriguez told…
LatinaLista — One component of immigration reform that is considered to be the most “sellable” point is the guest worker aspect. Non-skilled immigrant labor is brought in on H2-A visas to perform temporary farm labor. This industry has always…
La Costa Latina TALLAHASSEE — – After a heated debate in the House Economic Affairs Committee, the controversial immigration bill HB 7089, sponsored by Rep. Snyder, was approved. It was a close call with 11 votes in favor and…
LatinaLista — As days go for being President of the United States, this one had to have been rated one of the worst for President Obama — no pun intended. In the morning, he was greeted with the news…
LatinaLista — The Republican reaction to President Obama’s plan to cut the federal deficit was expectedly critical. Yet, for a party whose plan’s success rests on diminishing social services, it was hypocritical, at the least, to hear one GOP…
LatinaLista — While delivering his budget speech yesterday, President Obama correctly predicted that he would be criticized for it. He was. But it was one particular criticism from his political opponents that made some people do a double-take on…
LatinaLista — Word came this afternoon that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit agreed with the ruling of a lower court judge that some parts of Arizona’s SB1070 bill just should not be enacted into law….
LatinaLista — As one part of the White House staff struggles to put together contingency plans in case Republicans and Democrats can’t come to a consensus on a budget to keep the government from shutting down Saturday morning, another…
By Kathleen Maclay UC BERKELEY La Prensa San Diego SAN DIEGO — The U.S.-Mexico border wall may be here to stay, but a University of California, Berkeley, assistant professor of architecture has some provocative ideas about how to redesign…
LatinaLista — President Obama made his reelection bid official today. From e-mails sent out, it’s obvious he wants to relive the glory campaign of 2008 by recreating the grassroots momentum that pushed him to victory. While that strategy may…
LatinaLista — Since the start of the new year when the U.S. Census began releasing the true numbers of the Latino population, headlines touting this growth have dominated newspapers, web sites and nightly broadcasts. From such headlines as “Census…
LatinaLista — To the casual observer of the recent National Latino Congreso held in Austin, Texas last weekend, he or she would be surprised to learn that of the 30 resolutions approved by the delegates from 15 states and…
LatinaLista — Given the fact that the U.S. Census now confirms that the Latino population stands at 50.5 million, having grown 43 percent between 2000 and 2010, it’s odd that the GOP leadership is still trying to figure out…
LatinaLista — The news released this week by the U.S. Census that Latinos now stand at 50.5 million in the United States foreshadows the nation’s future. Latinos are well on our way to becoming a majority in the country….
LatinaLista — Last week’s vile comment by Kansas legislator Virgil Peck — that shooting undocumented immigrants from helicopters could be another way to control illegal immigration — sparked a huge outcry from across the nation. Unfortunately, it’s not an…
LatinaLista — The story of 20-year-old, undocumented student Olga Zanella is not your typical tale of a “Dreamer” student, raised in the U.S. since the age of 6 and now fighting deportation to Mexico. Olga’s story is different and…
El Tiempo Hispano DELAWARE — U.S. Census Bureau Delivered Delaware’s 2010 Census Population Totals, Including First Look at Race and Hispanic Origin Data for Legislative Redistricting . Delaware’s Hispanic population grew in 96.4% in 2010. The U.S. Census Bureau…
By Angie Washington Latina Lista COCHABAMBA, BOLIVIA — How heavy is a grudge? The burden of loss passed down through generations weighs heavy on loyal hearts. At Bolivia’s birth as a nation, the people enjoyed a coast line. Trouble…
LatinaLista — Last week, when Kansas legislator Virgil Peck joked that one way to control illegal immigration was to model an approach used to regulate the feral hog population — shooting them from helicopters — he didn’t think twice…
