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General, Health, Palabra Final, Politics, Social Justice

GOP’s opposition to healthcare underscores party’s disconnect with low-income Latinos, blacks and whites

Mar 24, 2010, 4:49 PM 4

LatinaLista — A strange little press conference was held this afternoon in the Senate Print Gallery on Capitol Hill. It was led by Senator Carl Levin, Chair of the Armed Services Committee and Senator Claire McCaskill, Chair of the…

Economy, General, Politics

National Urban League includes Hispanic Equality Index in annual “State of Black America” report

Mar 24, 2010, 1:12 PM 1

LatinaLista — The National Urban League celebrates its 100th anniversary this year, and like it has for the past 34 years, released their annual “State of Black America” (SOBA). The SOBA traditionally features the Equality Index — a…

General, Health, Palabra Final, Politics

New healthcare law finally makes all Americans equal

Mar 23, 2010, 4:40 PM 6

LatinaLista — The signing into law of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act by President Obama is a good thing — because for the first time in our nation’s history there is a law that makes all Americans…

General, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics, Social Justice

The day after the march on Washington for immigration reform Latinos have to wonder: Did it do any good?

Mar 22, 2010, 10:59 AM 16

LatinaLista — The pictures prove it. Over 200,000 (unsubstantiated estimates go as high as 500,000) immigration reform marchers, dressed in white t-shirts and toting either American flags or signs marched and mingled at the National Mall in Washington, DC…

General, Government, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics, Social Justice

Washington, Get ready! The immigration reform marchers are coming and they won’t be easily ignored

Mar 19, 2010, 9:00 PM 3

LatinaLista — At about 6 this evening, busloads of people from El Paso, Houston, Waco, the Rio Grande Valley and Fort Worth began filtering into the chapel of the Lovers Lane United Methodist Church in Dallas, TX. Church staff…

General, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics

Immigrant advocates wonder will Democrats fight as hard for immigration reform as they’ve done for healthcare?

Mar 18, 2010, 3:58 PM 0

LatinaLista– The unexpected statement from the President arrived late this afternoon. It was short and to the point: Statement by the President Praising the Bipartisan Immigration Reform Framework In June, I met with members of both parties, and assigned…

General, Palabra Final, Politics

New political movement Coffee Party USA could become Cafe Ole for Latinos

Mar 16, 2010, 4:16 PM 3

LatinaLista — Between coffee and tea, I really do like my coffee. So when I heard over the weekend about a new political movement called The Coffee Party, it caught my attention. When I heard the founder of the…

Education, General, History, Palabra Final, Politics

Latinos and blacks should be offended and angry over TX State Board of Education’s decision to dismiss minority contributions from school textbooks

Mar 12, 2010, 5:03 PM 21

LatinaLista — Democracy is a dying U.S. ideal — thanks to the Texas State Board of Education (TSBE). In a vote of 10-5, the board, dominated by social conservatives, preliminarily adopted a new Social Studies and history curriculum that…

General, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics

Waiting for bipartisan support before introducing immigration reform doesn’t sound too optimistic

Mar 10, 2010, 5:34 PM 9

LatinaLista — Politico is reporting that Sen. Chuck Schumer, the Senate’s architect on the latest Senate version of immigration reform, is feeling “optimistic” about producing immigration legislation this year. He and his congressional colleague, Sen. Lindsey Graham, are scheduled…

General, Palabra Final, Politics

Texas 2010 Republican Primary Election: Prejudice at the polls

Mar 4, 2010, 3:33 PM 13

LatinaLista –Incumbent Texas Railroad Commissioner Victor Carrillo should have won his bid this week for re-election, but he didn’t. In fact, he was soundly beaten — 61%-39%. Who was his opponent? A man by the name of Porter. According…

General, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics

New report underscores the rise of a new national pastime — immigrant bashing!

Mar 3, 2010, 5:05 PM 0

LatinaLista — In 2008, it seemed an odd coincidence that there should be two murders, later deemed hate crimes, of Latino immigrants so close together. In July 2008, Luis Ramirez was beaten to death in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. Eventually six…

Economy, General, Health, Palabra Final, Politics

President’s health summit illustrates the disconnect some in Congress have with the poor

Feb 25, 2010, 5:46 PM 12

LatinaLista — For some reason, the United Kingdom newspaper, the Guardian, is running a two-day poll on their online site asking their readers to vote on who gave the “best performance” in President Obama’s healthcare summit today. So far,…

General, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics

Senate resignations underscore need to address immigration reform before Sept.

Feb 23, 2010, 5:39 PM 1

LatinaLista — Ever since I posted the news that there is a massive march planned for March 21 in Washington by supporters of comprehensive immigration reform, response has been mixed. Some have supported it and others not — not…

General, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics, Social Justice

March’s “lion” will be the roar for immigration reform

Feb 18, 2010, 4:24 PM 36

LatinaLista In areas across the country, a lot of people are looking forward to the month of March. Not because it heralds the arrival of Spring (March 20, 2010) but because they’ve been told that is when Comprehensive Immigration…

Education, General, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics, Social Justice

North Carolina bilingual school secretary loses job for translating for Spanish-speaking parents

Feb 11, 2010, 4:45 PM 6

LatinaLista — One of the horror stories often told by Latino civil rights pioneers has always been the tale of how they were punished for speaking Spanish at school. Rightly or wrongly, it has become the standard for which…

General, Palabra Final, Politics

New study on Latino voters shows the key to reaching many Latinos lies in the language of engagement

Feb 8, 2010, 4:28 PM 5

LatinaLista — If one thing is clear from a new report released today by America’s Voice entitled The Power of the Latino Vote in America: They Tipped Elections in 2008; Where Will They Be in 2010? it’s that no…

General, Government, Politics, Technology, Youth

Latina Lista partners with Voto Latino and iTunes to promote 2010 Census

Feb 3, 2010, 3:17 PM 0

LatinaLista — Filling out the U.S. Census is important. It’s a message that the US Census Bureau has been trying to get across since the news that certain religious Latino leaders were preaching against filling out the US Census…

General, Government, Palabra Final, Politics

Message to Democrats: Don’t obligate Latinos to feel grateful for just doing your job

Feb 2, 2010, 6:16 PM 17

LatinaLista — A lot has been written this week on this site and others about how Latinos have become disillusioned with the Democratic Party. It’s gotten to the point that the old strategies of engagement just aren’t working. In…

General, Government, Palabra Final, Politics

How the Democratic Party can re-energize Latino voters

Feb 1, 2010, 5:48 PM 15

LatinaLista — Last week, I wrote a commentary about being left unimpressed, unmotivated and uninterested in setting up any neighborhood watch parties to watch the President’s State of the Union address. It’s not that I’m on the GOP bandwagon…

General, Immigration, Media, Palabra Final, Politics

Sen. Schumer’s talk with Lou Dobbs on immigration reform does little to inspire hope among Latinos

Jan 28, 2010, 4:38 PM 23

LatinaLista — As Latina Lista noted before Obama’s State of the Union address, it had been leaked that Obama would mention immigration reform in his speech. “Mention” was the right word since he said nothing new, nothing hopeful, pretty…

General, Government, Politics, Transcripts

President Obama’s State of the Union Address

Jan 27, 2010, 8:11 PM 5

Madame Speaker, Vice President Biden, Members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans: Our Constitution declares that from time to time, the President shall give to Congress information about the state of our union. For two hundred and twenty…

General, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics, Social Justice

How much longer will the White House tease immigration reform?

Jan 27, 2010, 5:32 PM 20

LatinaLista — In reading all the headlines regarding Obama’s first State of the Union address, it’s easy to see that everyone has their own idea of what Obama should talk about. While some of the topics he will cover…

General, Palabra Final, Politics

Democrats can’t use the tactics of 2008 to reach out to Latino voters in 2010

Jan 25, 2010, 5:16 PM 21

LatinaLista — The news that the White House had brought back David Plouffe, Obama’s former campaign manager, and the one person largely credited for getting Obama the presidency, had me wondering just what was he going to do to…

General, Government, Palabra Final, Politics

Grading Obama’s first year in office proves to be an incomplete review

Jan 20, 2010, 4:10 PM 30

LatinaLista — Everywhere we turn in the media today, there are three stories that are dominating the headlines: Rightfully, the Haiti earthquake and the ongoing rescue efforts; Naturally, the Republican victory and what this means for healthcare reform and;…

General, Palabra Final, Politics

Political poll has it wrong when it comes to MA’s Latino voters

Jan 19, 2010, 6:46 PM 19

LatinaLista — In the old voting days, before the 2008 presidential election, Latino voters were hardly ever blamed for the defeat of a party — but that’s the old days. We know that thanks in large part to Latino…

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