More Latinos Voted in 2012 But Still Fewer Than Whites
Today’s voting report from the Census Bureau is promising in the sense that over a million more Latinos voted this past election. However, our voter turnout rate is down since President Barack Obama’s first election in 2008, and way below that of other ethnic groups. Read Related: The Latino Vote: Shaping Our Future For the [...]
With the Death of Hugo Chavez, Uncertainty in Venezuela
Charismatic, controversial Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who ruled the country for 14 years, died yesterday afternoon after a two-year battle with cancer. Reaction around the world has been quick and mixed, with praise for Chavez’s larger-than-life style of leadership and his persona as the champion of the poor, and veiled criticism for his firebrand style [...]
Supreme Court Hearings Should be Televised
According to the 15th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, no U.S. Citizen will be stopped from voting “on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) was passed to stop discriminatory practices that the 15th Amendment was ratified to outlaw. Last week, Supreme Court [...]
Families Torn Apart: The High Cost of Immigration
Your children are taken from you. You’re not allowed to see or speak with them. They’re given to a new family and you’re sent back to a country you haven’t seen in years. When you try to reunite with your children, you’re told you must complete a number of classes, find a job, [...]
Tea Party Pans Latino Outreach
The Tea Party group that sponsored a prime-time response last week to President Obama’s State of the Union address is the latest group recognizing the power of the Latino vote. Officials with the Tea Party Express, the nation’s largest Tea Party political action committee, have been discussing their own Latino outreach, [...]
Undocumented Immigrants Are Still Struggling to Recover From Superstorm Sandy
STATEN ISLAND – Vanessa Ramos does her homework in the bathroom. Family dinner is served on a folded table, a checkered green cloth adding a homely feel. She jostles with eight others for television time, though adults have first-dibs because telenovelas rule. No more than two at a time are allowed [...]
10 Questions on Immigration for Jorge Ramos
Editor’s Note: This post is part of a series on immigration, leading up to our Twitter Talk on February 13 at 9pm EST with Emmy-winning journalist Jorge Ramos. To take part in the conversation, follow #CountryForAll on Twitter. Given that Twitter will be very busy tonight when Jorge Ramos chats immigration with Mamiverse, Latino Rebels, [...]
Latino Social Media Visionary, Louis Pagan, Dies
Louis Pagan—a man known better as @Louispagan who was a social media pioneer in the Latino community—died Saturday morning at his home in Yonkers, New York. Yonkers police said his death is still being investigated and would not comment on his cause of death. Pagan leaves behind a wife, Yolanda, and two young [...]
Immigration Reform: Don’t Forget the Children
As the debate over immigration reform develops, one segment of the immigrant population has been significantly missing from the conversation: the children. Unaccompanied children risk the long journey to the United States to escape abuse, violence, exploitation, and in hopes to reunite with family members. But once they reach they U.S., they face the challenge [...]
The Land of Two Million Deportations
Editor’s Note: This post is part of a series on immigration, leading up to our Twitter Talk on February 13 at 9pm EST with Emmy-winning journalist Jorge Ramos. To take part in the conversation, follow #CountryForAll on Twitter. Welcome to the land of two million deportations, a land that you might know well. It is [...]
