The latest news relating to the political world as it impacts the US Latino community.
President Barack Obama will hold an event in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month in Washington, D.C. today. The White House American Latino Heritage Forum will be a series of meetings bringing together prominent members of the Hispanic community, including civil rights leader Dolores Huerta and Medal of Honor Recipient Leroy A. Petry, to focus on [...]
U.S. Secretary of Labor, Hilda L. Solis is accustomed to highlighting issues that, for others, are easily forgotten. At a town hall at East Los Angeles College Friday, Solis participated in a conversation that lasted 90 minutes and included the expertise of civic leaders like Dolores Huerta, noted labor activist Father Richard Estrada from Our Lady [...]
A number of students across the nation have gone hungry for more than 30 days in order to bring attention to the DREAM Act. Even the real danger of harming their health hasn’t deterred them and now they have even been joined by civil rights leader Dolores Huerta, a labor leader and co-founder of the [...]
