According to a study released on Friday by the National Council of La Raza, the number of immigrants applying for U.S. citizenship dropped 62 percent last year. This may be due, in part, to the application cost alone having increased from $330 to $595 in 2007 and an $80 computerized fingerprinting fee being added.

On Wednesday evening, President Obama spoke to Congress urging lawmakers to work together on health care reform. In recent months Democrats and Republicans have been battling for a health care reform bill that will provide a solution to the millions of Americans that cannot afford health care insurance.

Celebrating Labor Day yesterday caused mixed emotions for the growing number of unemployed living in the United States. The country has lost nearly seven million jobs since the start of the recession in December 2007. California’s unemployment figures soared to 12% in July and the outlook is less than positive despite predictions of a turn-around […]

A report released Wednesday by the Southern Poverty Law Center found that Latino immigrants living in Suffolk County, New York have been living in an environment of intolerance and attacks against them. The report found the intolerance is being fueled by a combination of anti-immigrant groups, an indifferent police department and county leaders.

President Barack Obama has demonstrated the growing influence of the nation’s largest minority group by appointing more Hispanics to high office than any president during his first year in office.

The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) and the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) have released a report that explores the state of education for Latinas. The study entitled “Listening to Latinas: Barriers to High School Graduation”  reveals alarming drop out rates and details possible reasons as to why Latina students are not […]