Last week, the voters in the state of New York went to the polls to make known their voices heard. As the voting day approached, the remaining candidates did their best to get their message to voters of the state which was crucial for the remaining candidate who are contending for the nomination of their […]
Congressman Gallego Fights For Deported Veterans
April 22, 2016 By
A group of Congressmen lead by Representative Ruben Gallego have introduced legislation that would help deported veterans of the United States Armed Forces return to the U.S. and reunited with their families. The proposed legislation would prevent the removal of service members and veterans in the future as well. “As a vet myself, I feel […]
Study Shows That Spanish-Speaking Latinos Are Declining
April 21, 2016 By
In a study released yesterday by the Pew Research Center shows that Spanish-speaking Latinos in the U.S. are declining as a growing share only speak English at home. Fueled in great part by the Latino youth born in this country, English proficiency has risen amongst Latinos in the last fourteen years. For the last decade, […]
Death Toll Rises in the Aftermath of Ecuador’s Earthquake
April 19, 2016 By
Search teams from Ecuador and neighboring countries spread out on the country’s Pacific coastline on Monday in search for those that are still missing. On Saturday, Ecuador faced its strongest earthquake in decades, of 7.8 magnitude, with the death toll rising over 400 people. A group of about 50 rescuers working with sniffer dogs in […]
Comentarios from Maria: The Immigrant Community Waits On The Supreme Court Decision
April 18, 2016 By
The world does not stop turning despite being in the midst of an election cycle, and this week, besides the very important primary elections in the state of New York, the US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case of the United States against the State of Texas. This is the case that […]
Debate or Slugfest?
April 15, 2016 By
Yesterday in Brooklyn, New York Democrats had their ninth debate of the presidential election season. The night was a slugfest for both candidates as Sen. Bernie Sanders and Sec. Hillary Clinton discussed issues from gun control, minimum wage, and banking regulations. From the first question the audience could see it would be a yelling match […]
Tension Rises In New York Town’s Latino Community Amidst Trump’s Visit
April 14, 2016 By
It’s been almost eight years since an Ecuadorean immigrant lost his life due to a hate-crime stabbing. The incident divided the New York town of Patchogue, filling the new Latino community and its longtime Caucasian residents with tension. Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump planned an appearance at a GOP fundraiser on Thursday just blocks from […]
The Latina Who Is Fixing Silicon Valley’s Diversity Problem
April 13, 2016 By
Latinos are almost non-existent in the world of venture capital. Only around 1% of all Latino-owned businesses created between 2007 and 2012 in the U.S. received venture capital or angel investments, this is according to a report from the Stanford Graduate School of Business which surveyed 1,800 businesses. One of the reasons for this is […]
Puerto Rico Proposes New Plan to Restructure Debt
April 12, 2016 By
Puerto Rico is currently struggling to deal with its $70 billion debt. On Monday, the U.S. territory put out a new proposal in order to try and restructure part of their large debt in order to gain them some time to implement a fiscal growth plan as impeding multi-million-dollar payments approach the territory’s dwindling cash […]
Comentarios From Maria: Bernie Beyond the Pale
April 11, 2016 By
Sen. Bernie Sanders went beyond the pale this week by saying outright he did not think former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was qualified to be president. His reason? He took a CNN report that the Clinton campaign was going to go hard against him and used that to incorrectly assert that Clinton was stating […]
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