This week, the U.S. government presented its third assessment on climate change since the President and the White House announced the Action Plan on Climate Change last June. In the report, the government presented a number of findings brought up by 300 scientific experts on the subject. The data in the report highlights the dangers […]
President Obama and VP Biden Use Cinco de Mayo to Highlight Immigration Reform Push
May 6, 2014 By
Yesterday, President Barack Obama used the very-popular Mexican holiday, Cinco de Mayo, to emphasize the strong friendship and influence neighboring country Mexico has on the U.S., especially regarding immigration reform. “Our friendship with Mexico has had an enormous influence on our history and our culture and our economy. Today, […]
Comentarios from Maria: House Speaker John Boehner: Enough of the Excuses and Act on Immigration Reform
May 5, 2014 By
On May 1st, pro-immigration organizations such as the AFL-CIO, Casa de Maryland, and the Fair Immigration Reform Movement (FIRM) came together and marched in front of the White House to put pressure on the government to pass immigration reform this year. In addition to the march outside the White House, a series of political meetings […]
Latinos Unhappy About GOP Minimum Wage Block
May 2, 2014 By
This past Wednesday, Republicans in the Senate blocked a proposed measure that would have gradually raised the minimum wage to $10.10. Latinos, who tend to hold the vast majority of minimum wage jobs, will feel the impact of this block more than any other group in the U.S. “As […]
U.S. Born Latinos are Main Contributors to Booming Population
May 1, 2014 By
According to a new report released by the Pew Research Center, U.S. births of Latino children will outpace immigration flows regardless of the amount of legal and undocumented immigrants that come to the U.S. in the years ahead. “That’s really a reflection of this wave of U.S.-born young people […]
Guest Blogger: Vanessa Cardenas “Increasing the Minimum Wage is a Huge Plus for Latinos”
April 30, 2014 By
This Wednesday, the U.S. Senate intends to vote on the “Minimum Wage Fairness Act”, a bill which would raise the minimum wage to $10.10. The federal minimum wage has stagnated at $7.25 per hour since 2009, which has resulted in millions of Americans struggling in poverty despite holding full-time employment, and relying on benefits like […]
Guest Blogger: Alfredo Estrada “Whatever Happened to Latino Media?”
April 29, 2014 By
They’re folding like cheap card tables. Since the beginning of the year, we’ve seen the demise of NBCLatino.com, an English-language website for Latinos, as well as CNN Latino, Time Warner’s year-long effort to create programming for the U.S. Hispanic market. Now come rumors that Poder, Televisa’s magazine providing “Intelligence for the Business Elite,” may cease […]
Comentarios from Maria: Latinos Have To Get Out and Vote in November
April 28, 2014 By
In recent years, Americans have realized how effective the Latino vote can be. In the 2008 elections, about 9.7 million Latinos went to the polls. And in 2012, more than 12 million Latinos went out to vote, including 70 percent of the votes in favor of President Obama. And although we have seen an increase […]
Guest Bloggers: Eva Longoria, Gianpaolo Pietri & Alessandro Pietri: “Why Latinos Should Care About Voting”
April 25, 2014 By
Much has been made of the importance of the Latino vote to both major political parties during the last two election cycles, but a closer look at voter participation rates proves that it was just the tip of the iceberg. Latino influence could be significantly greater. Less than 50 percent of eligible Hispanic voters voted […]
Comentarios from Maria: Democrats Give Republicans Last Chance to Pass Comprehensive Immigration Reform
April 23, 2014 By
Last week we celebrated the one year anniversary of the introduction of the Immigration Reform bill in the Senate. In addition, the main sponsors of the HR15-immigration bill, introduced by Democrats in the House of Representatives in October of last year, announced a new strategy to demand action from the Republicans in the House of Representatives […]
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