By Victor Landa, NewsTaco There’s no question that the American Dream isn’t what it used to be – if it ever was what we were told. What’s held true throughout the history of the U. S. is that the elusive dream has been defined by our nation’s newcomers. The American Dream is by default an […]
Latino Organizations Target Unregistered Latino Voters
January 24, 2014 By
On Thursday, the National Council of La Raza and Mi Familia Vota Education Fund announced that they are launching a campaign to register Latino voters. Both organizations are hoping and have a goal of registering more than 180,000 voters, the number of registered Latino voters for their 2012 campaign. […]
Guest Blogger: Jose Aristimuno “In 2014, Immigration Reform Must Be A Priority”
January 23, 2014 By
For the past year, people from across the country have come to see firsthand how dysfunctional Washington can come to be: Republicans forcing a government shutdown, failure to expand unemployment benefits for millions of Americans, and the their obsession with repealing Obamacare. But despite all of the partisanship that consumes Washington on a daily basis, […]
Republicans Continue to Lose Popularity
January 23, 2014 By
In recent years, the Republican Party has been criticized for being exactly what they are, the “Grand Old Party,” emphasizing the old part in terms of old fashioned beliefs and values. Last year, though, the Chairman of the national Republican Party announced a plan for a new-looked GOP, […]
Latina Nominated as Head of Small Business Administration
January 16, 2014 By
On Wednesday, President Barack Obama nominated Maria Contreras-Sweet as head of the Small Business Administration (SBA). If confirmed by the Senate, Maria Contreras-Sweet will become the second Latino in President Obama’s second-term administration. “Maria knows how hard it is to get started on a business,” Obama said. “The grueling hours, […]
President Obama and Congress Hopeful for Immigration Reform in 2014
January 7, 2014 By
President Obama has high hopes that 2014 will be the year for an overhaul of immigration laws in the U.S. Advocates of reform are beginning to rally around an idea to grant immigrants legal status in the U.S. and leave the question of citizenship out of the legislation. A recent […]
Deportations by ICE Dropped in 2013
January 6, 2014 By
According to figures released by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Obama administration removed 368,644 immigrants from the country in 2013, the smallest number of deportations by ICE since the end of President George W. Bush’s administration. Since the beginning of the Obama administration, ICE has removed a record number of more than 1.9 million immigrants. […]
Guest Blogger: Javier Palomarez “Usar Energía Verde es una Victoria para Empresas Latinas”
December 23, 2013 By
Un estudio de 2011 titulado Informe de Negocios Hispanos, proyectó que las empresas de propiedad latina experimentarían un crecimiento del 28 % en California y un crecimiento del 17 % en el condado de Los Ángeles entre 2007 y 2012 Mucho se ha especulado sobre el impacto del crecimiento del 43% de la población hispana […]
Comentarios from Maria: In the Spirit of Christmas, Congress Acts in a Bipartisan Way
December 23, 2013 By
If anything can be learned from the recent budget agreement passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate of the United States, is that bipartisanship works. The reality is that when Congress puts aside their differences, and are dedicated to working for the people who elected them, progress and solutions are available. And although […]
Cuidado De Salud Expected to Launch this December
December 3, 2013 By
According to U.S Health and Human Services, a quiet launch of the Spanish-language Obamacare site is expected early this month despite the negative backlash the government received on the technical glitches and very few bilingual services on the original Obamacare site. One of the biggest concerns for many individuals is enrollment after only 10 percent […]
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