Texas Rep. Christina Morales, a Houston Democrat, knows her quest to pass a bipartisan bill requiring Mexican American and Black studies in school has gotten tougher. But then, she said, history abounds with Latinos and others succeeding amid seemingly insurmountable barriers. “My grandparents had the first Latino-owned funeral home and the first Spanish-language radio station […]
Texas Representative Fights for More Diverse Education Opportunities in Schools
March 16, 2023 By Leave a Comment
Latino Communities Affected by Soot Pollution
March 16, 2023 By Leave a Comment
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a proposal on January 6 to strengthen annual standards for delicate particulate matter, commonly known as soot. Despite overwhelming evidence that more substantial limits are necessary to mitigate soot pollution, the EPA has changed standards from 12 ug/m3 to 9 and 10 ug/m3. Decades of soot pollution have been […]
Unemployment Rates Rise in Black and Latina Women, Labor Force Set to Increase
March 16, 2023 By Leave a Comment
The unemployment rate for Black and Latino women increased in February, but the number of people looking for jobs rose, too. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. unemployment rate has increased from 3.4% to 3.6%. Women aged 20 and over have had unemployment rates rising slightly to 3.2% from 3.1%. The […]
Florida Governor Repeals In-State Tuition for Dreamers
March 10, 2023 By Leave a Comment
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ has recently proposed to reverse a law that allows undocumented immigrants to pay in-state college tuition, alarms employers, students, and community leaders. The proposal changes the 2014 measure as part of legislation cracking down on illegal immigration. “It never occurred to me in 2014 that we would be convening again to […]
U.N. Group Calls for International Sanctions Against Nicaragua’s Government
March 10, 2023 By Leave a Comment
Nicaragua’s government has committed serious and systematic crimes against humanity, and a United Nations-appointed team of human rights experts is calling for international sanctions against the government. The three-person body said the government has committed, and continues to commit, acts of torture, extrajudicial executions, and arbitrary detention since 2018. Experts say they had documented over […]
Remembering Mexican Artist and War Veteran Jesse Treviño
March 10, 2023 By Leave a Comment
Mexican artist and Vietnam War veteran Jesse Treviño died on February 13 in San Antonio at 76. Treviño lost his right arm in a land mine explosion as a soldier in the Vietnam War. Still, he later went on to conjure vast murals and dramatic paintings displayed in three presidential libraries and the Smithsonian Institution. […]
Chuy García Aims to be Chicago’s First Latino Mayor
March 2, 2023 By Leave a Comment
Rep, Jesús “Chuy” García is coming back to the city of Chicago where he hopes voters will see he has a deep love and passion for the city and put him atop the mayoral race. García entered the race after he sealed his re-election to Congress last year and is now a front-runner for the […]
Protests Break Out In Mexico Due to President Lopez Obrador’s Overhaul of the National Electoral Institute
March 2, 2023 By Leave a Comment
Huge crowds of people gathered in Mexico City to condemn government moves to shrink electoral authority as a threat to democracy. It has appeared to be the largest protest so far against President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s administration. Mexico’s Congress approved a major overhaul of the National Electoral Institute (INE), an independent body that Lopez […]
Universities in Texas Receive Backlash for Putting Diversity Initiatives on Hold
March 2, 2023 By Leave a Comment
Latino and Black leaders in Texas rebuff claims that diversity and inclusion programs are illegal because the University of Texas System put a hold on such programs. Chairman of the system’s board of regents, Kevin Eltife, announced he was delaying new policies on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and launching a review of all of […]
ATT Celebrates the Past, Present, and Future of Black History
February 24, 2023 By Leave a Comment
Check out AT&T’s original blog here Although invisible to the public eye, Lewis Latimer was a colleague of Alexander Graham Bell. Bell is known for inventing the telephone and the company that would later become AT&T. However, many are unaware that it would not have been possible without Latimer, the Black man who helped draft […]
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