The review of some 300,000 deportation cases in the nation’s backlogged immigration courts recently led to some confusing headlines after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced that about 16,500 pending cases would be temporarily put on hold, which some translated into these cases being “shelved.” But that’s not exactly how it works. As the review [...]
President Obama and the Importance of the Latino Vote By Marcelino Quiñonez There is a growing trend among Latino Activists who have preached not to support President Obama’s reelection campaign because of his lack of effort in regards to comprehensive immigration reform. In an interview with Jorge Ramos from Univision, then candidate Obama promised comprehensive [...]
View VideoThis is a call to action, in the name of dignity and human rights for ALL people oppressed by racism and xenophobia. The culture of fear and exploitation of people of color (specifically migrants) are symptoms of the capitalistic, neo-liberal policies catered to uphold white supremacy and colonialism. We must stand in solidarity with [...]
Latinos are key players in the American economy. But while the present U.S. economy benefits from Hispanics, the future U.S. economy is likely to depend on the Hispanic market, according to “State of the Hispanic Consumer: The Hispanic Market Imperative” a report released in April by Nielsen, a global marketing and advertising research company. According [...]
What’s new for Hispanicize 2012, the annual event focused on Latino trends and trendsetters in social media, entertainment, marketing and media? For starters, the event has broadened in its third year to include Latino filmmakers and innovators—not just brands, media, marketers and bloggers relevant to the broader Hispanic community. To be held at the JW [...]
The League of United Latin American Citizens, the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement and the Hispanic Federation call for all councils, members, and allies to attend and support our fellow brothers and sisters on the Selma to Montgomery March and Rally in Alabama on March 4th- 9th, 2012. The LULAC National Office and LULAC [...]
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the Mexican Revolution. It’s a civil war that changed not only Mexico, but distant places such as Orange County. Many of the county’s Mexican American families trace their roots here to forbears who left Mexico during the war and settled in the Southwest. A number of [...]
Slide Show One | Two | Three | Four Music inspired by the 2006 Marches around the country From CRNLive Blog May 29, 2010 11:24 p.m. By Frank M. Miranda (Phoenix, Arizona)— Today was a great day! I was surrounded by wonderful peaceful people from at least seven states. We were gathered to voice our opposition [...]
Steve will welcome any topics you feel are important for discussion on our Blog. Steve has been on radio in Arizona, and Oregon. He served on a Tucson station as a political adviser. He served in the military for the official paper, where his topics ranged from environment, government just to name a few. He [...]
You have to think that none of this would have happened had John McCain still been living. It’s been one week since SB 1070 became the law in Arizona, and now 30 percent of the state’s population has been relegated to the status of second-class citizens, and are open to harassment and arrest, all in [...]
