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Want to Be President of Mexico? There’s an App for That
In the end, who makes it onto the ballot may have less to do with popularity than with Mexico’s incredibly user-unfriendly election smartphone app.
Puerto Rico’s Department of Health Says It Is Not Authorized to Provide Updated 2017 Death Statistics
“Therefore, until this investigation is completed, and by recommendation of the CDC itself, we are not authorized to provide new mortality data for the year 2017.”
Jeff Sessions ‘Anglo-American Heritage’ Moment Is Just Code Word for You Know What
We don’t really need to explain it, do we?
A Recorded Live Phone Convo With Tamarindo Podcast
Latino Rebels Radio: February 11, 2018
Suicides in Puerto Rico Increased 55% Last Four Months of 2017, When Compared to Same Time Period in 2016
These suicide statistics come at a time that the government of Puerto Rico said it will not provide any new data on hurricane-related deaths until a working group presents a formal report—expected to be released in early April.
Federal Court Finds ICE and Los Angeles Sheriff Collaborated to Unlawfully Detain Thousands of Suspected Immigrants
The decision issued in Roy v. County of Los Angeles and Gonzalez v. ICE holds the LASD liable for violating the Fourth Amendment rights.
Do Latinos Cry More?
What do YOU think?
Why You Might Want to Stop Using the Terms ‘Xicana,’ ‘Xicano’ and ‘Xicanx’ (OPINION)
The Spanish decided to use the letter X to represent this foreign sound that they could not pronounce.
Open Letter to the ABQ Journal Concerning Their Racist Cartoon
“Through publishing this image, you have failed your community and your staff—some of whom we represent.”
LULAC Censures Organization President for Writing Trump Immigration Letter
“We apologize to all the advocates and the members who have been working so hard to address the issue of the DREAMers.”
Puerto Rican Journalists Sue Demographic Registry Over Hurricane María Death Statistics
The CPI said that government agencies have the “the obligation to share requested information.”
Periodistas demandan al Registro Demográfico por ocultar información pública sobre las muertes ocasionadas por el huracán María
Se trata de “información pública y de alto interés público para el Pueblo de Puerto Rico”, apunta la demanda.
United We Dream Says Senate Democrats Are Failing Immigrant Youth and the Country
Immigrant youth and allies getting arrested right now demanding the Dream Act. Call on House Democrats & moderate Republicans to lead because “our lives and the morals of this country are at stake.”
The Case of Immigration Activist Ravi Ragbir
A federal judge called Ragbir’s case an “unnecessarily cruel” detainment.
Imagining a Korean COCO: The Film Honors My Culture, Too
As a daughter of a first-generation Korean immigrant, I was struck by how much Coco reminded me of my Korean roots.
On Claiming Afro-Latinidad
So what’s liberating about a movement if it reifies old hierarchies of color and class?
ONE DAY AT A TIME’S Justina Machado: ‘If One Latino Show Is Successful, It Opens the Door to More Latino Shows’
“So a win for me is a win for you.”
Debunking 3 Myths Behind ‘Chain Migration’ and ‘Low-Skilled’ Immigrants
As a scholar on U.S. immigration law and policy, I’d like to correct and contextualize the numbers.
Mexican Foreign Minister Says If DACA Youth Return to Mexico, It Would Be ‘Big Win’ for His Country
He also thinks that majority of DACA youth wants to stay in the United States.