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Food Network's Marcela Valladolid On Growing Up On the Border
December 23, 2011 No Comment

Food Network’s Marcela Valladolid On Growing Up On the Border

Chef Marcela Valladolid Celebrates Her Mexican And American Heritage in her cooking.  She’s also sharing some of her favorite home ...

Student Commits Suicide, Letters Reveal Worries over Immigration Status
November 27, 2011 No Comment

Student Commits Suicide, Letters Reveal Worries over Immigration Status

Immigration Reform is NOT just an issue up for debate!  Joaquin Luna took his own life, because he feared he ...

Latina Housekeepers Fired For Speaking Out
November 27, 2011 No Comment

Latina Housekeepers Fired For Speaking Out

Two housekeepers at the Hyatt Hotel in California say they were fired for tearing down ‘degrading’ swimsuit photos, but now ...

Arizonans clash over Mexican American studies: A new Arizona law aims to ban ethnic studies classes
November 20, 2011 No Comment

Arizonans clash over Mexican American studies: A new Arizona law aims to ban ethnic studies classes

The embedded video points out just how important these classes have been in education, motivation and integration of Latino students. ...

Latinos Reviving Small Towns on the Plains
November 15, 2011 No Comment

Latinos Reviving Small Towns on the Plains

The Latino community is reviving this small town town in more ways than one– Via The New York Times ### ...

Tomb of the Unknown Migrant
November 12, 2011 No Comment

Tomb of the Unknown Migrant

When we fight for immigrant rights and let our voices be heard let us always remember who we are speaking ...

On Veterans Day - What We Tell Our Children: From a Latina Veteran
November 11, 2011 No Comment

On Veterans Day – What We Tell Our Children: From a Latina Veteran

Today we honor all our veterans for their service. Whether male or female, gay or straight, documented or undocumented, we ...

Junot Díaz: Advice For Young Writers On Creating A Strong Voice
November 9, 2011 No Comment

Junot Díaz: Advice For Young Writers On Creating A Strong Voice

Our voices are the most powerful thing we have.  Here is some guidance from award winning author Junot Díaz for young ...

ABUELITA OCCUPIES WALL STREET!
November 8, 2011 No Comment

ABUELITA OCCUPIES WALL STREET!

Altagracia Guzman, 81, marches to Washington Heights to Wall Street with Occupy Protesters…and the media is saying there’s no Latinos? ...

Deportations Leave Behind Thousands Of Children In Foster Care
November 4, 2011 1 comment

Deportations Leave Behind Thousands Of Children In Foster Care

Stop the deportations and stop ripping families apart!  No child deserves to be in foster care or worse when they ...