Hispanic News

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian celebrates one of Mexico’s indigenous communities with the unveiling of “Vochol: Huichol Art on Wheels” in the Museum’s Potomac Atrium, opening to the public on March 21st. This singular piece combines Huichol culture with a pop-cult icon, the Volkswagen Beetle.   Two…

DREAM Advocates Begin a 3,000-mile March from California to Washington Jose Gonzalez was born in Guadalajara, Mexico in 1987, but he has called California home for almost all of his 25 years.  A community college graduate, as well as a youth minister in his church, Jose wants to attend a…

*** Latino Voters to Romney: "Undocumented youth have a Voice - My Vote, and we will vote against you for opposing the DREAM Act"*   Los Angeles, CA- Latino voters and undocumented youth will be holding rallies in EVERY city Mitt Romney plans to hold fundraisers (Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Orange County)…

Montgomery, AL – A majority of Alabama voters want HB 56, Alabama’s infamous anti-immigrant law, to be altered, according to results of a recently-released poll. The poll, which was conducted by Anzalone Liszt Research, found that regardless of party affiliation, less than 20 percent of Alabamians feel comfortable allowing the…

Frank Sharry: “Say it Ain’t So Jeb”   The news that former Governor Jeb Bush (R-FL) has endorsed Mitt Romney for president is a missed opportunity to shift the Republican Party’s direction on immigration. Before Florida’s primary earlier this year, Bush cautioned the Republican field about its continued mishandling of…

Stubborn Disparities Highlighted in Newly Released Fact Sheets   In advance of the upcoming arguments in the Supreme Court case on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the nation’s broadest civil rights coalition is releasing a set of fact sheets outlining the importance of the ACA to minority communities. Building on…

To mark the start of National Minority Health Month, the Office of Minority Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), will host a Townhall to observe a Health Equity Day of Unity and to discuss how the Affordable Care Act and the HHS Action Plan to Reduce Racial…

Washington, DC [CapitalWirePR] March 20, 2012 - The National Puerto Rican Coalition (NPRC) this Tuesday denounced State Farm Insurance for using infamous coach Bobby Knight in their State Farm NCAA advertisement rotation. During the 1979 Pan American Games, coach Bobby Knight punched police officer Juan de Silva before a July…

The Immigration Policy Center released The Politics of Skill: Rethinking the Value of “Low-Skilled” Immigrant Workers by Natasha Iskander and Nichola Lowe. This perspectives piece explores and challenges the standard views on “high-skilled” vs. “low-skilled” immigrant workers in the United States. The authors affirm the importance of skill in the development…

AL, MS Results Show Immigration Not a Big Issue for Republican Voters; GOP Focus on Immigration is Backfiring Washington – As was true in other conservative states this year, exit polls from the Alabama and Mississippi primaries show that the Republican electorate isnot all riled up about the immigration issue.  Few Alabama…