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The conservative website Mashregh reported this week that the police has recently instructed toy stores in Iran to take Barbie dolls off the shelves and released an announcement that they can no longer be sold. As a result of the new instructions, some of Tehran’s large toy stores have started removing Barbie dolls and [...]
The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) issued the following statement regarding tonight’s State of the Union address by President Barack Obama: “We applaud the President for expressing his strong commitment to building a 21st century immigration system and providing young people with the chance to earn their citizenship in his [...]
Discouraged by the constant anti-immigration bills being introduced around the country, student activists at the University of Texas are determined get more minorities to the polls in this election year. The University Leadership Initiative will be hosting a citizenship drive. The event will allow eligible residents to work with immigration lawyers to fill out [...]
During the very first week of the new year of 2012 came news of the loss of Robert Carter and Gordon Hirabayashi, two giants in this country’s civil rights movement and two beacons of light for the Latino community. They died only one day apart. Gordon Hirabayashi is one of three fearless Japanese American [...]
No it’s not Spanish for soup. The Stop Online Piracy Act proposed in the U.S. House of Representatives would allow the U.S. Department of Justice, as well as copyright holders, to seek court orders against websites accused of enabling or facilitating copyright infringement. Depending on who makes the request, the court order could include [...]
Golosinas. Diversión. Caricaturas mañaneras. Tres cosas indispensables para la vida de un crío. Quién iba a decir que ese infante que aparecía en esas fotos llenas de color y vida se convertiría en ese joven que lo tachan de rebelde y ambicioso. “Mira que bonito chaval, ¿qué le paso?” son las palabras inmediatas de [...]
Muchas veces me cuestiono ¿cuándo se terminara el mundo? Tanto lo han anunciado que hasta parece burla. Hace unos días me encontraba en un funeral (algo típico de un ser humano). Como todos lo saben tenemos años de vida y después llegamos al descanso eterno (la muerte). Mi mirada se encontraba fija al cuerpo [...]
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. fought not just for the equality of minorities, but for the equality of all. Rather than just kick back and relax on Martin Luther King Day, let’s take some time to learn about the man himself. Martin Luther King was born on January 15, 1929. His anniversary, a federal [...]
Frank Sharry, director of advocacy group America’s Voice, made the following controversial statement: “He’s as close as the Latino community has to a Martin Luther King figure.”
Let’s view the political road to DC in 2012 as a fictional narrative based on real-life scenarios, empirical evidence and actual policy positions by present-day Presidential candidates. It begins on a one-way road historically designed to fit only two vehicles. The road is filled with potholes and obstacles, some necessary and potentially transformative [...]
