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Houston Cinema Arts Society today announces that it is partnering with Talento Bilingüe de Houston, Latino Public Broadcasting, Houston Public Media, MECA (Multicultural Education and Counseling through the Arts) and Houston Grand Opera to present a screening of Mariachi High, a one-hour documentary for that will take viewers on into the dreams and [...]
Latino advocacy organizations respond to Obama’s new executive order, who some are calling DREAM Act lite.
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today announced that effective immediately, certain young people who were brought to the United States as young children, do not present a risk to national security or public safety and meet several key criteria will be considered for relief from removal from the country or from entering into [...]
When Father’s Day rolls around, men come to one stark realization: we’ve utterly failed in our quest to get our abs beach body ready for the summer. That’s why Hollywood invented the big budget summer blockbuster. We need movies with lots of action, tons of special effects and bad acting to keep our [...]
Immigrant students will publicly declare their undocumented status at UH-D on May 17th. The event is part of the Right to Dream day of action initiated by the United We Dream campaign. The students and their supporters seek to gain relief from the increased deportations under the Obama administration and step up pressure on [...]
At a meeting in April, the Houston Independent School District Board decided to merge the exemplary-rated Kaleidoscope Charter School with Jane Long Middle School by a vote of 6-3. The decision was called “horrible” by activists who gathered over 640 signatures in a petition to save the school. At the meeting, 35 supporters [...]
For the first time since the MillerCoors Líderes program launched in 2006, MillerCoors is asking the public to nominate Latino leaders associated with a nonprofit organization. The program highlights outstanding Latinos who are making a difference through leadership in their communities and the nation. MillerCoors will choose 12 individuals from the pool of [...]
The Hispanic Scholarship Fund has received an anonymous gift of $4 million dollars which will enable the organization to award scholarships to 600 students who are currently college freshmen during the current academic year, with an opportunity of renewal in their sophomore year. The majority of the students are pursuing careers in the [...]
The St. Louis chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations recently requested law enforcement officials in St. Louis County provide religious accommodation for Muslim women who wear an Islamic headscarf, or “hijab,” and are being held in the St. Louis County Jail in Clayton, Mo. CAIR-St.Louis made the request after a Muslim woman was [...]
Why does your car’s speedometer say 160 when the speed limit is 65? Your car’s claimed top speed explained.
