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Perspective: By Raul Rodriguez New America Media  BERKELEY— As President Obama delivered his third State of the Union Address, the 11 sentences he dedicated to addressing my current immigration status did little to instill in me any more optimism than did similar statements from the last State of the Union… or the one before that. [...]

México del Norte Por Jorge Mújica Murias Se tardaron tres años, nada que hacen las autoridades federales es rápido y sencillo, pero al final de cuentas admitieron que quienes acusamos al “cherife” Joe Arpaio de violaciones de derechos y discriminación contra los latinos teníamos razón. A la mejor el retraso era para que a todo [...]

Commentary: By Jose R. Sanchez    Progress is like power. We know it when we see it and most of the time it is created by processes that go unnoticed and are hard to document. I’ve long argued that power gets created by numerous processes, some obvious like voting and others far less obvious like [...]

Commentary: By Angelica Salas    There are real problems and there are distractions. The former require our undivided attention and focus but it’s the latter that often make the morning headlines.    Recently, our partner and ally Presente.org, joined by some writers, took issue with a statement signed by CHIRLA and eighteen other organizations decrying [...]

Comentario: Maribel Hastings America’s Voice WASHINGTON – Parece que fue ayer, pero el proceso primarista está a la vuelta de la esquina. En enero de 2012 arranca la búsqueda del candidato presidencial republicano que enfrentará a Barack Obama en su lucha por no convertirse en presidente de un solo periodo. Y contrario a 2008, el [...]

By Elena Shore New America Media     A Latino radio host and blogger is calling for Cecilia Muñoz to resign from the White House for her defense of the administration’s deportation policies. Presente.org, the immigrant rights group that led the petition to get CNN’s Lou Dobbs off the air, is demanding that Muñoz denounce the [...]

Commentary: By Maria Cardona    Repeat after me, GOP: “Marco Rubio will not be our savior with Latinos in the 2012 election.”    It has nothing to do with whether the U.S. senator from Florida lied about the year his parents came to the United States, though let’s pause on that for a moment anyway: [...]

Commentary: By Kmele Foster    Earlier this month, the President’s jobs bill failed in the Senate. Now the White House intends to break up the bill and gin up sufficient Republican support to pass key pieces. “We will now work with Senator Reid to make sure that the individual proposals in this jobs bill get [...]

Commentary: By Pedro Rios Program Director, American Friends Service Committee – San Diego    Obama Administration officials this week touted their high record numbers of deportations – nearly 400,000 last fiscal year – as “smart and effective” law enforcement. It is neither.    Rather it reflects a precipitous loss of moral ground by a Washington [...]

When Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 plan is analyzed, it’s not such a good deal for the self-employed Commentary: By Alberto Marrero Salas    Watching the Republican debate (desperately hoping for some light to shine through) about a third of the debate dealt with Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 plan.    The Cain 9-9-9 plan consists of the following: [...]

Comentario: Por Maribel Hastings America’s Voice    Mitt Romney, aspirante a la nominación presidencial republicana que por estos días le huye a la reforma migratoria como el diablo a la cruz, seleccionó al ex Secretario de Comercio, Carlos Gutiérrez, uno de los negociadores de una propuesta de reforma migratoria bajo la administración de George W. [...]

Analysis Story and Photos By David Bacon     Last week President Obama broke his campaign commitment and put three free trade agreements up for a vote in Congress (on Wednesday both houses passed the agreements. President Obama will soon sign the Free Trade Pacts into law ). Business interests, ecstatic at the prospect, promise they’ll [...]

Commentary: By Maria Cardona    As a Democrat, predictably, I find all of the presidential candidates and the policies they support anathema to everything I believe this country needs right now. Their “solutions” are regurgitated failures that have been tried before and are a big reason President Obama inherited an economy on the brink of [...]

By Danya P. Hernandez Scripps Howard Foundation Wire WASHINGTON– Hundreds of spectators cheered and applauded as President Barack Obama promised to work to pass the Dream Act, which would allow some young immigrants to become U.S. citizens.     “I will do everything in my power to make the Dream Act a reality,” he said.     [...]

Comentario: Por Humberto Caspa, Ph.D    Un incremento de impuestos a la clase llamada “superricos” es una medida razonable si tomamos en cuenta que este grupo contribuye, en términos relativos, menos que las clases medias.    El presidente Barack Obama clama justicia. Por eso dentro de su paquete económico incluyó un incremento de los impuestos [...]

Comentario: Por Maribel Hastings America’s Voice    Mientras Barack Obama hablaba ante el Congreso y la nación de la urgencia de aprobar su plan de creación de empleos y las cámaras mostraban la reacción de algunos líderes republicanos que prefieren que el barco se hunda antes de colaborar con este presidente, imaginé qué pasaría si [...]

Perspectiva: Por Rafael Prieto Zartha     Los  funcionarios de inmigración de la administración del presidente Barack Obama recularon y la Casa Blanca comenzó a hacer lo correcto al utilizar su discreción administrativa para evitar que continúe el devastador tsunami indiscriminado de deportaciones que ya superó el millón de expulsados, en su enorme mayoría hispanos.     [...]