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Two Latinos Receive Presidential Citizens Medal

By Nicola Paracchini | 08/06/2010 - 10:00 | 2 Comments

Latinos Jorge Muñoz and Roberta Diaz Brinton are among 13 people who were awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal yesterday for their outstanding work. In a ceremony at the White House, President Barack Obama recognized them as citizens who have been of exemplary service to the country. 

Munoz, 46, is a Colombian immigrant who works as a school...

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Republicans Pushing to Change 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution

By Mariela Rosario | 08/06/2010 - 08:00 | 0 Comments

Republicans have renewed the call to revise the 14th amendment of the constitution, which guarantees citizenship to anyone born in the United States. Though ratified 140 years ago and listed as one of the...

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Celebs React to Repeal of Prop 8 in California

By Mariela Rosario | 08/05/2010 - 14:40 | 1 Comment

Yesterday, a Federal judge overturned the controversial Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage that defined marriage solely as a partnership between a man and woman. The ban was passed in California back in 2008. In ruling that the ban violated the civil rights of gay and lesbian couples, U.S. District Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker wrote, "Proposition 8 both...

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SB 1070: What To Do If Police Pull You Over

By Mariela Rosario | 08/04/2010 - 09:00 | 16 Comments

Although many of the most offensive sections of the proposed new SB 1070 legislation were blocked from going into effect last Thursday, July 29th, some local Arizona authorities are taking the law into their own hands. We spoke to...

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"Viva Puerto Rico Libre!": Puerto Rican Nationalist Lolita Lebron Dies at Age 90

By Janel Martinez | 08/02/2010 - 16:00 | 1 Comment

Lolita Lebron, the Puerto Rican independence activist best known for her role in an attack on the U.S. Capitol, died of complications from respiratory disease in a hospital in San Juan this Sunday. She was 90.

“Lolita was the mother of the independence movement," Maria Lourdes Santiago, a member of the U.S. commonwealth’s Senate from the Puerto Rican...

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Watch: Lady Gaga Slams SB 1070 at Arizona Concert

By Mariela Rosario | 08/02/2010 - 13:30 | 3 Comments

Although Lady Gaga did not join the long list of artists recruited by Zack de la Rocha's Sound Strike in boycotting her performances scheduled for Arizona, the eccentric pop star took a moment to speak out...

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What Does the Ruling Against SB 1070 Really Mean?

By Mariela Rosario | 07/30/2010 - 18:00 | 17 Comments

Latinos celebrated a victory on Wednesday as U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton placed an injunction against many of the most crucial sections of the new SB 1070 legislation. We asked Nina Perales, a lawyer for MALDEF who helped to win the crucial injunction against SB 1070, to explain what’s next, and what the ruling really...

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UPDATE: The Latest on the Juarez-Inspired MAC Rodarte Makeup Line

By Kate Sandoval | 07/29/2010 - 18:00 | 4 Comments

In light of strong outrage over the MAC Rodarte makeup collection that was inspired by Ciudad Juarez, MAC executives met with Mexican government officials last night in Mexico City to apologize and to commit their global profits from the MAC Rodarte...

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