A new report shows that a professor who happens to be white can earn twice as much as Latino professors, a finding that is not limited to just one campus. âSome individual is paid twice as much as Emilio or me, and they teach one course and we…
Undocumented immigrants on New York State roadways can breathe a sigh of relief as the empire stateâs Green Light Law officially went into effect on Monday, Dec. 16. The law allows undocumented persons to obtain driver licenses at the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), while…
The House of Representatives is addressing the agricultural industryâs labor crisis by voting in favor of a bill that would grant legal status to thousands of undocumented farmworkers. On Dec. 11, a bipartisan House vote of 260-165 propelled this bill to the Senate for further deliberation. The bill…
Puerto Rico has suffered most from climate change in the past decade. At the beginning of December, an environmental think-tank, GermanWatch published its annual Climate Change Risk Index, which poses the question âwho suffers most from extreme weather events?â After consulting close to 400 climate experts, this Risk…
After years of aggressive immigration enforcement directed by the Trump administration, Congressman JesĂșs âChuyâ GarcĂa (D-IL) has introduced a bill aimed at decriminalizing border crossings. The âNew Way Forward Actâ, co-sponsored by Congress members Ayanna Pressley, Jamila Prayapal, RaĂșl Grijalva and Karen Bass focuses on tackling immigration reform…
Community activist Julia Mejia is now the first Latina in history elected to the Boston City Council after winning by a single vote. Following a three day recount, the Dominican immigrant secured her council seat victory on Dec. 9, defeating Alejandra St. Guillen by a final tally of…
As nativity scenes decorate neighborhood yards in celebration of Christmas, one church is using theirs to highlight the dire reality that thousands of asylum seekers suffer at the hands of the U.S. government. Claremont United Methodist Church in California created a Christian nativity scene comparing Jesusâ migrant status…
16-year-old Guatemalan migrant Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vasquez lay dead in a south Texas holding cell for over four hours before guards checked on him. Carlos died of flu while being detained at an immigration holding station in Weslaco. A Dec. 5th ProPublica news report shows video footage of…
A new government report confirms that over 5,400 migrant children were separated from their families, and the plan was to separate up to 26,000 families if a judge had not ended the program. Between July 2017 and June 2018 the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency (CBP) separated…
Democratic presidential candidate and frontrunner Joe Biden who has already qualified for the next Democratic presidential primary debate on Dec. 19, is having a problem connecting with the Hispanic community. At a November South Carolina town hall, Biden was confronted by a prodding immigration advocate over his uncertain…