Puerto Rico was shaken by a 5.9 magnitude earthquake just before 9 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 11, as islanders continue to endure the effects of Mother Nature’s devastation. The latest earthquake comes days after the one registering 6.4 magnitude on Jan. 7 left one person dead and caused…
Congress has opened an investigation into the medical mistreatment of 17 detainees at nine different migrant detainment centers. They requested that all documents related to the reported incidents be submitted by January, following the leak of an internal federal whistleblower’s memo. The cases of medical mistreatment detailed in…
January marks Human Trafficking Awareness Month, and January 11 is national day of human trafficking, designated to reaffirm a commitment to stop modern slavery and trafficking. While the vast majority of cases reported are related to sex exploitation, trafficking happens whenever an employer uses force, fraud or coercion…
Thousands of musicians are standing in solidarity with immigrants and vowing not to work with Amazon. Their campaign “No Music for ICE” rallies against Amazon because of the company’s contracts with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that keeps the government agency running. The boycott is part of…
Puerto Rico was rattled by a 6.4 -magnitude earthquake Tuesday morning. The shake caused infrastructural damage to the US territory, and one death on the southwestern coast of the island including Guánica, Guayanilla, and Ponce. This quake was the largest in a string of several over the past…
Illinois is heading into a new decade following the progressive trend mapped out by California, Colorado and eight other states in legalizing marijuana, but immigration advocates are warning the state’s estimated 487,000 non-citizens to avoid the substance at all costs. Since marijuana is currently classified as a federally-controlled…
Julián Castro, the only Latino candidate in the Democratic primary, dropped out of the presidential race on Thursday, a decision which has prompted more conversations around the diversity of the Democratic party and the impact the candidate made in the year since announcing his campaign. Supporters, including presidential…
A Sarasota political candidate accused of telling young Hispanic boys to “cut grass” has decided to continue his political campaign into 2020 despite facing public backlash. Within a one week span of the viral media scrutiny over the Sarasota incident, video footage of another racist incident in Texas…
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. “Some 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 state’s 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…
