Héctor Sánchez Barba

Héctor Sánchez Barba

  • Home
  • Meet Héctor
  • Community Blog
  • Op-Eds
  • Publications
  • Contact

HomeOp-Eds

Posts in category: Op-Eds

Latino Voters Call for an Aggressive Agenda to Protect the Environment

October 23, 2015
Op-Eds

In Huffpost “In many ways, environmental issues are connected to many of the other causes close to my heart: civic participation, workers’ rights, immigration and health care.”It is time to recognize that we can no longer turn a blind eye to the uniq ...

Read More

NHLA’S Latino Leaders Chart Bold Strategy to Advance Community Interests

September 4, 2015
Op-Eds

In Huffpost At this pivotal time in American politics, the work of the leading Latino coalition in the nation is more important than ever in order to achieve unity to advance the Latino agenda. The National Hispanic Leadership Agenda (NHLA) brings to ...

Read More
A large group of raised hands

Raise Your Voice to Raise Wages

August 20, 2015
Op-Eds

In Huffpost There are many signs that the economy is recovering, but we still have a long way to go. It is true that jobs are more plentiful now; the unemployment rate is at its lowest point since 2008. In fact, Latinos were the first population grou ...

Read More

Low-wage Latino workers could be key to 2016 election

July 10, 2015
Op-Eds

In Orlando Sentinel Two in five working Latinos would get a raise under the bill recently introduced in Congress by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., to raise the federal minimum wage to $12 per hour over five years.The federal ...

Read More
The U.S. Capitol in Washington is seen Wednesday evening, Jan. 14, 2015. A man who plotted to attack the U.S. congressional building and kill government officials inside it and spoke of his desire to support the Islamic State group was arrested on Wednesday, the FBI said. A criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Ohio charges Christopher Lee Cornell with attempting to kill officers and employees of the United States. The Capitol Dome is covered with scaffolding for a long-term repair project.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Top Latino Priorities for the 114th Congress

January 20, 2015
Op-Eds

In Huffpost As a coalition of 39 preeminent Latino organizations, the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda (NHLA) seeks to influence public policy to ensure that Latino interests are taken into account at the national level. This is an important time ...

Read More

No exceptions for racial profiling

December 5, 2014
Op-Eds

In The Hill The killings of Michael Brown, Eric Garner and other unarmed African American men by police officers have sparked a much-needed national conversation on the urgent need to address biased policing.  As U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder pre ...

Read More

We Still Need the Voting Rights Act

June 25, 2014
Op-Eds

In Huffpost One Year After the Supreme Court’s Shelby decision, Congress Must Act to Modernize VRAAnniversaries are normally a cause for celebration. But there is no joy in Latino communities across the country over this week’s one-year anniversary o ...

Read More

Stop Devastating Latino Families With Senseless Deportations and Pass Immigration Bill This Year

May 9, 2014
Op-Eds

In Huffpost Over six years have passed since Barack Obama was elected President of the United States with 67 percent of Latino voters behind him. In 2012, he secured his re-election with 71 percent of Latino voters on his side. For many Latino voters ...

Read More

No More Excuses: The Time Has Come to Translate Latino Population Growth Into Political Clout and Political Posts

September 12, 2013
Op-Eds

In Huffpost What do California, Nevada, Florida and Texas have in common? If you guessed that they are all states highly populated by Latinos you are correct. And if you guessed that all of these states also have dismal records of appointing Latinos ...

Read More

It Is Time for the EPA to Step Up Protection of Farmworkers

August 9, 2013
Op-Eds

In Huffpost How valuable is a man or woman? How valuable is a farmworker? How do you measure the value of a life?These are questions Cesar E. Chavez once asked us to consider.The revered labor and civil rights leader appealed to our humanity and soci ...

Read More
  • First
  • Previous
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • Next
  • Last

Recent Posts

  • Quadrennial Blueprint for Advancing the Latino Community
  • 2016 NHLA Presidential Engagement Campaign: Presidential Candidate Voter Guide
  • 2016 NHLA Presidential Engagement Campaign: Guía Sobre Los Candidatos Presidenciales
  • 2016 NHLA Presidential Candidate Questionnaire Responses
  • Latinas Represent

Categories

  • Op-Eds
  • Publications

Op-Eds

  • El ‘racismo ambiental’ y su impacto en la comunidad latina
  • The Burden of Environmental Racism and Its Impact on Latinos
  • Fortaleciendo nuestra democracia: 6 ejemplos de cómo los latinos e inmigrantes lideran la resistencia contra los ataques de Trump
  • Strengthening Our Democracy: 6 Examples of How Latinos and Immigrants Lead the Resistance Against Trump’s Attacks

Publications

  • Quadrennial Blueprint for Advancing the Latino Community
  • 2016 NHLA Presidential Engagement Campaign: Presidential Candidate Voter Guide
  • 2016 NHLA Presidential Engagement Campaign: Guía Sobre Los Candidatos Presidenciales
  • 2016 NHLA Presidential Candidate Questionnaire Responses

Get In Touch

contact@hectorsanchezbarba.com

RECENT POSTS

  • publications1

    Quadrennial Blueprint for Advancing the ...

    October 30, 2019
    publications2

    2016 NHLA Presidential Engagement Campai...

    October 30, 2019
    Publications3

    2016 NHLA Presidential Engagement Campai...

    October 30, 2019

CATEGORIES

Blog

Op-Eds

Publications

Newsletter

© 2019 Héctor Sánchez Barba. All rights reserved.

Powered by Lucky Frog Studios

Shopping Basket