In Huffpost The American Latino spirit ran full force throughout President Barack Obama’s recent inauguration.Together we watched as Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor administered Vice President Joseph Biden’s oath of office. Cuban-American poet ...
Latinos Delivered, Now It Is Your Turn Mr. President
In Huffpost On Thursday, November 8, 2012 the anti-immigrant fever that gripped the Republican Party for the last decade unceremoniously broke as Fox News’ Sean Hannity announcedthat he supported a pathway to citizenship for the nearly 12 million und ...
Romney’s Secret Plan for DREAMers
In Huffpost When campaigning for President in 1968, Richard Nixon told America he had a plan for ending the Vietnam War, but when pressed for details would not clarify exactly what that plan entailed. Nixon’s opaqueness led to the media coining the p ...
Wage Theft, Sexual Harassment and Workplace Violence; The Troubling Reality of Many Latina and Immigrant Workers
There are stories of human pain and workers’ rights abuses that are oftentimes ignored or simply never told. Through their labor, workers are fundamental to the prosperity of American society but they hardly receive bonuses, incentives, awards or medals f ...
A New Approach to Immigration: It’s Time to Stop Blaming Immigrants
In Huffpost Immigration has become a toxic issue in the United States, hijacked and misconstrued to the point of hysteria, while the causes and solutions are traceable and quantifiable but have been ignored. The most serious economic crisis since the ...
This Mother’s Day, Let’s Recognize Our Most Vulnerable Working Mothers: Trabajadoras
In Huffpost This Sunday people all over the nation will show their appreciation and gratitude for mothers’ daily sacrifices. Mother’s Day brings beautiful memories of childhood, surrounded by the watchful eyes and warm embraces of our mothers. But as ...
Warning: If They Take Wisconsin, They Might Go After Our Weekends
In Huffpost Workers all over the country are rising up by the thousands to defend the basic American right of collective bargaining. We can fight the anti-union ambush in the states with worker solidarity among Latinos and all workers, but first we n ...
Strong Social Security Is Central to the Latino Community’s Future
In Huffpost Social Security is central to the economic security of all Latinos, young and old alike. For 75 years it has played a vital role in providing a safety net for the protection millions of retirees, disabled workers and aged widowers. Social ...
GUEST BLOGGER SERIES: Hector E. Sanchez “May Day and The Dangerous Reality for Latino Workers”
In Latinovations This Saturday, workers of all colors and heritage must unite, not just to honor the history of the labor movement itself, but to continue the much-needed fight that started decades ago.May First is International Workers Day, the comm ...
Keeping Promises: The New Immigration March
In npr Enough talk, Mr. President — now it's time for immigration reform. Last week, President Obama met with immigrant rights leaders, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and Sens. Charles Schumer and Lindsey Graham to talk about this issue. After the ...