Intellectually Entertaining. Socially Relevant.
The Obama administration is 2-0 this week – well, sorta. In a historic decision, the Supreme Court on Thursday, June 28, ruled in favor of the Affordable Care Act, President Obama’s signature piece of healthcare legislation, according to SCOTUSblog. Labeled derisively as “Obamacare” by the president’s opponents, the law requires the uninsured to possess a Read More
A recent USA Today/Gallup study showed that a majority of Latinos – 56 percent – favor government intervention in solving the nations socioeconomic and political issues. This is well above the 37 percent of overall Americans who favor government involvement in reaching solutions. Latinos, despite what many conservatives may think, are not born into the Read More
“This documentary is dedicated to all undocumented kids – of all nationalities and from all walks of life – living in the United States. We see you.” So reads the dedication for Illegal, a short documentary film on the hardships faced by young men and women who, despite living in the United States for much Read More
This morning, the Supreme Court finally announced its ruling and delivered a split decision on Arizona’s immigration law. The justices upheld the most controversial “show me your papers” provision, while still blocking some other key provisions of SB 1070. This announcement comes the same week the Supreme Court is scheduled to rule on a second Read More
On the morning of June 15, the Supreme Court announced its decision on Arizona’s SB1070, the controversial immigration law that, among other things, requires state law enforcement officers to stop and question individuals they suspect of being in the country illegally. While the court struck down most of the law, it upheld the stop-and-question provision, Read More
On Monday, June 25, the Supreme Court ruled mostly against Arizona’s SB1070, the controversial immigration law that required the state’s law enforcement officers to seek out and detain undocumented immigrants. In a somewhat surprising twist, the court chose to uphold the most controversial portion of the law, one that requires police officers to stop and Read More
As we get closer to this year’s election, President Obama has been making important decisions that many of his supporters expected him to make the whole time he has been in office. Last month, Obama announced his support for same-sex marriage. Today, June 15, he has made an announcement that will affect the lives of Read More
Growing up in a home in which most of my family members were undocumented, I understood that many options were unavailable due to immigration status. I gained a strong sense of what it could be like to be undocumented. Many doors had been locked to them before they even arrived to try opening them. I Read More
The GOP may not be the only party finding itself in hot water with the Latino electorate in 2012. Adriana Villavicencio recently presented poll numbers showing President Obama beating his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, by 34 points among Latino voters. “Political analysts,” she writes, “are calling these gaps the Republican Party’s ‘Hispanic problem’ and suggest Read More
A recent poll shows President Obama leading Mitt Romney by 34 points among Hispanics. Political analysts are calling these gaps the Republican Party’s “Hispanic problem” and suggest that it may mean losing the support of Latinos beyond the 2012 election. In the last 10 presidential contests, the Democratic presidential nominee has received an average of Read More