Latinos

Today in labor history: César Chávez born in 1927

March 31, 2015 By Special to People’s World

Chávez was also an early environmentalist, warning the public of the devastating effects of pesticides on both farmworkers and consumers.

Voter suppression: NAACP strategizes to turn out vote in 2014

July 30, 2014 By Chauncey K. Robinson

As the 2014 midterm elections quickly approach, the battle against voter suppression is still being waged.

Arriving without their parents: Child refugees being warehoused on the U.S. border

June 19, 2014 By Emile Schepers

Thousands of unaccompanied child refugees from Central America, making their way through Mexico and into the U.S., are ending up in locked, fenced warehouses in Texas and Arizona.

Immigrant families demand an immediate end to deportations

April 9, 2014 By John Bachtell

Fed up with seeing loved ones deported and families and communities broken up, 11 undocumented immigrants and their supporters were arrested after blocking an intersection.

Panel: Immigrants’ advocates should step up efforts in the states

March 27, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

Immigrants' advocates should step up efforts in the states, regardless of the fate of comprehensive immigration reform in D.C., a panel discussing the issue says.