Latinos
Chicago mayor aims to aggressively privatize schools
December 9, 2011The mayor's plan will affect 10,000 students, mostly Black and Latino, and result in the firing of 600 teachers, principals, building maintenance, cafeteria and other workers.
Read moreRoutine teen-aged HIV test proposed by doctors
November 28, 2011The Center for Disease Control has called for universal testing of all patients between the ages of 16 and 64. However, the U.S. Public Health Service has not endorsed the proposal.
Read moreBlack labor leaders: Alabama’s immigration fight ground zero for civil rights
November 18, 2011African American, civil rights and labor leaders visited Birmingham this week to see first hand how the state's new anti-immigrant law is impacting Latinos.
Read moreEvangelicals: Alabama’s immigration law is anti-Christian, anti-American
November 16, 2011National evangelical leaders who recently visited Alabama as part of an "emergency delegation" are denouncing the state's new anti-immigrant law.
Read moreSEIU’s Medina predicts more Latino voter activism next year
November 15, 2011Service Employees Secretary-Treasurer Eliseo Medina, a skilled organizer and one of the most influential Hispanic Americans in the labor movement, predicts Latino voters will have heightened activism in next year's election.
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