By Luis Alfredo Vasquez-Ajmac Despite the Census’ most robust marketing effort in its history, in California it seems most people are more concerned about Coachella concert ticket sales in 2020 rather than the Census 2020. All those outreach efforts may not be enough to outweigh the negative impact of a potential addition of the citizenship […]
Op Ed
OP-ED: La industria de gas natural y petróleo en Estados Unidos está contratando y construyendo con base en la diversidad
Por: Mike Sommers, President and CEO American Petroleum Institute La economía está en auge, pero eso no significa que todo sea fácil para las familias estadounidenses. Los costos de los artículos de primera necesidad del hogar continúan aumentando: los gastos de atención médica aumentaron un 73% en 10 años, los costos de educación aumentaron un […]
Under New Employment Advertising Rule, Americans Need Not Apply
Proposed changes to an advertising requirement for employers in the U.S. could mean that soon, many eligible American workers will not learn about available job opportunities in the U.S. before they are offered to non-resident, foreign workers instead. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) are proposing to […]
OP-ED: La Exploración Marítima Promete Empleos, Energía Asequible
Abril 17, 2019 Por Julio A. Fuentes, Presidente y CEO de la Cámara de Comercio Hispana – Estado de Florida @julioflorida La producción de petróleo y gas natural ha batido récord en EE.UU. y eso ha impactado positivamente en las familias estadounidenses porque se han creado empleos, se ha revitalizado la industria manufacturera y se ha […]
State of American Energy 2019
Securing the Opportunities of American Energy 15 or 20 years ago, there were very few people who could have imagined that the U.S. would again lead the world in the production of natural gas and oil. And even fewer who would have thought that we could reduce carbon emissions faster than any other nation. […]
Farmworker Justice in Opposition to House Immigration Bills
WASHINGTON. June 19, 2018 .— The House of Representatives is set to vote on two immigration bills— Rep. Goodlatte’s “Securing America’s Future Act” (the “Goodlatte bill”) and the Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2018 (the “Ryan bill”). Farmworker Justice strongly opposes both bills. Instead of recognizing the valuable contributions of immigrants to our country, these […]
Voto Latino joins thirty-nine other national Latino organizations and allies in opposition to DHS’ systemic attack on Latino and immigrant communities
This morning, Voto Latino joined thirty-nine national organizations in protest of the Department of Homeland Security’s deliberate, relentless, and systemic attack on the community we represent. In a letter directed to Secretary Kirstjen M. Nielsen, Voto Latino and the country’s leading Latino organizations and allies enumerate the abuses carried out by DHS, and demand an […]
¿Un día sin negocios latinos? No, gracias
Sabemos, porque nos lo cuentan las estadísticas y los estudios de investigación, que las brechas educativas y las barreras económicas plagan a la comunidad latina de Estados Unidos. Sabemos que lo hispanounidense es una realidad llena de luces y asolada de sombras. Y entonces se publica un estudio sobre las dificultades que enfrentan los empresarios […]
Washington, DC: The Global Citizen Blooms Here
While walking the corridors of Communikids Preschool in Falls Church, Virginia, I listen to a three-year-old say “J’ai une chenille.” She is showing her class a hairy caterpillar in a mesh enclosure. Moments later a four-year-old brings over an ant farm and shouts “¡Mira las hormigas!”, in flawless Spanish. Neither of these children is a […]
Tiene el derecho a permanecer en silencio y darnos su ADN
Por Ernesto Perez-Chanona, Ph.D. Para un científico es fácil pipetear algo en un pocillo equivocado o etiquetar incorrectamente un tubo. Un error de esta naturaleza puede enturbiar los datos apoyando una hipótesis; sin embargo, en un caso así, Dwayne Jackson fue enviado a prisión. En 2003, le dijeron que el Comité de Asuntos Fiscales de la […]