Latino News and Opinion

Investigating, limiting and silencing press is the slipperiest of slippery slopes 

In a reversal that has frustrated victims, witnesses, human rights advocates and the international community who has been observing, the Constitutional Court of Guatemala has decided to annul the recent judgement of the Supreme Court which found ex d

What does it mean to be Latino in the United States? For many, it means recognizing that society has a limited view of who we are. 

 This week’s big U.S. Latino-related news was Jason Richwine’s resignation from the Heritage Foundation after it was revealed that the senior policy analyst’s doctoral dissertation made the argument that immigrants — characterized as maj

Hundreds of amendments proposed for Senate reform bill

After Disney applied for a trademark for the title of one of its upcoming Pixar movies, Día de los Muertos, the Latino twitterverse and blogosphere exploded at the news.

The Latino parishioners of La Milagrosa who have been fighting to keep the landmark church’s doors open, have formed the “Salvemos La Milagrosa Committee” which is seeking to address the closure on a number of fronts, including litigation. 

This past Sunday, April 21, a group of parishioners of La Milagrosa gathered to protest the closing of the most visible symbol of the history of Latino Catholicism in the city of Philadelphia. 

If there are any winners in the immigration reforms set out by the bipartisan Senate “Gang of 8” in the 844-page bill they released Tuesday night, it would have to be big business ...

Helen Ubiñas, a Latina columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News, created a minor stir with the column that appeared in the April 1 issue of the paper. In it, Ubiñas proposes that it is time to change the name of Philadelphia’s iconic “Italian

A petition has gone global. There are plans for a hundreds-strong last Mass, and the Facebook page is full of generations of Latinos reminiscing about its significance. 

More than half of Latinos favor legalizing same-sex marriage.

As a Latino, how you answer that question may depend on your age.

At Chávez’s death, an opportunity for the United States It is quite possible that the only president of Latin American countries most non-Latino Americans can reliably name is Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez, who died March 5 at the age of 58. The rea

Ex-police officer cleared of assault charge despite video evidence In Philadelphia it is better to be Jonathan Josey than it is to be Aida Guzmán. The 39-year-old ex-police lieutenant was caught on video hauling off and hitting Guzmán in the face

The latest Academy Awards ceremony was filled with fail for Latinos. The host, Seth McFarlane made fun of Salma Hayek, Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz on the basis of their accents; Lupe Ontiveros was left out of the “In Memoriam” segment; and Be