January 11, 2017 Opinion: Prey to widespread corruption, Mexico is crumbling before our eyes The political and economic progress made in Mexico between 2000 and 2012 is being frittered away by the return of the PRI.
January 11, 2017 Geraldo Rivera: Ferguson and the denial dilemma Reading black and progressive criticism of the Ferguson grand jury's failure to indict the white cop that killed the kid is to wade across a river of denial.
January 11, 2017 Skepticism abounds on Mexican president Peña Nieto’s anti-crime plan At the National Palace on Thursday, President Enrique Peña Nieto unveiled plans to curb crime and corruption and to promote the rule of law as social discontent deepens over the disappearance and likely death of 43 teachers college students.
January 11, 2017 Determined 6-year-old girl declares war on costumed characters in Times Square Kamila Flishtinskiy, a first-grader from Brooklyn, is taking on Batman, Elmo and Mickey Mouse in a Times Square showdown because, she says, the superheroes and cartoon characters make children sad. Â
January 11, 2017 Many parents of undocumented children in NY face tough homework of proving residence Many schools in New York State could be deterring undocumented children from enrolling, alleges NYCLU in a survey released recently. Districts in the sampling of 139 were said to require birth certificates, social security numbers or ask about immigration status.
January 11, 2017 Ferguson businesses - among them a Mexican restaurant - anxiously wait for unrest to fade At El Palenque, Ferguson’s sole Latino-owned restaurant, owners Joel and MarÃa Flores boarded up the front of the store after Monday night’s violence, during which their windows were smashed up, and will instead be serving food from the restaurant’s fortified back entrance.
January 11, 2017 Rep. Hoyer: President Obama's executive action is a step toward immigration reform This is not only a political and economic issue. It’s a moral issue that goes straight to what it means to be American.
January 11, 2017 Opinion: President's expansion of Deferred Action benefits everyone, including Puerto Ricans Most of the workers impacted by this order with be low wage immigrants, who pose no threat to the much higher educated Puerto Rican workforce.
January 11, 2017 Opinion: Ferguson tragedy was multiplied last night by prosecutor McCulloch At the end of the day Mr. Brown was shot dead unarmed and with his hands in the air. That alone should have forced the local criminal justice system to act.
January 11, 2017 Fernando Espuelas: After Obama’s immigration orders, Republicans can win or self-destruct Like a lit stick of dynamite in a dam wall, President Barack Obama’s immigration executive orders have blown up the stasis of America’s immigration debate.