Silvia Usuriaga, 02/23/12

Program Coordinator for Nature and Culture International

A healthy ecosystem is essential to all of our livelihoods, but for indigenous groups,many of whom have suffered slave-like treatment at the hands of missionaries, robber barons, loggers, miners, industrial farmers and drug gangs, protecting their environment means saving themselves from utter obliteration.

S.J. Main, 02/23/12

Film Producer, CEO of the Latino Film Fund

The Bandito Brothers' co-directing team Mike "Mouse" McCoy and Scott Waugh "go big" with action this Friday when their patriotic film 'Act of Valor' opens wide in theaters.

Julio Pabon, 02/23/12

Founder of LatinoSports.com

I was part of a group of valiant citizens, Boricuas, Latinos, and a whole lot of others who came out in protest against the "Via Verde" gas pipeline also known as the "Gasoducto" project in Puerto Rico.

Noel A. Poyo, 02/22/12

Executive Director for the National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders (NALCAB)

According to the most recent Census Bureau Survey of Business Owners (2007), Hispanic-owned businesses are the fastest growing segment of the small business sector, expanding at nearly twice the rate of the national average between 2002 and 2007.

Cosima Cabrera, 02/22/12

Student at Yale University

This year Demián Bichir from Mexico received best actor Oscar nominations. While Bichir deserves to win, it is unlikely perhaps because Oscar voters are 94% Caucasian and Latinos are less than 2% of the Academy's voting members.

Glenn Llopis, 02/22/12

Bringing the immigrant perspective to business leaders

Hispanics are now voicing our opinions more powerfully than ever before as our concerns mount for the future of our children and our own well-being.

Sam Wolson, 02/21/12

Freelance photographer and cinematographer

Voto Latino, 02/22/12

Blog Series

Did you know the señora you bought a taco, fruta mixta, churro, or tamale from could be fined up to $1,000 and do jail time for selling food on an L.A. sidewalk or 500 feet from a school?

Raul A. Reyes, 02/21/12

Attorney; 'USA Today' Columnist

Romney might want to stop and consider that his immigration stance is at odds with his faith.

Michael J. Hunt, 02/21/12

Political observer trained in Oakland, based in the Heartland

The Iowa Federation of College Republicans are offering cupcakes during lunchtime today, Tuesday, at the Iowa state capitol. With just one caveat: tasty treats will only be provided to those who present a valid photo ID.

Pamela Powers Hannley, 02/21/12

Pamela Powers Hannley is an independent journalist in Tucson, Arizona. She blogs at http://tucsoncitizen.com/tucson-progressive/

With six anti-labor bills winding their way through the Arizona Legislature, union workers are gearing up for a fight.

Marcelo M. Suarez-Orozco and Carola Suarez-Orozco, 02/21/12

Co-Directors, Immigration Studies at NYU

Rather than educate voters with facts and reasoned arguments, the statements and opinions of the leading candidates reflect anachronism and exaggerations at best, misrepresentations and outright falsehoods at worst.

Kristian Ramos, 02/21/12

Policy Director, Hispanic Demographics, Immigration NDN

On the one hand Jan Brewer says she's devoted to increasing commerce and tourism with Mexico, on the other she pushes legislation which would fund a militia to tour the southwest border.

Anne Z. Cooke, 02/21/12

Travel and adventure writer

What I wanted to know was this: How dangerous is Mexico, and how can visitors avoid trouble?

Paul Stoller, 02/21/12

Professor of Anthropology, West Chester University; Author, 'The Power of the Between'

When you take a Greyhound Bus it is difficult to close your eyes to the face of poverty in America.

Fabiola Inzunza, 02/21/12

Intern at the UCLA Dream Resource Center, Contributor to DREAM Activists Blogger Series

The GOP's Presidential candidate front-runner, Mitt Romney, has recently welcomed the endorsement of Pete Wilson. Who do they think they're fooling? 



Alex Nowrasteh, 02/17/12

Policy Analyst, Competitive Enterprise Institute

Solving the illegal immigration problem requires solving the legal immigration problem. If a quick and legal pathway to immigrate similar to Ellis Island were revived, unauthorized immigration would virtually disappear.