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'Pro-English' Group Launches Wildly Offensive Ad

Buzzfeed | Posted 05.14.2013 | Latino Voices

WASHINGTON — Sen. Lindsey Graham is the first target of a new broadcast ad campaign from an anti-immigration reform group with reported ties to the ...

Arizona's Latest Anti-Immigrant Law Proposed

The Huffington Post | Posted 02.07.2013 | Latino Voices

An Arizona politician wants to crack down on printing government documents in Spanish. State Rep. Steve Smith has filed legislation that would pro...

Are Immigrants Really All that Funny? Sofia Vergara Denied an Emmy, Again

Vanessa Perez | Posted 11.26.2012 | Latino Voices
Vanessa Perez

Sofia Vergara is an Emmy nominated actor and one of the leads in ABC's seven-time Emmy award-winning series "Modern Family." She is the hottest Latina actor of the moment. What do you mean no one can understand what she's saying?

Friday Talking Points -- Talking Back

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.31.2012 | Politics
Chris Weigant

The facts are squarely on the Democrats' side. But we need bumpersticker answers. Slogans. Not an in-depth discussion of why the other side's position is horsefeathers, but a snappy putdown to showcase the wrongness of the Republican position.

English Only! Part 2

Cheech Marin | Posted 10.29.2012 | Latino Voices
Cheech Marin

Ok, Let's pretend that the Latino population explosion is not going to happen (heh, heh, heh, at least try it) and go back to the "English Only" issue. If this is the situation, then we are going to have to re-name most of our states.

English Only!

Cheech Marin | Posted 10.14.2012 | Latino Voices
Cheech Marin

Now, the most astounding fact is that more than 80% of Mexicans immigrants in the U.S. are under 25 years of age, the prime baby-making years. And y'all know how much them "Messi-cans" like to make babies.

To Speak Or Not To Speak.. Spanish

Posted 12.26.2011 | Latino Voices

Does speaking English and Spanish fluently make you less American? Is bilingualism a hindrance to the American dream? As the nation’s Latino pop...

Amanda Terkel

Marco Rubio Airs Spanish-Language Ad, Despite Promoting English-Only Policies

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Florida's GOP Senate nominee Marco Rubio, "looking to solidify his robust support among Hispanic voters," is out with his first Spanish-language ad, d...

Georgia: Making a Scapegoat of Immigrants

John Carlos Frey | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
John Carlos Frey

Proposed legislation requiring Georgia's driver's license exams to be in English only is a harsh measure that won't curb illegal immigration but will probably score political points.

The Constitution Does Not Sanction Bigotry

Naoma Nagahawatte | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Naoma Nagahawatte

Have Tea Partiers forgotten that the U.S. was built by many non-English speaking immigrants, and is comprised of their descendants?

The Language of Paying Respects: The English-Spanish Connection at a Chicago Business Who's Who

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Esther J. Cepeda

I'm not a fan of pandering for pandering's sake, but someone addressing you with words they're unfamiliar and maybe a little uncomfortable with shows not only respect, but warmth.

GOP: Imploding, Meaningless, and Run by Crazies, But not Dead

Paul Jenkins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Paul Jenkins

Beyond its regional concentration, the Republican Party's face is from another time. Indeed, nearly half of the Republican caucus is composed of Southern white men.

Obama's Right: More Americans Should Learn a Second Language

Stacie Nevadomski Berdan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Stacie Nevadomski Berdan

Whether it's learning Chinese, a language critical to future global commerce, or Spanish, the most widely spoken language in the U.S. after English, as a nation we need to get going