Friday, June 7th, 2013
PRESS RELEASE Article is misleading; company celebrates and honors our diverse team members AUSTIN, Texas (June 6, 2013) – At Whole Foods Market, we do not have “no foreign languages spoken” policies in any of our stores. Our policy is that the default language is English, for consistent communication, inclusion, and especially for safety and emergency
Friday, June 7th, 2013
By Russell Contreras, Associated Press /NBCLatino ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Two employees at a Whole Foods Market store in Albuquerque say they were suspended last month after complaining about being told they couldn’t speak Spanish to each other...
Thursday, May 30th, 2013
By Nick Belardes, Latino Rebels Latino Rebels will be running a series of pieces by local Bakersfield journalist/writer Nick Belardes about the in-custody death of David Sal Silva. This is the series’ first post. Part One: Culture of Drugs BAKERSFIELD,...
Friday, May 24th, 2013
By Susana Hayward, Texas Observer It was late December 2007, and Mayor Jose Reyes Ferriz was looking out his office window at night. The city was lit for the holidays, but no one was out in Ciudad...
Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
Por Maria Lourdes Pallais, IDL-Reporteros Delgada, de corta estatura, entra sonriente, discreta, casi desapercibida. En minutos, la intensidad del tono de su voz, el brillo que despiden sus ojos inteligentes y su presencia pequeña pero dinámica domina la...
Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
By Andrew O’Reilly, Fox News Latino The sheriff’s department of a California county is under fire after several officers were involved in an altercation that led to the death of a local Latino man. Allegations of brutality...
Thursday, May 9th, 2013
By David Ferguson, The Raw Story A group of agricultural workers in southern California lost their jobs last week when they took shelter to escape the ash-filled air blowing down on them ahead of one of the...
Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
By Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times TUCSON — The Sonora desert claims the lives of hundreds of people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border each year. Many of the dead — about one out of three — go unidentified. Now,...
Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
By Hector Becerra, Los Angeles Times About 30 minutes into my job as a picker, the strawberry fairy left her first gift. On one of the beds of berries that seemed to stretch forever into the Santa...
Friday, May 3rd, 2013
By Rebecca Villaneda, Hispanic Business As the deadline passed this week for Hispanic farmers to file claims alleging discrimination by the USDA, many farmers aren’t sure they’ll ever receive justice. Many Hispanic and women farmers have died...
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
By Julia Preston, New York Times This has been a good year for gay rights advocates — with public opinion shifting in their favor and same-sex marriage advancing in the states — but not when it comes to immigration. An 844-page...
Friday, April 26th, 2013
By El Diario La Prensa/New America Media NEW YORK — Hassan Hamdy, the detective who shot an unarmed Latino, is still on the job and entitled to his pension because the NYPD has not slapped him with...
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
By Ignacio Torres, NBCLatino A high school umpire may be caught in a pickle after asking a Latino player to stop speaking Spanish during a game in Las Cruzes, New Mexico. A group of baseball coaches from Gadsden...
Monday, April 1st, 2013
Armando García Todos los pueblos han tenido un lider que ha luchado por que la justicia llegue a los más necesitados, a los parias, a los desamparados, a los que con su sudor y su trabajo edifican la...
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