Justice Sonia Sotomayor Speaks Out on Latino Identity and Civic Engagement
Justice Sonia Sotomayor Speaks Out on Latino Identity and Civic Engagement
*Why you should read this: Because Justice Sotomayor call us out, but does it in an encouraging way. Because she preaches truth: “None of us can afford to be bystanders […]
Justice Sonia Sotomayor says she thought about hitting Antonin Scalia with baseball bat
*Justice Sotomayor: “If we’ve lost anything, it’s remembering that differences don’t stand, necessarily, on ill will. If you keep that in mind, you can resolve almost any issue, because you can […]
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, supreme honoree of this year’s Hispanic Heritage Awards
*Along with Jusitce Sotomayor, according to Fox News Latino, the awrdees included “Pulitzer Prize winning author Junot Diaz, iconic Mexican actress-singer Angélica Maria, legendary salsa band the Fania All-Stars, fitness […]
You need to read Sonia Sotomayor’s devastating, Ta-Nehisi Coates-citing Supreme Court dissent
*I love that Judge Sonia (I feel I can call her that, ’cause she’s one of us) is making the Supreme Court cool. She writes a scathing dissent about unreasonable […]
Trump faces Hispanic judges in several federal courts
*OK, this is important. Trump faces several Latina judges in other cases (the man is prolifically litigious!): U.S. District Judge Gloria M. Navarro; U.S. District Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga; and Supreme Court Justice […]
Sotomayor accuses colleagues of trying to ‘wish away’ racial inequality
*Justice Sonia Sotomayor went to the mat to counter Justice Roberts’ well known adage that “the way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on […]
Sotomayor: US High Court Needs More Diversity, in Many Ways
*Check it out. President Obama makes a political chess move, nominates Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, then Justice Sonia Sotomayor goes to the Brooklyn Law School to talk about the need […]
the Latino daily – Your Monday morning brief
MONDAY, April 11, 2016 Good morning Taquistas! Let’s get this week started. Here’s your news. ►Monday’s numbers 40 – The percentage of U.S. Latino and black students in the U.S. […]
8 Latinas Every American Woman Should Thank
*I’m sure there are many more than eight, and that many of you could compile lists of your own. But this is a good list to start. VL By Tanisha Love […]
8 Of Sonia Sotomayor’s Wisest And Most Memorable Quotes
*I thought this was pretty cool, and a good way to start the weekend. VL By Tanisha Love Ramirez, Huffington Post Latino Voices Today marks the sixth anniversary of the day […]