Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was one of the many Americans who showed up at Join The Impact’s nationwide protests Saturday against California Proposition 8. The proposition, which passed two weeks ago, overrode a recent state supreme court decision...

A rally is happening right now outside a Mormon temple in West Los Angeles to protest large financial contributions by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the Proposition 8 campaign supporting a measure that bans same-sex...

We couldn’t help but notice that the three states that banned gay marriage this election were in three of the most heavily populated Latino states in the nation. California passed Proposition 8 banning gay marriage (gays are shown being...

Talk show host Cristina Saralegui recently had stars Laura Flores, Erika Buenfil and Gaby Spanic on her show, along with the entire population of the Village of the Damned. Of the group, one blog observed: No matter how much...

Carmen Juri, a Cuban-American writer, has a bone to pick with the whole concept of affirmative action and vents her frustrations through a review of Joey Gonzalez, Great American. The book, by Puerto Rican-American author Tony Robles, talks of...

Frida Torresblanco, the executive producer of our favorite movie-with-a-scene-where-one-guy-disfigures-an-old-man with-a-broken-bottle, Pan’s Labyrinth, is accused of getting all fascist on her nanny’s ass. And not, like, in a sexy German underground video sort of way: Frida Torresblanco allegedly underpaid the...

More and more Mexican immigrants who return home to visit their families are deciding to just stay there rather than return to the discrimination and obstacles they face in the U.S: There are no exact figures, but stories abound...

A poll conducted by Manhattanville College says Latinos and Blacks face more discrimination while shopping than White shoppers: Most Latinos who say they’ve experienced discrimination say it happens while shopping (53 percent). Sixty percent of blacks say the same...

A group of Spanish-speaking workers have filed a discrimination suit against their workplace, G&C industries, after their employer implemented an “English only” policy at work. Andres Moran, one of the workers, gives us a lesson in geography: According to...

Empathizing with the discrimination Mexican immigrants face in this country Jewish committess are banding together with Mexican groups to discuss common issues: The American Jewish Committee co-sponsored the three-day workshop with Mexico’s Institute for Mexicans Abroad, which includes an...

The Toys “R” Us in a small Washington town is reeling now that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued it for allegedly mistreating sales associate Gregorio Martínez. The suit claims Martínez was passed on for promotions in...

The Bureau of Justice Statistics released a study that says while Whites, Blacks and Latinos get pulled over in traffic in equal measures, Blacks and Latinos are more likely to get arrested. The study that covered police interactions with...