Cross posted at Daily Grito: A while ago, The Economist, did a cover story on ‘Networking.’ It explained how some groups did better than others by relying on ‘established’ or ‘informal’ networks. The story noted the most powerful ones and how rising or emerging groups use available networks or create new ones. Moreover, the article [...]

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Last week I was contacted about a new documentary Welcome to Shelbyville, which will air on PBS tomorrow. The documentary is set in Shelbyville, Tennessee during the 2008 Presidential election and the economic turmoil the country was facing at the time. Shelbyville is a small town with changing demographics and is located about an hour [...]

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With the forceful lobbying and community organizing, some states have pro-migrant policy victories. Last week in Maryland, the state’s version of the DREAM Act was passed. The bill allows undocumented youth in Maryland, who have attended public high school in the state for three consecutive years, to pay in state tuition at public institutions of [...]

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By Melissa Beatriz Skolnick What would conversations be like if we were all completely candid with our words and were able to bravely face reality? Have you ever heard people talk about the “the community” or “inner city” and use these words as euphemisms for low-income individuals or people of color? What images come to [...]

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Webmaster’s note: Within the past month, the K-12 education community has been faced with the resignation of high profile DC school chancellor Michelle Rhee resigning and in NYC the appointment of Cathie Black for chancellor in NYC. By Jude Soto Please excuse me if this blog post is a bit halting because I am working [...]

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In a bit of black-brown coalition building, NCLR’s President Janet Murguia, along with the President of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Wade Henderson, penned an opinion piece in the Washington Post urging MLB to move the 2011 All-Star Game. Within the Latino blogosphere, many of us have been urging MLB to move [...]

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The prospects for comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) are dwindling day by day. Even the proposed Dream Act to help the children of the undocumented (aka illegals) secure university-level education is slowly diminishing. Moreover, I am convinced that the heartless and even poisonous positions being taken by many fellow Americans will sink any hopes of achieving [...]

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A New Pew Hispanic Center Report released this week shows that Latinos once again are behind their white and black peers when it comes to educational certification after dropping out of high school. Dropping out of high school is horrible enough, but only one in ten Hispanic high school dropouts has obtained a GED. And [...]

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