The Worst State for Latino Children: Most of the Nation
According to the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s study, “Race for Results: Building a Path to Opportunity for All Children,” Latin@ children are not being served well by most states in the United...
View ArticleSarah Palin Loves Amnesty for Thanksgiving
One person who also loves "amnesty" for Thanksgiving is, Sarah Plain. Remember when she pardoned that Turkey and gave an interview while behind her many other turkeys were being killed for...
View ArticleLatin@s & Education in MN - Waiting for Súper Policy
In Minnesota, when it comes to education for Latinos, long-time trends are slightly improving but continues to fail many of our students. Minnesota is a great state but our racial disparities are...
View ArticleConfederate Flag in the Wrong State: An Open Letter to the Residents of...
My friend and fellow YouthPrise Board member Antonio Cardona writes about what it means for him to have seen the news that a volunteer firefighter, Brian Nielsen, decided to fly the Confederate Flag...
View ArticleStates Refusing Refugees also sued Obama Admin. Over Immigration Executive...
A majority of states that have announced their refusal to take Syrian refugees also sued President Obama over executive orders he took to protect undocumented immigrants in the US.21 of the states that...
View ArticleMN Capitol gets a little racial diversity: Program Places College Students of...
The Citizens League's Capitol Pathways program will place nearly 30 college students of color from around the state with government offices, nonprofits, and lobbying firms where they can build...
View ArticleLavender's Editorial of Hate
Everyone is entitled to their opinions but our opinions have consequences. Since the rise of Trump, anti-immigrant sentiments and Islamophobia has become almost normalized in communities across the...
View ArticleIn Defense of MN College Republicans by a Mexican
LOL. Yeah right.I’ll just let them defend themselves:Molly Kwakenat, U of M College Republicans, on why they chose to paint “Build the Wall” instead of another message:“Donald Trump is in fact the...
View ArticleJudge Perkkio, a Pioneer of the Law in MN
The signs of a future lawyer and judge were present early in Arlene M. Asencio Perkkio’s childhood. A native of Brooklyn, New York, Perkkio and a cousin would get into mischief. She then would argue...
View ArticleJudge Orders DACA to Continue; Bipartisan Talks on DACA (Jan. 9 update)
Two major things happened today regarding DACA: 1) Trump & Congress members met to talk about a deal on DACA; and 2) a Federal judge is blocking Trump Administration from rescinding DACA & to...
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