Latino and immigration advocacy groups are busy organizing registration drives, and others are running eduation campaigns. The November elections could be a referendum by voters on the Obama Administration and Congress' failure to pass comprehensive immigration reform.
The Justice Department said Wednesday it would "conduct an independent review of the facts and circumstances" around the death of John Crawford, a black man in Ohio, to see if there were any civil rights violations. The review will be conducted by the department's civil rights division, the U.S. attorney's office and the FBI.
Iraq veterans joined by human rights lawyers filed a Freedom of Information Act request on Thursday with the U.S. Department of Defense and the State Department over its use of depleted uranium during the Iraq War.
Despite a federal court ruling on the side of plaintiffs in the case Floyd v. City of New York over the NYPD's stop, question and frisk policies, the police unions are still appealing the decision that could lead to police reform and better relations in communities of color.
A voter registration campaign underway by the New York Immigration Coalition saw over 1,400 new American immigrants sign up to vote over the past two weeks.
Before the People's Climate March on Sunday, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a plan to commit the city to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent in just 10 years with sweeping retrofits to public and private buildings.
Organizers of the People's Climate March in New York City were anticipating 100,000 people on Sunday. The actual turnout was quadruple that, with over 400,000 people attending.
There is still time for people to file claims for compensation after they were scammed out of thousands of dollars by two of the nation's largest immigration service organizations.
The annual review considers eight categories of Latino inclusion, and the diversity performance of the nation's television networks -- ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC -- during the 2013-2014 season and assigns "Good," "Mediocre" and "Bad" ratings based on who's working in the industry.
The mother of Ramarley Graham, Constance Malcolm, met the U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara this week to learn that the Justice Department has opened a full investigation into the killing of her son by a New York police officer.
Long Island Suffolk County Sheriff Vincent F. De Marco issued a memorandum last week to all personnel not to hold an inmate "soley on an ICE detainer" unless Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued a warrant.
More evidence of local politicians being more sensitive to the requirements of their immigrant populations and taking bold actions to support immigrants while the U.S. government delays immigration reform: New York is joining Chicago and Los Angeles to launch a national campaign for citizenship.
The two-day Fiestas Patrias, or Dieciocho, marks Thursday, Sept. 18 as Chilean Independence Day, commemorating the beginning of Chilean independence from Spain, and Friday, Sept. 19 as the "Day of Glories of the Army."
As Central America and Mexico celebrate their independence this week, New York City's Mayor offers direct services to unaccompanied children for education and health assistance.
The ubiquitous and popular mani-pedi has salons competing for customers in over 2,000 licensed nail salons in New York City. But many of the salons, according to a new report, are often uninspected, and often toxic for workers and customers.
FCC deadline for the public comment period on its proposed change to the open internet have received 3 million responses so far. The rules would create a two tier system for fast and slow users; a prospect that open internet advocates argue would be detrimental on many levels.
Mexicans nationals and their supporters will celebrate Mexican Independence Day on Tuesday, Sept. 16 but events are happening before and after that date. In New York the Mexican consulate has planned party on Sept. 14, and will host a street march on Sept. 21.
Argentinian lawmakers passed a measure to circumvent a US court decision that led to the country's default on its debt payments to bondholders. During the same week the UN passed a resolution to begin treaty negotiations to enact a global bankruptcy and stop predatory hedge funds, 124 countries voted for the resolution, the US said no.
Texas asked a federal appeals court on Friday to allow the state to enforce its anti-abortion law requiring all clinics to upgrade their facilities to surgical standard.
US Corporations are finding in the global market that corporation taxes are too high and uncompetitive at 35 percent so they are going shopping to buy companies in other countries and moving operations to take advantage of lower corporate tax rates like Ireland's 12 percent, Canada's 15 percent or the UK's 20 percent. The practice is know as inversion and the US government doesn't like it and is calling it unpatriotic.
New York's police review board chair said it has found dozens more allegations of chokehold complaints against the NYPD after discovering the cases were misclassified.
President Obama announced he is delaying immigration reform until after the November election, local elected officials who often are on the forefront of the needs of immigrants, are speaking out and providing solutions.
