The digital age has brought on a number of things: the ability to converse globally with a few clicks and strokes, to direct technology with our voices, to navigate cars that can self-correct, and to utilize phone applications that can do just about anything -including helping couples secure green cards?
Transgender artist Jorge Cruz captures with his camera...yet, there still seems to be something greater occurring. There's the vibrant subject(s); the engaged photographer; but, also, the enlivened photos, which wake and writhe whenever they gain an audience -becoming a personality independent of the artist and the subject. Cruz's prints, like his music, his writing, his creative directioning, his... ongoing list of artistic occupation, is created in the avant-garde realm of ambiguity, analysis, experimentation and counter-culture.
First Lady Michelle Obama voiced her support for immigration reform on Twitter this week after President Barack Obama addressed the issue during a west coast trip.
Eight-year-old pan-Latina goes on excursions; with an educational objective, she explores mountains, forests, jungles and oceans with the assistance of friendly animated but inanimate objects and animals: Backpack, Map, Boots the Monkey and many others, who help to guide her along her purposeful path.
President Barack Obama was making a speech in San Francisco on Monday when a young person -- who was part of a crowd that the White House assembled for the event -- interrupted the Commander in Chief and called for faster progress on immigration
Republican John Boehner recently boasted that immigration would be placed on the backburner until 2014, but this didn't stop President Barack Obama from speaking on the issue during a trip to the west coast
Ethno-politics, immigration, technology and language happen against the canvas, in an opus, or in any medium, when you are an artist. And, if you are Guillermo Gomez-Pena, you could address societal concerns regarding Latinos through performance art, audio, video, installations, poetry, journalism and cultural theory. A writer, a MacAuthor fellow, and an editor, Gomez-Pena brings style, energy and heritage to everything that he completes.
As Americans, we live in a country that is a melting pot of diversity, yet there is one common denominator that we all share regardless of race or status of citizenship - the value of our freedom.
LGBT organizations who seek immigration equality (Immigration Equality, The DOMA Project and Advocacy at the Latin American Coalition) and those who are part of a binational LGBTQ household continue to strive for change even after the decade-long battle for inclusion and access to green cards for their spouses appear to be over.
Who are the greatest Latino optimists in the United States? According to a recent Pew Report, Mexicans and Salvadorans share a positive image of the U.S.
When you combine innovative tech gurus like Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Dropbox's Drew Houston, Microsoft's Bill Gates and LinkedIn's Reid Hoffman with creative thinkers who are passionate and directly affected by immigration reform in the U.S., you have a powerful formula geared towards change.
The new cable network, Fusion, that targets the young Hispanic demographic, launched today, and President Obama is set to make a special guest appearance this evening, helping to introduce the network to audiences.
While Democrats and Republicans battle it out on Capitol Hill and try to come up with a comprehensive solution on immigration reform, singer Aloe Blacc is using his voice and his powerful video to get his message across on the controversial issue - and it is sure to tug at your heartstrings.
California Gov. Jerry Brown has been on a roll lately -- he's implemented a "revenge porn" law to protect online victims from their exes, he's tackling the war on drugs with his more lenient stance on nonviolent drug offenders and he's allowed undocumented immigrants who have law licenses to practice law in California -- further expanding immigrants' rights.
While immigration reform has sparked a national and international outcry for a resolution, cities in the Midwest are coming up with innovative ways to make the best of a difficult situation while strengthening local economies that have been in dire need of a boost.
While the United States is looking to loosen up immigration laws to create an easier path to citizenship, the United Kingdom seems to be heading in the opposite direction
Mexican music legends, Los Tigres del Norte, have struck a chord when it comes to their music and their support for immigration reform. The band is scheduled to perform today at the National Mall in Washington, DC, as a highlight of the event 'Camino Americano: March for Dignity and Respect,' the march for immigration reform that will hopefully attract some 50,000 people.
