The excitement is growing for the April 23, 2014 Powerball jackpot, which has risen to a whopping $150 million. The drawing will take place Wednesday at 11 p.m. EDT.
"¡Sí se puede!" said actress and Voto Latino Co-Founder and Chairwoman Rosario Dawson as she addressed a sea of driven and high-spirited Latinos (and some non-Latinos) during the Voto Latino Power Summit kickoff on April 11 at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. The crowd eagerly looked on, craving inspiration during a time when change for Latinos is within reach, but still too far to fully grasp without the help of the powers that be who need to sign the dotted line to implement real, concrete change.
Family says phrase is discrimination. A family wishing to remain nameless is suing the Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District and its superintendent to get the "under God" phrase removed from the Pledge of Allegiance that students recite in school everyday.
Mayor de Blasio is encountering resistance from supporters. Mayor Bill de Blasio wanted to get rid of a New York City tradition for over 150 years, horse carriage rides.
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Michigan voter initiative Tuesday that bans affirmative action regarding admittance to the state's public universities.
"El Voto Hispano," a documentary exploring the affects of the Latino community on United States' elections that hopes to debut in 2015, has recruited Eva Longoria as a producer.
A new study paid for by the federal government and released Sunday found that biofuels made from the residue of harvested corn plants release more greenhouse gases than conventional gasoline does.
As part of a new initiative to reform harsh drug sentencing laws, President Obama plans to grant clemency to hundreds, or even thousands of nonviolent drug offenders.
CAPS says "Let's slow immigration and save some California for tomorrow" A new Earth Day advertisement released by Californians for Population Stabilization tries to place blame on immigrants for California's environmental issues.
The Voto Latino Innovators Challenge, the organization's tech contest, is meant to challenge Millennials to not only learn outside of the classroom, but to create outside of the classroom and to think outside of the box. With the support of the MacArthur Foundation, and in partnership with HASTAC, Voto Latino will award a total of $500,000 in grants to the best 10-15 proposed projects.
A defendant in a gang-related trial was fatally shot by a U.S. marshal inside of a new federal courthouse in Salt Lake City Monday after he allegedly tried to attack a witness.
Nearly a decade ago, former Arizona Cardinals player Pat Tillman, who joined the Army following the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, was shot and killed during a friendly-fire incident in the mountainous terrain of southeast Afghanistan.
Marissa DeVault, the Arizona woman convicted of using a hammer to viciously attack and kill her husband in 2009, gave an emotional plead to the jurors to spare her life from the death penalty.
Over the weekend, drone strikes have reportedly killed 40 suspected al-Qaeda militants. Thirty suspected al-Qaeda members were killed in Yemen by American air strikes Sunday, local tribal sources said.
