In what began on March 7 as a hunger strike demonstration with hundreds of detainees at a detention center in the state of Washington has dwindled down six days later to less than 10 remaining protestors.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday endorsed the U.S. Sentencing Commission's reduced prison sentence proposal for people convicted of drug related crimes.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, along with most giants of the tech industry, has expressed his critical views on the U.S. National Security Agency's activities before, but it appears that the most recent NSA revelation published this week has pushed him over the edge. On Thursday, Zuckerberg called President Obama himself, after which he publically aired his grievances on (of course) Facebook.
President Obama is definitely trying to get the word out to young people about the Affordable Care Act, appearing this week on the hip viral Funny or Die show "Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis". But the question is, with Latinos and youth the two groups lagging behind in health insurance enrollment, will Obama's appearance make a difference?
Let's face it, it's not always pleasant to talk about our colons -- but the bottom line is it's important, especially during Colon Cancer Awareness month in March and the disease greatly impacts Latinas."Colorectal cancer is the 2nd leading cancer in Hispanic women, and the 3rd leading cause of cancer death among Hispanic women," Dr. Heather Greenlee, who is the assistant professor of Epidemiology, Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, told the Latin Post.
New York City firefighters spent the overnight hours digging through rubble in search of missing people after a deadly explosion in East Harlem near the intersection of 116th street and Park Avenue.
Ian Haney López, author of Dog Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial Appeals Have Reinvented Racism and Wrecked the Middle Class, shows us how politicians use racist coded language to influence white voters.
The battle of words between the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and the chairwoman of the Senate committee whose charge is to oversee the CIA's activities is primed to erupt into a Constitutional crisis, and possibly a watershed moment for the public conversation over the powers of the U.S. Government's spying apparatus.
There are plenty of choices available Tax season can be a stressful time for some Americans. It may become even more stressful if you are attempting to complete your taxes online with a tax filing software tool.
He's one of the most dominant drug lords of all time, making Forbes' list of Most Powerful People, and before the culmination of a 13-year manhunt, Mexican kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman ("Shorty" Guzman) had maintained his freedom by building escape tunnels under bathtubs, hiding in sewers and using sophisticated high-tech tools to perform counterespionage measures.
The fire department and paramedics have rushed to the scene Breaking news: At 9:30 am on Wednesday, an explosion occurred inside a building situated at Park Avenue at East 116th Street in the Harlem section of New York City.
Read to find out which method is best for you It can be confusing to know how or when to file your federal and state income taxes, but there are several tax filing options available that will make filing your taxes easy and headache free.
During a tech-oriented show at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas on Monday, whistleblower fugitive Edward Snowden made a video appearance and gave an hour-long talk denouncing the U.S. government's surveillance policies.
While the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon put many Muslim Americans unjustly in an unfavorable spotlight among Islamophobes and xenophobes, President Barrack Obama's presidency hasn't done much better to quell stereotypical beliefs and fears in some of America's rural communities.
Last month Congress passed a bill that is supposed to save the U.S. government $8.6 billion in food-stamp costs over the next decade but three states have found a way to "game" the system.
The passage of the Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2014 by President Yoweri Museveni has caused a gigantic escalation of tensions between the hyper-conservative East African nation and its Western "allies."
He is a Cuban American and GOP contender With the 2016 presidential election just a year and a half away now, all eyes are turning to the potential nominees.
Investigations are looking into the Bitcoin heist Hackers have broken into several accounts of Mark Karpeles, the owner of the MtGox Bitcoin exchange. Mt.
