For the first time, a Dominican-American ran in a gubernatorial primary election in Rhode Island, and a Guatemalan-American will compete to become mayor in Providence, Rhode Island in the November elections.
Voters in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Rhode Island will decide who will be on the gubernatorial ticket for the November elections, and there are races for House and Senate seats in the five states.
Attorneys general from 32 states have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear several cases to decide once and for all whether same sex couples have a constitutional right to marry.
The Obama Administration said immigration reform could happen in September after the President announced in June he would take executive action. White House officials are now saying nothing will happen until after the November elections because of six vulnerable Senate seats.
BP could face fines as high at $18 billion after a federal judge said the oil giant acted with gross negligence ahead of the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
A bill is languishing in the U.S. Senate that, if passed, could lead to the creation of a National Women's History Museum on or near the National Mall in Washington, D.C. But two Republican senators are standing in the way.
Over a hundred lawyers have written to Obama not to delay on overhauling immigration, now a coalition of grassroots, labor, faith and advocacy groups have written opposing any delay.
The latest jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor on Friday shows only 142,000 jobs were added last month, breaking a six-month pattern of hiring at least 200,000 people a month.
In towns and cities across the U.S. on Thursday, fast food workers went on a one day strike over low pay. Many people who work at McDonald's, Burger King and KFC were arrested when their sit-ins and marches stopped traffic.
A Nebraska federal judge said earlier this week that she will hear a lawsuit challenging the state over its denial of driver's licenses to immigrants covered by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
Analysis by The One Campaign, a U-S based anti-poverty group, suggests that at least $1 trillion dollars is being taken out of developing countries each year through shell companies, shady deals for natural resources, money laundering and tax evasion.
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York held two hours of oral arguments on Tuesday for the first time over whether it is constitutional and legal for the government to collect data on American's phone calls, through a program that began after the September 11, 2001 attacks.
The People's Climate March, a massive global rally on Sept. 21 in New York City, will lead up to a specially called-for United Nations summit on the climate crisis.
A federal judge blocked a portion of new law that was due to go into effect in Louisiana on Monday which would have required physicians at abortion clinics to obtain admitting privileges at hospitals.
The U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) said after examining the U.S. progress report that its racial and ethnic discrimination remains a serious and persistent problem in all areas of life, and condemned the excessive use of force by law enforcement.
Long Island immigrants, faith leaders, and advocates spoke out late last week to call for compassion and due process for the 2,200 unaccompanied children arriving in Nassau and Suffolk counties.
A federal court ruling recommended body worn cameras for police officers in the class action lawsuit over the NYPD's stop-question-and-frisk policy. The idea was dismissed by the Bloomberg administration. Then Eric Garner was put in a chokehold and died, The Police Commissioner said he would review training and a top elected official suggested a pilot program of body worn cameras.
