"Preservation of one's own culture," Cesar Chavez once said, "does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures." For too long, we in America did not live by this golden rule. The official histories of our nation tended to exclude more people than they kept in. At the National Trust for Historic Preservation, we are working to remedy this deficit, and to engage with Americans from all backgrounds to help save and revitalize diverse places that matter.
Latino voters are supporting Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential race. Latino voters are supporting Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential race, a recent poll shows.
Immigration and citizenship changes have led to drastic changes for people with Obamacare, with more than 400,000 people seeing their insurance coverage canceled over the last 12 months.
As recently as 2006, around eight in 10 Latinos who were raised in the church and maintained the tradition as adults. According to the The Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA), a Catholic research center, this number has gone down to seven in 10 last year.
Some of Donald Trump's words on the subject of immigration may be coming back to bite him. Some of Donald Trump's words on the subject of immigration may be coming back to bite him.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has become a heroine of human rights by insisting that Germany, as well as the whole of the 28-nation European Union, has a duty to shelter people fleeing civil wars.
California Governor Jerry Brown recently declared a state of emergency in Lake and Napa counties, after a wildfire burned and destroyed homes across a span of more than 60 square miles within 12 hours.
Social experiments have become a very popular way to make a statement in this digital era. The response to one such experiment from one brave Boise, Idaho woman has recently caught a lot of attention.
California Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency in two counties in Northern California, where a massive fire has destroyed 65,000 acres of land.
Drug possession for personal use in Brazil could soon be legal, depending on the outcome of a 6-year-old case now before the South American country's Supreme Court.
Immigration remains at the forefront of much of the debate surrounding the presidential nominee process. But, just how crucial is it to elevating one of the many candidates running? Recent polls show Americans see the immigration debate as crucial, but not enough to sway them on a candidate.
With the appointment of California Assemblyman Anthony Rendon as Speaker of the State Assembly, Latinos will lead the Golden State’s two legislative bodies. California Assembly Democrats elected Rendon, a Democrat representing California's 63rd Assembly District, which includes Lakewood and North Long Beach, to replace current Speaker Toni Atkins, who represents San Diego. Atkins was elected to the speakership in 2014 and concludes her term in January 2016.
President Barack Obama won a major foreign policy victory on Thursday, when Senate Democrats blocked a Republican resolution disapproving his historic nuclear agreement with Iran.
On the 14th anniversary of the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001, presidential candidate Donald Trump tweeted something two years ago that will raise some eyebrows.
The Obama administration announced on Thursday that it is teaming up with New York City's district attorney to pledge a combined $79 million to help eliminate the backlog of untested rape kits across the nation.
Rodgers scores another touchdown off the field Reigning NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers is one of the best quarterbacks in the league. One of the perks of this? He gets an endorsement from a well known sportswear manufacturer.
The Cuban government says that among the freed will be some foreign prisoners and inmates, who were set for conditional release next year. Release is very much based on the nature of the crime, as those prisoners who have been found guilty of crimes against state security will not be eligible
The officer, who wrongfully tackled tennis star James Blake outside a midtown Manhattan hotel, has previously been described as an "arrogant liar" by a woman who sued the NYPD and was awarded $22,500 in an out of court settlement naming his as a defendant.
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