In the upcoming presidential race it is obvious that voters are going to want to go for the candidate who understands all the issues, but, with roughly 54 million Latinos calling the U.S. home, it would be prudent for any serious candidate to understand Spanish as well.
The phrase “It’s never too late to learn” seems like a worn out cliche -- that is until you come up against someone like Rosa Salgado, a 79-year-old grandmother who moved to Miami from Colombia in 1995 and graduated this Saturday from Miami Dade College with honors, earning her associate of arts degree in education.
The city of Baltimore has lifted a five-day curfew and government officials are planning to draw down a force of national guardsman, all stemming from the recent death and subsequent protests in the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray while in police custody.
Officials say the man accused of shooting an NYPD officer will be arraigned on Sunday on charges that include attempted murder of an officer, according to the Associated Press.
Reigning Miss Universe Paulina Vegas is planning to work with Latino Commission on AIDS to stamp out the virus in the Latino community, New York Daily News reports.
“The State of Higher Education in California,” a report designed by the Campaign for College Opportunity, addresses the future of California’s economy depends on the educational success of Latinos.
Recently declared Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is already in the midst of formulating a plan to tackle the nation's mounting student debt crisis.
According to a Census Bureau study conducted primarily by researcher Eric Jensen, China was named the country of origin for 147,000 recent U.S. immigrants in 2013. India came in second with 129,000 immigrants. So both countries beat out Mexico which sent, according to the latest research, just 125,000 immigrants to the U.S..
A roundup of all the week's social media news you may have missed. This week in social media, Facebook proposes "Instant Articles," a revenue-sharing plan aimed at news sites and publishers that are terrified of Facebook's popularity as a news destination.
On Saturday, during a homily at a Rome seminary for the training of future priests from North America, Pope Francis praised the work and spiritual qualities of Rev. Junipero Serra The Pontiff is set to elevate the Spanish native to sainthood in a ceremony in Washington, D.C. in Sept. 23.
The campaign of Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton on Thursday slammed a House Republican effort to overwrite a District of Columbia law that bans discrimination against employees who have had abortions.
Bigfoot hunter Matthew "Dr. J" Johnson claims to know why it's been impossible to find hard evidence that would prove that the mysterious Sasquatch is indeed real.
A tiger escaped its main enclosure on Thursday at the Oklahoma City Zoo, leading the institution to issue a "code red" and to shelter some visitors inside buildings.
As if school cafeteria lunches weren't bad enough, thousands of students in a Tennessee school district were served pork roast that expired 6 years ago.
