Latino Partnership

By Steven Lemongello|Orlando Sentinel To win election to the U.S. Senate, Gov. Rick Scott promised to protect patients with pre-existing health conditions and to fight for the people of Puerto Rico. Now allies and political opponents alike are hoping Scott will follow through on his pledges when he gets to Washington. “It’s frankly inconsistent for […]

By Stephen Dinan – The Washington Times  The same tear-gas agent that the Trump administration is taking heat for deploying against a border mob this weekend is actually used fairly frequently — including more than once a month during the later years of President Barack Obama’s administration, according to Homeland Security data. U.S. Customs and Border Protection has […]

El Nuevo Día | Por Gloria Ruiz Kuilan El exsenador popular Roberto Prats Palerm solicitó al próximo presidente del Comité de Recursos Naturales de la Cámara de Representantes de Estados Unidos, Raúl Grijalva, que estructure un plan de desarrollo económico bajo la ley federal Promesa y que se incluya el Estado Libre Asociado (ELA) en cualquier consulta de status futura. “Si el status se […]

By Brittany Mejia | Los Angeles Times  Over her 42 years, Lisette Flores’ brown skin has at times struck at a rich vein of insecurity. In the more mundane moments, she’s been quizzed about her background, whether she’s Mexican or Native American. In college, the young woman taking her ID photo offered to lighten the […]

(POLITICO) – Protections in the new North American trade pact for LGBTQ people are roiling conservative lawmakers in the House, who are urging President Donald Trump to rescind them. They are displeased that the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement contains requirements that workers be protected from discrimination on the basis of sex, including sexual orientation and gender identity. “A […]