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Protest against stolen salaries

A delegation of Jews joined Hispanic workers to protest outside the Tnuva Food Industries office. Humberto Arellano / EDLP

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'Emborícuate' slogan stirs controversy

 

Ahead of this year's Puerto Rican Day parade, locals are reacting harshly to the "Emborícuate" slogan used by parade sponsor Coors Light. Coors has used the term for the past three years and claims it means to "become a Puerto Rican," though some have drawn negative comparisons to the word "emborrachate," which means to "get drunk." more>

Protest against NYPD arrests of the homeless

Pushing for legislation against handcuffing inmates during childbirth

"To be in an ambulance or a hospital, handcuffed, with a bag of saline solution and a guard, and to be experiencing the pains of childbirth – what woman in her right mind would try to escape?" asked Figueroa, a former inmate who gave birth while incarcerated.

 

 

VIDEO :: Legislation is being considered in New York that would allow mothers-to-be who are behind bars to have the right not to be handcuffed and shackled while they give birth. (Aug. 25) more>

New report about deportations of Dominicans

More than 36,000 Dominicans have been deported since 1996, when then President Clinton signed into law the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act.

 

Professor David Brotherton, of the Sociology at John Jay College in New York City, talks about his research on deportation back to the Dominican Republic. more>

Dispensing medicine in Spanish

The agreement came into being after an investigation conducted by advocacy organizations, such as Make the Road New York, of lawsuits brought on as a result of the businesses practices of pharmacies in the state.

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Mexico’s double standard on immigration

A new report accuses Mexico of criminalizing and inhumanely treating its immigrants under a 32-year-old anti-immigrant law that is harsher than what is being proposed in the U.S. House of Representatives. more>

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