Members of the Uruguayan community in Queens gathered with elected officials and activists on July 27 to denounce police conduct that took place on Sunday, July 24, when New York Police Department (NYPD) officers allegedly assaulted a group of people in Jackson Heights who were celebrating the Uruguayan soccer team's record 15^th Copa America victory.

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Affected by unemployment, street vendors are stacked along the St. Nicholas Avenue in Manhattan. (Photo: Zaira Cortés/EDLP)

Some estimates place the number of street vendors in upper Manhattan in the thousands, 95 percent of them being Latino and many commuting from as far away as Connecticut. Mostly, the vendors are there to support their families, leading some to reject the stiff penalties proposed to curb unlicensed street vending.

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In New York City, the police receive 700 domestic violence calls daily. Fourteen women lost their lives to domestic violence during just one week in April. Yet funding for domestic violence services continue to be cut by the New York State legislature.

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Some in the Hispanic communities approaching retirement represent the first generation that had a real opportunity to pursue the American Dream. However, aging Hispanics are hit disproportionately hard by retirement.

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Luis Cabrera, an inmate at Sing Sing Correctional Facility, has lunch with his young daughter Janessa. more>

With more than 12 bodegas attacked in a wave of armed robberies that began in January, two organizations are now trying to determine how to protect clerks. But they have distinct ideas about how to resolve the problems of the city's 18,000 bodegas. more>

With little funding and disagreements among the managers, the Colombian Civic Center (CCC) is having a hard time organizing the Colombian Independence Day festival scheduled for July 24. The festival has taken place for the last 25 years in Flushing Meadows Park. more>

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>

The writer comments on how before, ignorance was based on not having or wanting to have access to information. Now, ignorance is based on consuming whatever information appeals to us and accepting it as gospel.

VIDEO :: A recent poll indicates a growing number of Americans incorrectly believe President Barack Obama is a Muslim, despite Obama's repeated statements that he is a Christian. more>

Instead of showing leadership and setting a tone for our nation with the facts on immigrants, the president and Democratic leaders are dawdling. This leads us to ask, who is the boss in Washington – the anti-immigrant lobby or Democrats? more>

Terrorism represents a real threat for Americans, as demonstrated by the failed car bombing in New York. Security is essential, just as the basic protections for individuals should be in a democratic society. One is not at odds with the other.

VIDEO :: Attorney General Eric Holder talks about the possibility of easing Miranda rules on ABC News' This Week. more>

Plan B for Congress for immigration reform: stop deportations for undocumented students under the Dream Act and for farm workers under the AgJOBS program.

VIDEO :: Congress is currently debating the DREAM Act, a powerful piece of legislation that would create a pathway to legal citizenship for these students, who have spent a majority of their life in the United States. more>

AUDIO :: Esther Armah spoke with union leader Neal Tepel about the march across the Brooklyn bridge to protest the closing of 16 day care centers. more>

According to a wide-ranging report, by America's Voice, on Latino voters and this year's elections, those born in other countries whose primary language is Spanish make up the sector of the Latino community most vulnerable to the siren song of the Republicans and conservatives. more>

Latino voters are closely following the healthcare debate but a substantial percentage of the community feel neglected by their representatives. Latinos are clear in their preference for a government insurance plan for those without access to coverage.

VIDEO :: In August, Al Jazeera English reported that the Hispanic population in the US has high hopes that a currently debated healthcare strategy will increase its access to affordable care. Today, one in every three Latino residents has no health insurance at all. more>

Iraq War veteran Luis Ricardo Munroe feels used – he made a sacrifice for this country and now, when it has no more use for him, he's thrown out into the street with no support at all. more>

National Immigration Forum Executive Director Ali Noorani stated that there could be thousands of military families who have an undocumented member – it is estimated that there are more than 114,000 immigrants in the Armed Forces.

VIDEO :: Michael Ferschke, Jr. served honorably in the Marines and gave his life for our country. His widow, Hota, now faces a new battle to live in the U.S. even though she is trying to honor Michael's wish to raise their son in his hometown. more>

On an Internet blog there was a commentator who said that NY marathon winner Keflezighi was not a "real normal American" but just one more African runner, in spite of the fact that he grew up and trained in this country. more>

Survey results show that economic conditions for Latinos have gone from bad to worse. More than 1 in 4 Latinos lost their jobs. More than 4 in 10 low-income Latinos either had their hours, wages, and/or tips reduced, or lost their jobs – or both – in the past year. more>

Dobbs has crossed one too many lines on his CNN-supplied nightly platform. He has triggered a backlash that has grown across the United States and into Latin America.

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Our city and nation survived terrible attacks by coming together for a common goal. We most certainly must, and can, do the same to prevent the continued suffering of the underinsured and uninsured.
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For the South Bronx, the national epicenter of the dual epidemics of HIV infection and the use of drugs by injection, the existence of needle exchange programs is crucial.

VIDEO :: Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) spoke in opposition to Representative Mark Souder's (R-IN) amendment to the FY2010 Labor Health and Human Services appropriations bill, which would reinstate a ban on a federal needle exchange program.

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"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>

Intrusive home searches without a warrant, complaints of physical abuse, threats, and unjustified detentions are just some of the abusive practices committed by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), agents during roundups. more>

Federal legislators, who enjoy their own health insurance and access to medical care, should work to accomplish healthcare reform instead of trying to derail it. more>

The Obama administration and Congressional leaders are saying they are pushing for comprehensive immigration reform. But this week in Washington, we saw the too familiar pandering to conservatives on immigration. more>

VIDEO :: NY1 reports on the New York Civil Liberties report on improved school safety without metal detectors.

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Passing in front of 618 Academy Street, a building in upper Manhattan, a woman can be seen bathing next to her children on the fire escape. She has opted for this peculiar method of hygiene because her landlord hasn't wanted to repair the bathtub, which has been unusable for some months. more>

The fate of several homeless day laborers, arrested by a police operation for which no department has taken responsibility, has still not been determined or solved. more>

The almost 80,000 agricultural workers in New York State are not protected under the same labor laws, despite being the heart of a $5 billion a year industry.  more>

I would like to call on Latino men to discard their mistaken machismo and dare to support and defend our sister Sonia Sotomayor. more>

The Sotomayor story is one of courage and sacrifice by a pioneer generation – a generation that braved daily struggles in a new land for the sake of a better future for their children. more>

The President understands that there are large differences of opinion in the congressional discussion of this question and that they are not due to partisanship. more>

New strict work and identity requirements threatened vendors' livelihood in Newark. more>

For a mother, a child represents happiness and pain. For María, a young undocumented immigrant mother, her baby is the price of her eagerness to get to this country. more>

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>