by Melissa Gomez The Rev. Gabriel Salguero paced the stage, his voice booming into a microphone as 3,000 faces tipped toward him. He spoke in Spanish of how Latinos came to the U.S. to escape […]
By Helen B. Marrow and Tomás R. Jiménez Now that the Senate has passed its immigration bill, the future of reform lies in the hands of the GOP-led House, where the debate will center on […]
By JULIE BARLOW And JEAN-BENOÎT NADEAU Cinco is as American as apple pie. So is the U.S. Hispanic melting pot. People who associate Cinco de Mayo celebrations with the Mexican heritage of the United States are missing the […]
By Gregory Rodriguez The appearance of Pope Francis on the Vatican loggia may finally have opened our eyes to Christianity’s future. We Americans have long told ourselves that we are a God-favored people, a churchgoing, […]
By Gregory Rodriguez Electing a Latino mayor was a milestone for Los Angeles but not the end of the journey. Eight years ago, after former California Assembly Speaker Bob Hertzberg was knocked out of the […]
By Linda Chavez Turning conservative opinion around on the contentious issue of immigration will not be easy. But without such a shift, conservative candidates will find it difficult to win national and statewide elections as […]
By Tara Bahrampour The U.S. birthrate plunged last year to a record low, with the decline being led by immigrant women hit hard by the recession, according to a study released Thursday by the Pew […]
By Daniel Henninger Even the exit polls now force people to put themselves in a racial category. This is the most violated saying in American public life: “I have a dream that my four little […]
By Ronald Brownstein Tuesday’s results make clear that two generations of Americans—one minority-heavy and the other largely white—have conflicting ideas about government’s role. There was no exit sign, no milepost. But in this week’s election, […]
by Shannon K. O’Neil The integration (once called assimilation) of foreigners into the United States is a long-standing issue. Some fear that today’s immigrants aren’t integrating into U.S. culture and society as past waves did. […]
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