April 16, 2008 | VivirLatino

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May Day Actions in Defense of Immigrant Families Announced

13:13 H — Maegan la Mala

With the weather getting nice, it's time to get your marching shoes on. The marches and actions for the National Day of Action in Defense of Immigrant Families have been announced for May 1st. Check after the jump for all... Read more »

Topics: Activism - Cities - Immigration

FBI Continues It's Harassment on Puerto Rican Independence Movement

11:12 H — Maegan la Mala

Cross posted from The Latin Americanist. Just this morning, a Puerto Rican independence activist was payed a not so friendly visit by the FBI. Miguel Viqueira was getting ready to leave his home to go to work when armed FBI... Read more »

Topics: Puerto Rico

Does Something Being Also in Español Bother You

10:40 H — Maegan la Mala

Most of our readers probably aren't bothered by websites being available in Spanish as well as English, in fact many of you are pleased with that option that includes a large, growing portion of our population. The Hillary Clinton campaign... Read more »

Topics: Bilingualism - Blogs - Internet - Language - Politics

Services in NYC for GLBT Immigrants

09:51 H — Maegan la Mala

Just like immigrant women face the double hurdles of sexism and racism, gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender immigrants face the anti-immigrant fervor, homophobia, and transphobia that has become too commonplace in the U.S. Often this comes from within the families... Read more »

Topics: GLBT - Immigration - New York City

Do Feminism and Latinidad Go Together? Depends on Who You Ask.

08:00 H — Maegan la Mala

More than a few Latinas in the blogosphere think not, based on some real (and recent- although what went down is nothing new)happenings. I myself have struggled with the term feminist, a label that has been put on me more... Read more »

Topics: Activism - Blogs - Justice - Race - Women