General News

• 04/03/2012 - LatinoJustice/PRLDEF, NYCLU, Bronx Defenders, and Chris Fabricant, Esq. file federal class action challenging NYPD's "Clean Halls" program | The Complaint (2.44 MB)
  
  
• 12/09/2011 - Puerto Rican Bar Association Condemns Exclusion of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Puerto Ricans from Hate Crime Law
  
  
• 04/01/2011 - LatinoJustice PRLDEF files amicus for Villas at Parkside Partners v. The City of Farmers Branch, Texas <pdf>
  
  
• 03/16/2011 - LatinoJustice/PRLDEF announce Juan Cartagena is new President and General Counsel
  
  
• 11/15/2010 - Colorlines' Drop the I-Word Campaign
  
  
• 10/27/2010 - Amicus in marriage equality case <pdf>; Press Release <pdf>
  
  
• 10/19/2010 - President Obama Signs Executive Order on Educational Excellence for Hispanics
  
  
• 09/16/2010 - Third Circuit Declares Hazelton Immigration Ordinances Unconstitutional (Constitutional Law Prof Blog); View the opinion (pdf) » <pdf>
  
  
• 07/29/2010 - HFJ Announces Endorsement of Elena Kagan, Urges Prompt Senate Confirmation <pdf>
  
  
• 07/28/2010 - NHLA Welcomes Federal District Court Decision to Block Key Pieces of Arizona Racial-Profiling Law <pdf>
  
  
• 05/12/2010 - Black and Latinos more likely to be stopped by police but not more likely to be arrested (NYTimes)
  
  
• 04/23/2010 - Arizona Immigration Law SB 1070 (Constitutional Law Prof Blog)
  
  
• 04/23/2010 - Report by Office of Personnel Management Shows Latinos Still Underrepresented in Federal Workforce
  
  
• 01/20/2010 - Watch the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund's (MALDEF) 2010 Latino State of the Union
  
  
• Ex-NY Post editor sues paper, claims racism, sexism | View the Complaint » <pdf>
  
  
• AAG for Civil Rights Installation Ceremony Comments
  
  
• New U.S. ambassador is a civil rights activist
  
  
• Latino voters show massive support for health care reform – including public option
  
  
• Hate Crime: Gay Puerto Rican Teen George Steven Lopez Mercado Brutally Killed
  
  
• Yoo Tenure Questioned Over Bush Torture Policy
  
  
• First Latino ABA president-elect
  
  
• President Obama nominates University of New Mexico Law School Professor Gloria Valencia-Weber to Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation
  
  
• New York State Senator Olga Méndez Dies at 84
  
  
• Puerto Rican Nationalism and Statehood
  
  
• Thomas A. Saenz, Counsel to Los Angeles Mayor, Named MALDEF President and General Counsel
  
  
• Ask About Latino Politics in New York (NY Times)
  
  
• Federal Lawsuit Filed on Same Sex Marriage (PDF) <pdf>
  
  
• NY Times letter by Professor Calvo on family reunification
  
  
• Healthcare Firm Accused of Punishing Spanish-Speakers Settles Suit , LA Times; Healthcare firm accused of punishing Spanish-speakers settles suit and agrees to pay up to $450,000 after allegedly enforcing an English-only policy against Latinos at California and Texas facilities.
  
  
• Puerto Rico plans to slash 30,000 government jobs , Reuters
  
  
• Target of Immigrant Raids Shifted by Nina Bernstein, The New York Times, February 4, 2009