Looking Out for the Little Guy: Small Businesses in the Affordable Care Act
By Jennifer Ng’andu, Deputy Director, Health Policy Project, NCLR Hispanic-owned businesses have been flourishing for several decades. In fact, some say business is actually booming. According to the...
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Anti-Injunction, What’s Your Function?
Health Care Reform at the Supreme Court, Day 1 By Sergio Muñoz, Senior Policy Analyst, Health Policy Project, NCLR No, we didn’t come up with an entire song set to the School House Rock classic on...
View ArticleThe Real Hunger Games Are Those We Play with Nutrition Programs
By Kara D. Ryan, Senior Research Analyst, Health Policy Project Were you one of the millions who saw the book-turned-blockbuster The Hunger Games over the weekend? The movie is set in a...
View ArticleGraduation Rates Increasing, But Not Fast Enough for Latino Students
By Erika Beltrán, Senior Education Policy Analyst, NCLR Imagine a high school with ten empty desks in every 12th-grade classroom. Ten seats that, for whatever reason, were wasted, thrown away,...
View ArticleThe Biggest Health Story that You Missed Yesterday
By Jennifer Ng’andu, Deputy Director, Health Policy Project, NCLR If there’s one thing that people know about the Affordable Care Act (ACA), it’s that the nation’s health care law includes an...
View ArticleNCLR Started This Historic Health Care Week With Tweets
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View ArticleThis Is Going to be Close and Ugly
Health Care Reform at the Supreme Court, Day 2 By Sergio Muñoz, Senior Policy Analyst, Health Policy Project, NCLR On day two of the oral arguments over the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Supreme...
View ArticleMy Day at Court
By Kara D. Ryan, Senior Research Analyst, Health Policy Project Every day is a fantastic day to be a health equity advocate, but Tuesday was especially meaningful for me. I was lucky enough to be on...
View ArticleWill Mississippi Choose the Higher Road or Follow Down a Misguided Path?
By Elena Lacayo, Immigration Field Coordinator, NCLR It appears some of Mississippi’s lawmakers are showing neighborly love in the worst way possible–by attempting to push through a copy of Alabama’s...
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Supreme Court Must Uphold Affordable Care Act
Contact: Joseph Rendeiro (202) 776-1566 jrendeiro@nclr.org Health care reform will provide coverage for millions of Latinos This week, NCLR (National Council of La Raza) joined more than 100...
View ArticleHopefully, a Good Offense Really Is a Good Defense
Health Care Reform at the Supreme Court, Day Three By Sergio Muñoz, Senior Policy Analyst, Health Policy Project, NCLR Before day two and day three of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) hearings, the vast...
View ArticleA Look Back at Our Week at the Supreme Court
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View ArticleA Look Back at Our Week at the Supreme Court
[View the story "Wrapping Up the Affordable Care Act at the Supreme Court" on Storify]Wrapping Up the Affordable Care Act at the Supreme CourtWatch and read highlights of NCLR's presence during the...
View ArticleToday We Honor the Life and Legacy of César Chávez
[View the story "Happy César Chávez Day!" on Storify]Happy César Chávez Day!Today is Cesar Chavez Day and NCLR is proud to honor this true champion of civil rights. Chavez was relentless in his...
View ArticleWhy Anti-LGBT Tactics to Divide Latinos and the LGBT Community Won’t Work
By Eric Rodriguez, Vice President, Policy, NCLR Even by Washington standards, the National Organization for Marriage’s (NOM) unmasked strategy to drive a wedge between Blacks and Latinos and the LGBT...
View ArticleWith SB 1070 on Deck, Supreme Court Decision Will Be a Game-Changer
By Laura Vazquez, Immigration Legislative Analyst, NCLR As one battle dies down, another heats up. With the oral arguments in the Supreme Court on health care reform over, millions of Americans across...
View ArticleA Send-up of Tucson’s Mexican-American Studies Ban
The ethnic studies ban in Tucson, AZ is pretty deplorable and has only further solidified Arizona's role as a state not very welcoming of immigrants, especially if you're Latino. Last night, The Daily...
View ArticleVote and Move the Needle on Housing Challenges
By Nancy Wilberg-Ricks, Policy Analyst, Wealth-Building Policy Project, NCLR 2012 is the year of the voter. After many months of chaos, Americans continue to seek no-nonsense solutions to a...
View ArticleAutism in the Latino Community: A Cultural Menace
A recent report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has stirred up concern among Latino health advocates. The CDC released new findings last Thursday that show autism rates...
View ArticleWas Rick Santorum Right About College?
By Raul Gonzalez, Director of Legislative Affairs, NCLR No; of course not. When Senator Santorum said that President Obama is a snob for suggesting that more Americans should get a college education,...
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