Top Stories + Massachusetts Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)

November 6, 2009

Carmen Ortiz has been confirmed as the U.S. attorney for Massachusetts, becoming the first Hispanic and the first woman to hold the state’s top federal prosecutor’s job.

November 4, 2009

Lawrence elects Massachusetts’ first Latino mayor – William Lantigua

September 1, 2009

Massachusetts Cuts Back Immigrants’ Health Care – 31,000 legal immigrants

August 18, 2009

Cases of swine flu higher among Boston’s blacks, Hispanics

August 20, 2008

Twenty months after stunning Boston by backing out of the superintendent of schools post, Manuel J. Rivera has quit as deputy secretary of education for the State of New York.

August 1, 2008

Dodgers get Manny Ramirez from Red Sox

July 23, 2008

Latino MBTA employees, angry over anti-Hispanic comments allegedly made by the transit authority’s antidiscrimination chief, took their frustration to Governor Deval Patrick yesterday, seeking a high-level ally to air their grievances. – Massachusetts

June 4, 2008

Massachusetts sues H & R Block over its mortgage unit’s lending practices – The complaint alleges that the sub-prime division discriminated against black and Latino borrowers.

March 18, 2008

Bilingual teachers wanted – Boston schools recruiting in Puerto Rico

March 6, 2008

A year after raid, immigration cases drag on for many – New Bedford, Massachusetts

February 12, 2008

Latino T workers want greater say – Boston

November 30, 2007

Report details Mass. healthcare disparities – Perils high among Hispanics, blacks – Massachusetts – (among the findings: Hispanics living on the western edge of Massachusetts are the most likely to die from AIDS, with a death rate 10 times above the state average)

November 12, 2007

Latino voters lose a leading voice in City Councilor Arroyo’s defeat – unseated in low turnout – Boston

September 18, 2007

Quietly living American dream – No laws broken as illegal immigrants obtain loans, buy homes- Boston

July 17, 2007

Top Latina officers demotion upsets Hispanic leadership – Boston

April 23, 2007

Debate over tuition for illegal immigrants heating up – Massachusetts

March 18, 2007

Subprime markets decline puts thousands of Massachusetts homes at risk

March 14, 2007

Detained immigrants in Texas, Massachusetts seek single voice

February 6, 2007

First Hispanic To Lead Harvard Law Review – Andrew M. Crespo

January 28, 2007

Manuel J. Rivera to head new commission on public higher education in New York instead of superintendent of Boston

January 25, 2007

Study: Wealthier minorities get high-cost loans – Massachusetts – (this is unacceptable and wrong!)

Manuel J. Rivera declines to accept post as Boston school superintendent

January 24, 2007

Nearly half of Hispanic students fail to graduate – Massachusetts – (Wake up call!)

January 7, 2007

Got leche? State offers Spanish lessons to farmers – Massachusetts

January 2, 2007

For young Latinas, hope – A new Lawrence school opens their eyes to opportunities – Massachusetts

December 13, 2006

Romney signs agreement allowing state police to detain illegal immigrants – Massachusetts

December 7, 2006

Massachusetts is set to become the eighth entity to strike a deal with the federal government allowing its state troopers to arrest illegal aliens