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Seven Puerto Rican health professionals, including nurses, claimed that they would be fired for speaking Spanish on the job to one another. A supervisor reportedly made the threat, according to Remezcla. The women are employees at a Florida Health Department clinic in Polk County. The women said during a news…
Proud Boricuas Frances and Efraín Santiago flew their Puerto Rican flag high over their Kissimmee, Fl., home in support and honor of protesters in their home country. Homeowners in their subdivision launched complaints against them with the Homeowners Association (HOA). An unidentified associate from the Rolling Hills Estates Homeowners Association…
Tiffany Cabán could make history as the first Latina ever elected as district attorney in the borough of Queens, New York. The 31-year-old public defender from Richmond Hills, Queens, born to Puerto Rican parents, is just one of the new faces in Latino advocacy. Cabán has been actively fighting for…
Congressional hopeful Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez delivered a response to a Republican Congressman who wasn’t quite sure of “whatever she is.” Rep. Ron DeSantis of Florida over the weekend called Ocasio-Cortez, running as a Democrat but who aligns as a socialist, “this girl Ocasio-Cortez or whatever she is.” Ocasio-Cortez clarified for the…
CORRECTED: 1/18/16 3:50 P.M. This year’s Super Bowl will mark a milestone with its 50thanniversary and at the same time score another win for diversity with the first team featuring a Latinohead coach and Black quarterback playing in the big game. Thecredit for the first minority head coach and quarterback…
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