This from a recent PRESS RELEASE issued by the Institute of World Politics of the Graduate School of National Security and International Affairs: IWP welcomes Dr. Tania Mastrapa as a research professor in Cuban and Latin American studies Posted: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 PRESS RELEASES Publication Date: March 27, 2012 The Institute of World Politics is [...]
Wed, March 28 2012 » Cuba, education, latino culture, Latino Education, Latinos in the United States, Law and Society, noteworthy » Comments Off
From the Huffington Psot: As a legal academic, active scholar, and father that writes on issues relating to social justice, focusing particularly on the Latino and Latina community, I am always cautious about condemning another person of color out of concern over promoting factionalism. I was nevertheless compelled to write this open letter after your [...]
Mon, March 26 2012 » Latinos in the United States » Comments Off
This post is from one of our guest bloggers, Dr. William Arrocha, Assistant Professor at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, a Middlebury Graduate School. (www.miis.edu) email: william.arrocha@miis.edu. Dr. Arrocha’s post follows: On March 6 Latinas and Latinos from Georgia woke-up with one more piece of legislation reminding them, and other minorities, that if they [...]
Fri, March 23 2012 » Latinos in the United States » Comments Off
As the tragic events leading to the death of an innocent young man, Trayvon Martin, illustrate, race remains a matter of great debate in this country, and sadly a matter that all too often is associated with the abuse of power. In the matter of the killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, we do not have [...]
Fri, March 23 2012 » Latinos in the United States » 1 Comment
From the Faculty Lounge: Legal academics address the Martin shooting… As most of us already know, the recent shooting of an unarmed African-American teenager by a neighborhood watch volunteer has captured the nation’s attention. Legal academics have also provided their views on the matter; many addressing the self-defense claim, and others discussing local police failure [...]
Fri, March 23 2012 » Latinos in the United States » Comments Off
Harold O.M. Rocha 1. What the numbers say The 2010 census figures released last year reveal that one out of every seven Americans is living in poverty, i.e., 46.2 million or 15.1% of total population. Of those, 20.5 million or 6.7% of total population, are living in deep poverty. The figures are, not surprisingly, far [...]
Fri, March 23 2012 » Latinos in the United States » 1 Comment
Cuban officials have begun to acknowledge that one of the difficulties of their version of command economy is its inefficiencies. It was recently reported that delays in governmental review and approval of projects involving international partners has resulted in the collapse of negotiations and the need to return funds invested. Patricia Grogg, Cooperación internacional en [...]
Tue, March 20 2012 » Cuba, Latin America, latino culture, Legal Development » Comments Off
Some Interesting Observations on the UT Affirmative Action Case… Earlier today, I had some down time while my two year old Bella was sleeping and my eight and eleven year old boys were almost tired after we finished spending the prior three hours at Chuck-e-Cheese (though they love that place, I always find myself saying [...]
Sat, March 17 2012 » Latinos in the United States » Comments Off
Faculty Hiring: Socioeconomic and Other Forms of Bias? After two recent phone conversations with perhaps two of my closest friends in the academy, I found myself in the somewhat odd place of trying to cheer up these two good old souls after they learned of the outcomes of their respective applications in two different dean [...]
Thu, March 15 2012 » Latinos in the United States » Comments Off
Today, Republican Presidential Candidate Rick Santorum gave a great example of how NOT to approach the Latina/o vote, and particularly the critical Puerto Rican vote in Florida, during the 2012 elections. The New York Daily News reported that Santorum tied the grant of statehood to the U.S. island territory to speaking English. Click the link below [...]
Thu, March 15 2012 » Elections 2012, Elections and Voting, Language, Latino Vote, Latinos in the United States, Puerto Rico, Voting » Comments Off
