Stories by Roberto Lovato
Roberto Lovato is a New York-based writer with New America Media. Read more of his work at Of América.
Latinos across America are intensely concerned about CNN's hypocrisy: Broadcasting Dobbs' anti-immigrant extremism while running a Latinos in America special series.
Posted on Oct 14, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Dobbs is waving the First Amendment flag to try and distract from his long history of anti-immigrant views.
Posted on Sep 21, 2009, Source: AlterNet
As studies document the link between anti-immigrant hate speech and violence against Latinos, Dobbs continues to fan the flames.
Posted on Sep 16, 2009, Source: AlterNet
While Obama's racial diplomacy with Skip Gates is making the headlines, rights groups say that he has expanded Bush's racist immigration policies.
Posted on Jul 29, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Throughout the Americas, there exists a powerful political tradition in which esperanza (hope) is defined by the fight against U.S. domination.
Posted on Jul 10, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Failure to take actions that send a clear message of condemnation will be devastating to the still-fragile U.S. image in Latin America.
Posted on Jun 29, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation process will be a chance to see if the GOP is ready say sorry for its wrongdoings perpetrated in the Bush era.
Posted on May 28, 2009, Source: Huffington Post
Mauricio Funes, the first leftist elected president El Salvador, discusses his hope for strong ties with the U.S. and key issues his country faces.
Posted on Mar 18, 2009, Source: New America Media
Big media power presents a major obstacle to the Salvadorean left, but the digital age has also provided them with new means to fight back.
Posted on Mar 15, 2009, Source: New America Media
Bush-era policies like CAFTA and the Iraq War have turned Salvadorans against the U.S. and its allies in the ARENA government.
Posted on Mar 14, 2009, Source: New America Media
The boycott comes at the worst possible time for a planet facing rapidly increasing levels of recession-inspired racism, xenophobia and hatred.
Posted on Mar 3, 2009, Source: New America Media
Across the world, people are judging the U.S. -- and Obama -- on how we treat our detainees.
Posted on Feb 27, 2009, Source: New America Media
Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano’s version of “hope” and “change” on immigration means more of the same.
Posted on Feb 16, 2009, Source: Of América
Calls for major restructuring of the immigration detention system may soon become unavoidable.
Posted on Feb 3, 2009, Source: New America Media
Smart immigration reform is a moral, as well as a legal imperative.
Posted on Jan 22, 2009, Source: New America Media
The appointment of Arizona Rep. Raul Grijalva to the Department of the Interior would bring much-needed political balance to the Obama cabinet.
Posted on Dec 6, 2008, Source: AlterNet
Recent talk about immigration issues coming from Washington inspires some hope, some fear and reveals the need for clarity on the issue.
Posted on Dec 3, 2008, Source: New America Media
The government may be preparing for another conflict -- a domestic war on the poor and middle class.
Posted on Sep 29, 2008, Source: New America Media
Thousands of people of Mexican descent were subjected to unmeetable demands to prove that they are citizens of the US before getting a passport.
Posted on Sep 23, 2008, Source: New America Media
Where are the charges of divided loyalties when Sarah Palin rejected the United States?
Posted on Sep 11, 2008, Source: New America Media
America's brutal immigration detention network is getting little attention from Democratic reformers and their institutional allies in Denver.
Posted on Aug 27, 2008, Source: New America Media
As Obama prepares for his world tour, we must prepare to ask him the tough questions about imperialism and the U.S. global military machine.
Posted on Jul 19, 2008, Source: Of America
Obama votes like a Republican on FISA and backs off from Iraq, keeping corporate America happy.
Posted on Jul 10, 2008, Source: TheNation.com and Of America
The best analysis of the differences in the candidates' positions comes from the Spanish-language press.
Posted on Jun 14, 2008, Source: New America Media
Latinos' subordinate status in Georgia strongly resembles that of African-Americans who lived under Jim Crow.
Posted on May 15, 2008, Source: The Nation
In hundreds of cities across America, May Day marches showed the powerful resistance to Bush's harsh immigration policies.
Posted on May 2, 2008, Source: Of América
A new kind of protracted domestic war against a new kind of domestic enemy is underway -- undocumented immigrants.
Posted on Apr 14, 2008, Source: Public Eye
While Obama raises the bar for racial understanding, the Democratic Leadership Council leverages white voter fear to counter America's new landscape.
Posted on Mar 22, 2008, Source: New America Media
A careful look at Super Tuesday's Latino vote shows it was not monolithic -- it was segmented across regional and other demographic lines.
Posted on Feb 9, 2008, Source: New America Media
The actions of three key Latino government officials may determine whether the torture tape investigation reaches the White House.
Posted on Jan 18, 2008, Source: AlterNet
Is color blindness the model we want for diversity?
Posted on Jan 4, 2008, Source: New America Media
Anti-immigrant leader Tancredo leaves the 2008 election with more power than when he started.
Posted on Dec 21, 2007, Source: AlterNet
Latino voters will go to the polls in 2008 with a hemispheric vision, a new sense of power and concern about Iraq, immigration and the environment.
Posted on Oct 15, 2007, Source: The Nation
It's not just that President Evo Morales is indigenous, but that he refuses to sell out the rights of indigenous people.
Posted on Oct 3, 2007, Source: New America Media
As they pack into theaters to watch
Resident Evil: Extinction this weekend, moviegoers may first want to play one of the many blockbuster video games on which the film is based, which display nakedly racist overtones.
Posted on Sep 22, 2007, Source: AlterNet
Univision's presidential candidates debate stressed that Latino voters and their media have the power to swing things in '08.
Posted on Sep 11, 2007, Source: New America Media
Gonzales loved to tell the story of his rise out of poverty -- a Latino version of the American dream. But it is that same dream that he and his backers helped destroy for many Americans.
Posted on Sep 4, 2007, Source: New America Media
El Cantante is supposed to be about salsa legend Hector Lavoe, but the movie dotes on Jennifer Lopez, who seems totally out of touch with Latin culture, and says little about the Puerto Rican community that inspired the music.
Posted on Aug 9, 2007, Source: New America Media
During the immigrant rights marches last week, plots to attack immigrants with grenades and semi-automatic weapons were uncovered in Alabama, Maryland and Washington, D.C.
Posted on May 10, 2007, Source: New America Media
Will Latinos keep turning away from the Right, furthering the momentum witnessed in last year's massive marches and during the off-year elections?
Posted on Apr 3, 2007, Source: Public Eye
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