Joe Biden’s Commitment to Agriculture Makes for a Viable Rural Economy
Kyle Martínez The Trump administration’s actions have directly impacted the American farmer and have caused growers to lose equity at rates comparable to the crash in the 1980s….
Farmworkers Are Essential – Protect Them
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Editor’s Note: This week, twenty-five members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) sent a letter, led by Chairman Joaquin Castro requesting information from 127 of…
Amid a Historic Economic Collapse, Many Inequities Likely to Worsen
By Michael Booth The unemployment counters are spinning forward faster than state labor officials can keep up. The revenue counters are spinning backward faster than state and local treasurers…
How Immigration Policies Affect Our Country’s Housing Market
Carlos Guevara During the past two years, the Trump administration has ramped up immigration enforcement in the country’s interior, hundreds of miles away from the border. These actions have…
Heavy Burden on Working Families
UnidosUS (formerly NCLR) denounced the Senate budget resolution, S. Con. Res. 25., last week. The budget amends H. Con. Res. 71, the budget blueprint passed by the House earlier this…
Labor Unions Are Critical to América’s Success
Across the country, Americans are working longer hours for less money and fewer benefits. New Mexicans are working harder, but are finding it more and more difficult to make ends…
You Can Vote Every Day — With Your Dollars
All shopping is not created equal — we all have our preferred soaps and phone brands. I’d rather walk a bit further to my favorite grocery store than the closer one at the…
UnidosUS Launches Young Adults Re-Entry Project
UnidosUS (formerly NCLR) has received a $3.9 million, three-year grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to fund its Young Adult Re-Entry Project, a new initiative that seeks to give…
América’s Student Borrowers Owe $1.7 Trillion
Cum laude, my diploma reads — “with honor.” But cum debitum, “with debt,” is a bit more accurate. Collectively, América’s student borrowers owe $1.7 trillion. On average, each graduating senior…
Making NAFTA Worse
Like rose blossoms, a politician’s promises can be beautiful when they burst into full, glorious bloom — only to fade over time and, petal by petal, fall away. Take Donald…