On Jan. 4, longtime U.S. government critic Lorenzo Baca became the first Native American spiritual leader to offer prayer for the 2010 decennial census, by performing a sunrise ceremony at the northern foot of the Golden Gate Bridge.

In the face of rampant street crime, Pres. Mauricio Funes has sent thousands of army troops to patrol municipalities with the high crime rates, provoking criticism from some about this use of the military for civilian policing.

November 7 marked 30 years since I won my first police brutality trial in East L.A. in 1979. After all these years, I have now come to understand the meaning of resilience.

Monica Rodriguez, a 27-year-old Guatemalan immigrant in Los Angeles County who was five months pregnant, became one of the latest victims of the H1N1 flu.

The Los Angeles Police Department issued an alert to all Jewish day schools and synagogues after two men were shot early this morning in the parking lot of Adat Yeshurun Valley Sephardic synagogue.

ACORN has been involved in a series of serious allegations, all of which have put into question not only their policies but also the legitimacy of their work.

As ousted President Manuel Zelaya vowed to camp out on the border after briefly crossing into Honduras, a civil war may very well erupt. Meanwhile the Obama administration’s efforts to restore Zelaya have been at best tepid.

In Maryland, 36 day laborers are graduating from community programs that they hope will give them a leg up in the job market.

Judge Sonia Sotomayor's up-by-your-bootstraps story speaks to both the Hispanic and Jewish communities, observers say.

The Iraq Special Operations Forces (ISOF) is probably the largest special forces outfit ever built by the United States, and it is free of many of the controls that most governments employ to rein in such lethal forces. NAM Middle East correspondent Shane Bauer, in collaboration with The Nation Institute investigative fund and the Center for Investigative Reporting, reports from the front of the ongoing U.S. war in Iraq.

U.S. immigration authorities deported a total of 11,255 undocumented Guatemalans in the first five months of 2009.

Rodrigo Rosenberg, a lawyer killed on May 10, accused Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom of ordering his death in a video broadcast the following day, reports Univision.

El 12 de mayo, 2008, agentes del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas allanaron una planta procesadora de carne en Postville, Iowa, y arrestaron a 389 inmigrantes. English Translation

On May 12, 2008, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided a meat processing plant in Postville, Iowa, and arrested 389 immigrants. Traducción al español

President Obama's decision for the U.S. to skip the global conference on racism is a disappointment. Though the one-track focus on Israel lets other countries off the hook, Obama missed a valuable opportunity to call to task other forms of racism and state-sponsored abuse as well.

MS-13, aka La Mara Salvatrucha, is a violent international street gang of mostly immigrants from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.

Jeanine Wais-Sullivan, 70, invited a family of three to move in with her when they lost their house in Richmond, Calif. Widowed two years ago after 35 years of marriage, Wais says the new living arrangement allows her to help a struggling family that has become her own.

Jack Barrios fought the war in Iraq, got wounded, only to come home to fight another war: his wife’s impending deportation.

Recently a family of three moved in with Jeanine Wais-Sullivan, 70, when they lost their house in Richmond. Wais says the new living arrangement has helped her feel less alone and it allows her to help a struggling family who has become her own.