In Las Vegas, where 34 percent of the population is of Hispanic descent, the celebrations come with a focus on a significant issue for many: navigating the U.S. immigration system.

The federal government is suing Hazleton, accusing the city of discriminating against Hispanic voters with its at-large system for electing city council members, authorities said. The Department ...

As of fall 2021, Black students made up 17% and Hispanic students made up 8% of the student body at Maryland’s six largest public universities. That was an increase of 10% and 19% since 2016 ...

TOWN OF NEWBURGH - Three Black and three Hispanic residents have filed a lawsuit against the Town of Newburgh, claiming its election system violates state law. Specifically, they claim the town's ...

A separate lawsuit filed a year ago by two Hispanic parents that is currently pending before the same judge, U.S. District Judge Karoline Mehalchick, alleges the at-large system of voting for ...

A caste system often uses discriminatory notions of purity and contamination. It continues to have an impact on contemporary society in many areas of the world.

Approximately 25% of the town's nearly 32,000 citizens are Black and 15% are Hispanic, they say, but to their knowledge every person ever elected to the Town Board has been white. The last time a ...

What is caste? India’s caste system has roots in Hindu scriptures, and historically sorted the population into a hierarchy that defined people’s occupations, where they can live and who they ...

A separate lawsuit filed a year ago by two Hispanic parents that is currently pending before the same judge, U.S. District Judge Karoline Mehalchick, alleges the at-large system of voting for ...

News Feds' suit claims Pa. city’s ‘at-large’ election system is biased against Hispanic voters Published: Jan. 08, 2025, 6:04 p.m.