Washington — The growth in the nation’s prison population has been nothing short of staggering. The United States’ incarceration rate is now more than four times the world average, with about 2.2 million people in prisons and jails. Of those, roughly 200,000 are federal inmates, double the number from 20... Leer más
La Asociación de Exportadores (ADEX) informó las exportaciones nacionales de prendas de vestir hacia los Estados Unidos alcanzaron los US$ 97.2 millones en el primer bimestre, valor que representó un pequeño aumento de 1% respecto a similar periodo del 2015, cuando los envíos sumaron US$ 96.1 millones. Con una concentración del... Leer más
Hispanics are the youngest major racial or ethnic group in the United States. About one-third of the nation’s Hispanic population is younger than 18, and about a quarter of all Hispanics are Millennials, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data. Altogether, nearly six-in-ten Hispanics... Leer más
Tuesday’s voting in the New York primary was marked by chaos, particularly in Brooklyn, as tens of thousands of voters found their names had been removed from the polling rolls or that they were unable to vote at their polling station. The New York City Elections Board has confirmed that... Leer más
WASHINGTON—Nearly 1,000 protesters were arrested at the U.S. Capitol in wave after wave of acts of civil disobedience April 11-18, dubbed “Democracy Spring.” The protests were designed to “take back American democracy” from the various “big money” interests which traditionally rule politics. Those arrested were charged with violating a D.C.... Leer más
President Obama’s far-reaching plan to ease life for millions of immigrants in the U.S. illegally ran into solid conservative opposition at the Supreme Court on Monday, putting its fate in doubt. The administration’s supporters were left to hope that justices — evenly divided between Republican and Democratic appointees since the... Leer más
A New York spring is in the air in the parks and streets of the Big Apple as Bernie Sanders rallies tens of thousands of adoring supporters with a message of political revolution he hopes could still block Hillary Clinton’s seemingly unstoppable path to the Democratic presidential nomination. But in... Leer más
The first full year of the Affordable Care Act brought historic increases in coverage for low-wage workers and others who have long been left out of the health care system, a New York Times analysis has found. Immigrants of all backgrounds — including more than a million legal residents who... Leer más
En algunas ciudades de Estados Unidos, la pobreza resta años de vida. Un estudio reciente ha demostrado que el lugar de residencia es uno de los factores que influyen en la esperanza de vida de los ciudadanos, como el nivel de ingresos o de educación, y que resulta más letal... Leer más
On perhaps the defining issue of the 2016 Republican primary, Senator Ted Cruz falls well to the right of Ronald Reagan, who supported granting legal status to millions of undocumented immigrants. He opposes abortion even in cases of rape and incest, and has called for a federal amendment that would... Leer más
