The earthquake feels like yet another crisis tearing at our transnational families. The earthquake was a natural disaster, but the many ways American society fails to value the lives of foreigners, of immigrants, of its own citizens, because of their skin color or their Latino heritage is a disaster of our own making.

“It is good to rediscover our history and welcome the diversity of the people in the United States.”

The fight for the Dreamers is a fight for every immigrant.

A Catholic priest is being recognized for his efforts to support California's migrant farmworker community.

Huerta’s lack of recognition is certainly not due to a lack of proximity to power; she stood alongside giants of American history.

Back in 1991, close to nine in 10 Catholics in the United States were white. Today, that number is down to 55 percent—and that percentage will continue to drop.