Author name: Gil Cintron, LMSW

Hats off to Atlanta rapper Tip ‘T.I.’ Harris as he celebrates the opening of his first affordable housing development. He truely exemplifies, and does’nt just preach, a concern for the community. He personifies the true meaning of not forgetting where you came from. I wish some of the New York Latinex celebrity’s would follow suit. […]

As “Trump’s anti-immigrant onslaught sparks fresh alarm heading into 2024” and “His comments have renewed concern from Latino leaders, civil rights groups and experts on extremism…” (1)  When is enough, enough? While the vast majority of immigrants coming into the United States these days are Latino, they are just the newest group to be scapegoated.

When I read the comments of educated people making asinine comments such as this one by Heritage Foundation Border Security and Immigration Center Director Lora Ries “They are economic migrants, not victims of persecution” my blood boils. The reason my blood boils is because this comment is covert racism. Every single Caucasian that immigranted into

It started with Donald Trump’s attacks on the media. Calling any unfavorable news, QA or by his Special Counselor, Kellyanne Conway, labeling their lies alternative facts. These are the tactics that authoritarian regimes and dictators use to limit the news the populace gets so that they in fact, become the sole providers of news. It

Being an undocumented noncitizen forces them to live under a constant veil of fear, uncertainty, and trepidation of deportation. Because of their lack of status, noncitizens can not legally work in New York State. While most of them do work, and some of them do pay taxes, they can not reap the rewards of being

When will this nonsense end? The hypocrisy of it all is getting to be to much to bare. Many in the Republican Party have gone so far to the right that it is just insane. For decades they made the word liberal seem taboo. Not too long ago the GOP professed to be the party