The Northampton Cable Advisory Board will hold a public meeting on December 14, 2011 at 7:00pm to take public comment on the 2011 performance of Comcast under the cable license agreement with the City including but not limited to signal quality, technology upgrades, and customer service complaint resolution.  The Cable Advisory Board will also take comments on the performance of NCTV as the public,... 

You’ve probably read the headlines: “New census milestone: Hispanics reach 50 million”; “U.S. Hispanic population tops 50 million” and one of our favorites “Los USA — Latino Populations Grow Faster with Wider Spread.” The U.S. Census numbers have confirmed that the Hispanic population has reached an important milestone, the 50 million mark. We are waking... 

By Amanda Cohen The National Geographic show “Border Wars” depicts the daily activities of border patrol agents stationed along the U.S./Mexico border. Border Wars focuses on The Río Grande River, Tucson and Nogales, Arizona.  The realism of the show is immediately evident by the footage of searches conducted by U.S. border agents upon cars and people crossing into both the U.S. and Mexico.  Although... 

The show transports audiences from Springfield, Massachusetts, to a U.S. Army base, to Nepali family and their struggle for recognition, to a refugee camp in Tanzania, and to the ensemble’s worlds and dreams for the future. ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE PROJECT The Performance Project began September of 2000 as a theater and movement workshop at the Hampshire Jail and House of Corrections in Northampton,... 

SAN JUAN, PR – Ricardo Alegría, an icon of Puerto Rican culture, an anthropologist and tireless defender of la puertorriqueñidad,  died today. He was 90 years old and had been suffering from a debilitating heart condition. Puerto Rico Gov. Luis Fortuño has declared five days of mourning for the Alegría, whose contributions to the intersection of culture and politics was without equal in Puerto... 

Puerto Rico riot police beat down government protestors Reported by Al Jazeera’s Fault Lines news magazine Dozens of university students are arrested for demonstrating against a tuition hike. But Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuno remains steadfast in charging students more to help close a $3.2 billion budget gap. The students’ fight is representative of a larger debate in Puerto Rico,... 

Felita was born in Naranjito, Puerto Rico on May 4, 1924, the eldest of the eleven children of Julián Oyola and María Cruz. Her schooling only went as far as the second grade of elementary school, but even as a child she showed artistic inclinations, taking part in school programs. At age 15 she married Joaquín Rivera Padilla, but divorced him after eight years of marriage and four children:... 

Ray Suárez By Ray Suárez Host, HITN’s Destination Casa Blanca Few political columnists in the United States are Puerto Rican. Few political columnists in the United States follow the twists and turns in the debates over the island’s status closely, if at all. Yet, as the President boarded Air Force One for a five-hour visit to La Isla del Encanto you saw and heard it again and again;... 

By Félix Sánchez (June 30, 2011) Yesterday, an initiative was launched that draws attention to the lack of Latino voices on the four broadcast television network’s Sunday morning news talk shows: ABC’s This Week; CBS’s Face the Nation; FOX News Sunday; and NBC’s Meet the Press. This social impact project called “The Art of Politics” is a joint effort by the National... 

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c West Wing Story www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog The Daily Show on Facebook It was short that President Barack Obama made to Puerto Rico this week, but long enough to raise money for his presidential campaign, which has a price tag of $1 billion. Jon Stewart poked fun...