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Alabama has no anti-discrimination laws for LGBT people, even though it ‘s now legal for gays to marry there. 

The U.S. government will pay the Navajo Nation $554 million to settle claims that it mismanaged funds and natural resources on the tribe’s reservation.

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It seems like director Alfonso Cuarón was caught by surprise when he was named best director at the Golden Globes for “Gravity.”

So surprised that a bad word or two came out as he walked up to the microphone to accept his award.

Eugenio Derbez broke box office records last week when his film “Instructions Not Included” became the highest grossing Spanish-language film to open in North America. 

His success has led him to lots of talk-shows on English-language television and radio shows, but there’s always one problem… American TV hosts are having trouble pronouncing his name. 

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By JORGE RIVAS

Wednesday’s historic Supreme Court decision ruling Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional is an enormous triumph.

But the LGBT community still has a long way to go before they reach full equality. Did you know that in 29 states gays and lesbians can get fired just because their gay?

Scene from the PBS documentary “Rape in the Fields."

By JORGE RIVAS

For the more than half a million women who pick and handle the food we eat, sexual assault often comes comes with the job. 

Frontline partnered with Univision News to produce the documentary “Rape in the Fields" that explores how many migrant women working in America’s fields and packing plants are sexually assaulted by supervisors who exploit their immigrant status. 

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I wrote a story for Tomorrow Magazine about Radio Ambulante, a Spanish-language radio program showcasing human stories from Latin America and the United States.

Ramiro Gomez’s L.A. street art gives us something to think about

By EBONY MONTENEGRO It’s Banksy’s public “guerilla” art with a touch of Diego Rivera’s social realism on the streets of Beverly Hills. With that in mind you can begin to understand artist Ramiro Gomez’s vision. In a recent interview with Jorge Rivas of Colorlines.com, the Los Angeles native spoke about his work.

Gomez creates cardboard cut-out paintings of labor workers and peppers them on the lawns and homes throughout affluent Beverly Hills. As a nanny, artist Gomez wants more than anything to spur conversation around “illegal immigrants,” and draw attention to the headlines about the Arizona and Alabama  legislatures’ immigration rulings.