Medicaid and its sister program, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), buffer millions of Latinos and other vulnerable Americans from uninsurance.  Private health coverage, obtained through the workplace or ...

An unfair minimum wage disproportionately affects Latinos who are concentrated in low-wage jobs. Congress has not raised the federal minimum wage, currently $7.25 per hour, since 2009. Worse, the minimum wage for tipped ...

Making up nearly one-third of all uninsured Americans, Latinos have among the most to gain from effective implementation of the health care law.  Currently, one of every three Hispanics is uninsured, representing nearly ...

The practice of overusing \preexisting condition\ clauses in health insurance contracts is a particularly serious problem for the tens of millions of Americans who have gone uninsured for long periods of time. Sometimes ...

The stakes are high for Latinos when it comes to the fate of health care reform.  The expansion of health coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will substantially increase the number of insured Americans, and new ...

While NCLR is deeply concerned with national security and public safety, it believes that current proposals to restrict state-issued driver's licenses and identification documents are not effective means to combat terrorism.

While increasing our national security is critical, restricting driver's licenses (DLs) is an inefficient way to enforce immigration laws and prevent terrorism. In fact, denying DLs to large segments of the population makes ...

While eligibility requirements vary from state to state, applicants for a state-issued driver's license (DL) must provide proof of age and identity and, in some instances, proof of state and legal residency. Often, these ...

There are a variety of federal policies that have come to include Social Security Number (SSN) requirements. Though the number was explicitly intended only for the purpose of administering the Social Security program, the ...

Everything you need to know about the Neighborhood Development Demonstration Act (NDDA).