wealth disparity
Latinos Should Lead The Wealth Disparity Conversation
How should U.S. Latinos react to the news that Latino wealth fell 66% over the 4 years of the great recession? The numbers are staggering. The effect is no less shocking. […]
Bootstrap myth exposed: White inheritance key driver in racial wealth gap
*This is the second piece that I suggest your should read today, it compliments the first piece I posted earlier and it follows on the statement Rep. Jason Chaffetz made […]
Latino Leaders Launch Initiative to Address Widening Racial Wealth Gap, Triple Hispanic Household Wealth
PRESS RELEASE By Capital Wire PR SAN DIEGO/WASHINGTON D.C.– The widening disparity in Hispanic household wealth fueled by higher job losses, foreclosure, lost housing equity and income inequality has incited […]
For Latinos In 2012, It’s Not Just About Immigration
By Dr. Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto, Latino Decisions José Díaz-Balart, chief political analyst for Telemundo, had one important task during the September 7, 2011, Republican debate—to ask the candidates about […]
Latino Survival In (a Regressing) American Society: Three Components To Increasing Latinos’ Collective Influence
*I often remark about how the stories and issues that affect the Latino community today are in many ways the same issues of the past, repackaged and popping-up anew. Case […]
How an Attempt to Boost Diversity at Texas Colleges Could Kill Affirmative Action
*Excellent story about the affirmative action lawsuit now before the U.S. Supreme Court. The case was heard in December and a ruling is expected by June. This is an outlier […]
Hispanics remain unequal when it comes to health care
*This makes a convincing case that citizenship rights, guaranteed under the constitution, can’t be realized without adequate health care. VL By Jacqueline Angel, Houston Chronicle In 2013, one in three […]
NAFTA and the Future of Canada, Mexico and the United States
By Marc Lanthemann, Sratfor The 20th anniversary of NAFTA’s implementation on Jan. 1 has revived some of the perennial arguments that have surrounded the bloc since its inception. The general […]
Fiscal Cliff Talks: Latino Education May Slide Further
By Curt Werner, Voxxi Much was made during the presidential campaign that the economic downturn and to a large extent the nation’s tax structure combined to yield unprecedented economic disparity between […]
The Case Against Race-Based Affirmative Action
By Hector Luis Alamo, Jr., Being Latnio On October 10, the Supreme Court will again reconsider the necessity and constitutionality of race-based affirmative action when it hears arguments in the […]