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Immigration Law Changes Seen Cutting Billions From Deficit
By Ashley Paker, Washington Post WASHINGTON — Congressional budget...
Highest Latino Growth Rates Seen In States With Lowest Unemployment
By Elizabeth Llorente , Fox News Latino States that saw the...
Study Finds Less Access To Super markets In Latino And Low-Income Areas
By Joey Palacios, Texas Public Radio According to an aggregated...
Doubling Student Interest Rates Would Be Devastating For Latinos
By Jose Aristimuno, Fox News Latino A couple of weeks ago,...
Report highlights STEM workers who often go ignored
By Emi Kolawole, Washington Post Individuals without a bachelor’s...
Pay gap tied to minimum wage; Latinas hit hardest
By Jacquellena Carrero, NBCLatino The fact that women’s wages lag...
Common Application statement on undoc students a hoax
By Jonathan Munoz, Voxxi The Common Application, Inc., more commonly...
In a nation soon to be majority minority, Latinos struggle to climb out of poverty
By Gosia Wozniacka, Washington Post ”America’s communities have become divided...
Latino Jobless Rate Up in May, Down Since 2012
By Hispanic Business As with the population at large,...
‘We Are Big Marijuana,’ Company Gets Support From Former Mexican President
By Fox News Latino SEATTLE –  A former Microsoft...
For Medicare, Immigrants Offer Surplus, Study Finds
By Sabrina Tavernise,  The New York Times Immigrants have...
National and State by State Economic Benefits of Immigration Reform
By Robert Lynch and Patrick Oakford, Center for American Progress...
Cleveland Kidnapping Shines Light on Latino Community
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco We have tiny attention spans....
Latinos May Need More Than ‘Miracle’ To Prosper In Texas
By Texas Public Radio President Obama brought a message...
Eva Longoria Stars at Senate Hearing to Promote Latina Entrepreneurs
By Kent Hoover, Austin Business Journal Celebrity advocates are...
California strawberry pickers fired for walking off job to flee wildfire
By David Ferguson, The Raw Story A group of...
Social Security Report: Immigration Bill Would Boost Economy
By Seung Min Kim, Politico The Senate Gang of...
A Day in the Strawberry Fields Seems Like Forever
By Hector Becerra, Los Angeles Times About 30 minutes...
In Immigration Debate, Millionaire’s Visa Under the Radar
By Kelly Chung Dawson, New America Media The Immigration Act...
Latino Jobless Rate Hits 4 Year Low, But Not All Good News
By Griselda Nevarez, Voxxi The U.S. employment report released Friday...
AARP Texas Has a New Face in the Texas Rio Grande Valley
PRESS RELEASE Verónica de Lafuente will serve as Associate...
Latino Jobless Rate Falls to 9 Percent As U.S. Adds 165K Jobs
By Fox News Latino U.S. employers added 165,000 jobs...
Wealth Gap Among Races Has Widened Since Recession
By Annie Lowrey, New York Times WASHINGTON — Millions...
Latino Fertility Just Might Mean Economic Vitality
By O. Ricardo Pimentel, San Antonio Express News Some...
Evolving U.S.-Mexico Relations and Obama’s Visit
By Stratfor When U.S. President Barack Obama travels to...
Workplace Deaths Increase for Latinos and Blacks
By Albert Sabaté, ABC/Univision Latinos have the highest rate...
Target gets Bi-Curious. Fans Don’t go Wild.
From the textmex obsessed imagination of Daphne Strassmann When I...
Latino Education Affordability is the Future of the U.S. Labor Force
By Susana G. Baumann, Voxxi A projected 37.6 million...
Gender Wage Gap is Harsher for Immigrant Women
By Erika L. Sánchez, NBCLatino It’s no secret that Latinas...
5 Ways Immigration Reform Will Help Low-Wage Workers
By Ezra Klein, Washington Post Something odd happens whenever immigration...
The Immigrant ‘Welfare Queen’ Myth
By Alex Nowrasteh, The Blaze A common conservative refrain...
Young Latinos’ Changing Attitudes About Money
By Hispanically Speaking News As April 15th approaches, everyone...
Construction Booming In Texas, But Latino Workers Pay Dearly
By Wade Goodwyn, NPR Like almost everything in the...
Little Change for Latinos in High Corporate Positions
By HACR WASHINGTON, April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – The Hispanic...
Second Generation Making Strides
By Anthony Orozco, Reading Eagle It’s nearly become a...
Latino Jobless Rate Continues to Drop
By B.D. Campbell, HispanicBusiness.com Latinos continue to make gains in the...
Diversity Programs Give Illusion of Corporate Fairness
By Science Daily Diversity training programs lead people to...
Broadband Can Benefit Latinos and Boost Job Creation
By Jason Llorenz, LIN@R President Obama has much to...
Latinos Drive Real Estate Comeback
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco According to a Hispanic Business...
Number of Latino Writers for TV Are Up
By Jorge Rivas, Colorlines On Tuesday the Writers Guild of...
Latino Buyers Could Kick Recovery Into High Gear
By Inman News Latinos accounted for more than half...
$30,000 to Study Obese Latino Kids Who Drink Soda
By Alexander Abad-Santos, The Atlantic Fans of conservative scientific...
Latino Health Coverage & 2012 Tax Returns – What’s the Link?
By Hope Gillette, Saludify There are approximately 53 million...
Study: Citizenship for Undoc – $1.4 Trillion to Economy
By Caroline Fairchild, Huffington Post Latino Voices Attention Congress: A...
Aging Between Two Worlds – Latino, Old and Poor on the TX Border
By Yolanda Gonzalez Gomez, New America Media First of...
Lack of Cow Milkers for Yogurt Drives Immigration Debate
By Alan Bjerga, Bloomberg The Alpina Foods Inc. plant...
How Unfair Practices Hurt Latino Home Ownership
By Susana G. Baumann, Voxxi The 2012 NAHREP president speaks...
Latino Jobless Rate Dips in February
By Hispanic Business The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for...
Closing the Digital Divide: Latinos and Technology Adoption
PRESS RELEASE Latinos own smartphones, go online from a...
Joaquin Castro Says Obama ‘Needs to Be a Leader’ on the Budget
By Ron Fournier, National Journal Nothing angers President Obama and...
Latino Moviegoers a Big Part of Hollywood’s Future
By Rachel Nuwer, The Credits When population numbers are...
Sequester and Latino Education: Vulnerable Group in the Crossfire
By John Benson, Voxxi With the sequester now a reality,...
Focusing U.S. Immigration Detention Costs
By Ali Noorani, Reuters There was much controversy last...
Latino Tops Most Influential in Food Industry List
By Aiyana Baida, Voxxi The list of the most...
Allá en el Rancho Grande: Latino Farmers Sue U. S. Ag Dept.
By Sara Van Note, Latino USA In 2000, about...
Lourdes Flores Helps Texas Colonia Residents Help Themselves
By Priscila Mosqueda, Texas Observer Lourdes Flores didn’t know she...
Dwindling Catholic Schools See Future in Latino Students
By Aaron Schrank, Religion News Service As the country’s fastest-growing...
U.S. Sequester Cuts Would Harm Latino Babies
By Khalil Abdullah, New America Media WASHINGTON, D.C.–Thousands of unborn...
Obama Names Latina to Head Federal Trade Commission
By Andrew Zajac & Hans Nichols, Bloomberg Edith Ramirez, a campaign official...
Sequester Impact on Latino Education, Health & Jobs
By Fox News Latino Among the sweeping number of...
Oakland Introduces Undoc Immigrant Debit Card Program
By Aaron Sankin, Huffington Post Latino Voices SAN FRANCISCO...
Feds Free Hundreds From Immigration Detention
By Alan Gomez, USA Today Republicans on Tuesday denounced...
How Mexico Got Back in the Game
By Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times MONTERREY, Mexico IN...
How Hamburger Hamlet Created a Oaxacan Kitchen Dynasty
By Sam Quiñones, A Reporter’s Blog My story is...
New Report Breaks Down Poverty Levels Among Latinos
By Emily Deruy, ABCNews/Univision Latinos are anything but homogenous,...
Half of Texas Construction Workers Are Un documented
By Ralph Barrera, Austin American-Statesman Half of the construction workers...
A More Ambitious Vision for Mexico
By Antonio Garza, U.S. Ambassador (Ret.) Mexico’s economic resurgence is gaining...
Texas Bank must pay Latino Customers $700,000 to Settle Discrimination
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco You can file this under...
Latinos Power Box Office, With 25% of U.S. Admissions
By Andrew Stweart, Variety Hispanics continue to be America’s...
Want more Latino authors? Hit the bookstores
By Alexandra Aquino-Fike, Being Latino I want books.  Good...
Immigration Reform: Will Farming Finally Get Fixed?
By Adrian Florido, PRI’s The World, New America Media...
Using the Latino College Experience to Revamp Financial Aid
By Sandra Lilley, NBCLatino As the nation grapples with...
5 Metropolitan Areas Where Green Jobs and Latino Workers Meet
By EHS Today A new report from the National...
Hispanic Men Present Marketing Opportunities
PRESS RELEASE CHICAGO, Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/...
Latinos Aren’t Thriving in Silicon Valley’s Meritocracy
By Rebecca Greenfield, The Atlantic Wire You would expect,...
Latinos & Birth Control, Great Infographic!
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Love this Infographic! It was...
2nd Generation Exceed Immigrants in Income & Education
PRESS RELEASE Second-generation Americans—-the 20 million adult U.S.-born children...
Latino Jobless Rate Edges Up to 9.7 Percent
By Hispanic Business There are 2.5 million idled workers...
Latino Joblessness Rose, But Employers Added 157K Jobs
By Fox News Latino The unemployment rate for the...
LA: The Plaster Vendor, or how I spent my Sunday morning
By Sam Quiñones, A Reporter’s Blog What’s nice about...
Oldest Latino Newspaper, Celebrates 100th Anniversary
By Huffington Post Latino Voices The oldest Spanish-language newspaper...
Latinos on Corporate boards: The Next Frontier
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Advancing the Latino community in...
How Big Soda Co-Opted the Hispanic Federation
By Nancy Huehnergarth, Huffington Post Click on picture to...
Latinos Have an Agenda for the President’s First 100 Days
By Sandra Lilley, NBC Latino Click on picture to...
Henry Cisneros: The Nation Under estimated Impact of Foreclosure Crisis
By Susana, G. Bauman, Voxxi A former Secretary of...
Immigrants Add Billions to the Arkansas Economy
By Walter Ewing, Immigration Impact Click on picture to...
A little Latino Bookstore in Palm Springs Says Adios
By Hector Tobar, Los Angeles Times Click on picture...
New Mortgage Rules Could Help Latinos
By Andrew O’Reilly, Fox News Latino Click on picture top...
Advertisers Must Pay Attention to Latinos as Trendsetters
By Glenn Llopis, Forbes Click on picture to read...
USDA Settles Discrimination Claims with Latino Farmers
By Matt Kelley, Radio Iowa Click on picture to read...
How to Add Ecommerce Capability to Your Pinterest Board
By Jesse Luna, NewsTaco This video tutorial shows you...
Immigration Leads Federal Law Enforcement Spending
By Tara Bahrampour, Washington Post Click on picture to read...
Latinos Are In, Except on Madison Avenue
By Melissa Pitt, Huffington Post Latino Voices It takes...
Farmworkers Meet With Sen. Rubio’s Staff About Immigration Reform
By Arelis R. Hernández, Orlando Sentinel Click on picture...
December Jobs Report: Hispanic Unemployment Down Slightly
By Emily Deruy, ABC/Univision Click on picture top read...
Latino Veterans Hit the Hardest, Often the Easiest Prey
By Justin Velez-Hagan, Politic365 Click on picture to read story....
Urban Outfitters: Juan at WalMart Shirt Is “Vintage”
By Latino Rebels After we posted the following “Juan at...
Phoenix Convention Slump Tied to Ariz. Immigration Law
By Dustin Gardiner, The Arizona Republic Click on picture...
Pew Research Center: 2012 in Review
By Pew Pew Research Center. Click on picture to...
Latinos: Healthcare not Immigration Made 2012 Difference
By Curt Warner, Voxxi By any measure, this past...
Feds Won’t Investigate Latino Housing Discrimination
By Nikole Hannah-Jones, ProPublica The four-bedroom house advertised on Craigslist...
Unemployment Benefits Could Impact Latinos
By Raisa Camargo, Voxxi Members in Congress have insisted...
Latinos Less Likely To Receive Unemployment Benefits
By Roque Planas, Huffington Post Latino Voices Even as...
Giving Back – Part of the Latino Immigrant Experience
By Alexandra Aquino-Fike, Being Latino We often hear that the...
Border Startups Have a Rough Time Raising Capital
By Cincdy Casares, Texas Observer Earlier this year, when San...
Experts Recommend Investing More on Latino Children
By Latinovations According to a census poll released this...
Latinos as Consumers and Producers of Organic Food
By Jose Gonzalez, NewsTaco What comes to mind with...
Permission to Dream: A Latino-Inclusive Marketing Approach
By Gustavo Razzetti, ClickZ Click on picture to read story....
Hilda Solis Calls on Latinas to Break the Glass Ceiling
By Raisa Camargo, Voxxi The recipe for success isn’t...
Latinos & Fiscal Cliff: Taxes on Wealthy Must be Included
By Matt Barreto, Latino Decisions The 2012 presidential election...
Fiscal Cliff Debates Affect Latino Families
By Latinovations Debates of the upcoming fiscal cliff are...
November Employment Numbers are Better, But Not For Latinos
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco The official Bureau of Labor...
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Joins Fix the Debt Steering Committee
By Latinovations On December 4, 2012 Los Angeles Mayor...
Latino Dems Divided over House STEM Jobs Act
By Latinovations Last Friday, the House of Representatives approved...
Why a Decision on the Fiscal Cliff is Important to Your Health
By Hope Gillette, Voxxi Solving the fiscal cliff issue is current...
The Dilemma Of Higher Education Facing Latinos
By Victor Escalante, NewsTaco   One of the questions...
Immigrant Lives Devastated in Wake of Superstorm Sandy
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco As usually happens, news stories about natural...
Cartels, Drugs and Money
By Melissa del Bosque, Texas Observer Mexico’s drug war...
We Expect Holiday Food to be Cheap, But It Has a Price
By Jose Gonzalez, NewsTaco As we all recover from...
STEM Visa Considered for a House Vote Next Week
By Raisa Camargo, Voxxi After the Thanksgiving break, Congressional...
Good Policy Makes A Difference
By Noel. A. Poyo, Executive Directo NALCAB In a...
Black Friday or ‘How I Stabbed Myself in the Eye’
By Elise Roedenbeck, Pocho Ñews Service Hey, everybody! Here comes...
Black Friday and Cyber Monday Deals Shared en Familia
By Viviana Fernandez, Voxxi Latinos have embraced the new mobile...
Thanksgiving Made Possible By Immigrant Farm Workers
By Roque Planas, Huffnigton Post Latino Voices When giving...
Latinos Less Likely To Get Time Off, Workplace Flexibility
By Huffington Post Latino Voices With the holidays just...
A Tale of Two Communities and Contaminated Water
  By Jose Gonzalez, NewsTaco This past week two...
Mexican Bimbo May Save Hostess Twinkies
By Huffington Post Latino Voices Grupo Bimbo, a Mexican...
Fiscal Cliff: Are We Really Going to Do Surgery With An Ax?
By Lily Eskelsen, NEA We’re all in trouble when I...
Fiscal Cliff: Poorest School Districts Stand To Lose The Most
By Joy Resmovits, Huffington Post Latino Voices Juandiego Wade...
Latino Money: The Missed Political Story of 2012
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Here’s something interesting that bubbled...
The Influencer: Sol Trujillo
By Maria Hinojosa, Latino USA Corporate leaders become political...
Sandy Reconstruction: Latinos to the Rescue
Victor Landa, NewsTaco I’m floored, flabbergasted. Read this: Immigrant workers,...
Weekly Latin America Green News
By Amanda Maxwell, NRDC Switchboard Chile The Senate’s Mining...
Latino Beer Sales Hint At Economic Recovery Among Hispanics
By Roque Planas, Huffington Post Latino Voices Unemployment for Latinos...
CULTURE: Parent Attention Gap Behind Class Divide
By Sam Quiñones,  A Reporter’s Blog Fascinating piece in The...
Celebrating Chávez Monument, But Where Are Farm Workers Now?
By Ivan Delgado, Aurora Saldivar, Johnny Flores, New America Media...
TAMACC Elects Ben Mendez As Chairman For Second Term
By: Victor Escalante, NewsTaco One of the first things...
COMMENTARY: What Part of “Safety-Net” Don’t You Understand?
By Juan Flores, La Fe Policy and Research Center...
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Thursday October 11, 2012 By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Latina...
Latinos a ‘Core Conservation Community,’ Poll Finds
By  Ngoc Nguyen, New America Media Latino voters in California...
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Tuesday October 9, 2012 By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Latino...
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Monday October 8, 2012 By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Romney,...
A Job Training Program Prepares Farmworkers For The Modern Economy
By Jen Reel, Texas Observer When Bill Clinton spoke...
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Friday October 5, 2012  Where Latinos Vote in One...
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Tuesday October 2, 2012 Hispanic Chamber: Where’s the spending...
Spending On Spanish Language Advertising In 2012 Election Significantly Lagging
PRESS RELEASE ANALYSIS OF TEN KEY STATES FINDS SPANISH-LANGUAGE...
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Friday September 28, 2012 Are Latinos adequately represented in...
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Thursday September 27, 2012 Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio Loses...
Crops Rot due to Lack of Workers, Farmers Talk of Immigration Reformm
By Aurora Almendral, Feet in 2 Worlds In Arizona it’s...
A Young Latino’s Business Success is More Than Fried Chicken
By Melanie Mendez-Gonzales, NewsTaco The owner of San Antonio’s Speedy’s...
Report: The Backstory on Who “Doesn’t Pay” Taxes
By Monique Coppola, Public News Service RICHMOND, Va. – Pundits...
Hamburger Dreams and McMelancholia
Oscar Barajas, NewsTaco My friend Richard and I were...
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Wednesday September 19, 2012 Latino Voters Affirm Economy As...
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Tuesday September 18, 2012 Economy is Top Issue Among...
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Friday September 14, 2012 Castro Says Both Candidates Need...
Ambassador’s Brief: The Election, The Economy and Mexico
By Antonio Garza, U.S. Ambassador (Ret.) It may be just a...
Clorox Is Clueless About Marketing To Latinos
By Latino Rebels After we stopped chuckling and shaking...
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Monday September 10, 2012 Hispanic voters projected to make...
Mitt Romney’s Magic Number with Latinos
By Gabriel Sanchez, Latino Decisions Mitt Romney’s campaign has...
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Wednesday August 29, 2012 Jeb Bush chides Republicans to...
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Tuesday August 28, 2012 A race against time to...
Why Are Latino Millennials Choosing To Live With Their Parents?
By Maria Chavez, Our Tiempo The 2010 Census data...
Balancing Work And Families Hardest for Latino Workers
By Sarah Jane Glynn, Latinovations Brand new data released...
Nerd In The Colonia
By Eres Nerd, NewsTaco They were cotton fields located...
No Such Thing As A Gifted Television
By Oscar Barajas, NewsTaco TV was awful when I...
Latinos Lag In New Business Creation
By: Victor Escalante, NewsTaco A survey from The University...
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Monday August 20, 2012 Latino Voters Could Swing Election...
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Friday August 17, 2012 Federal court gives 5 Florida...
Latino Students Forced To Eat On Floor Get $500,000 Settlement
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Four and a half years...
Guatemalan Mayor Declares Internet Access A Human Right
By Sam Quiñones, A Reporter’s Blog It was only...
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Tuesday August 15, 2012 Study to focus on political...
Ambassador’s Brief: The U.S. Election And Latin American Relations
By Antonio Garza, U.S. Ambassador (Ret.) There’s no question...
The Truth About The Cost Of DREAMer Deferment
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco I thought this was important...
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Monday August 13, 2012 Paul Ryan Unlikely To Play...
Article Sparks Concern Over Future Of NYC’s “El Diario”
By Justin Mitchell, Feet in 2 Worlds When Angelo...
Latino Leadership: A Necessary Commitment And Investment For Golden Era
By Victor Escalante, News Taco If your actions inspire...
Learning To Save Our Frijoles For A Rainy Day
By Maitri Pammo, Being Latino I do not enjoy...
Latin America Climate, Energy And Environment News
By Amanda Maxwell, La Onda Verde Chile While the...
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Monday August 6, 2012 As two politicians ascend, new sway for...
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Thursday August 2, 2012 Latinos on the Rise (The...
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Tuesday July 31, 2012 Dems pick first Hispanic for convention keynote...
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Monday July 30, 2010 Most Aging Latinos Struggle, Some...
Report: Profit Motive May Be Influencing Immigration Policies
By Peter Malof, Public News Service – TX AUSTIN, Texas...
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Wednesday July 25, 2012 Hispanic Ph.D.S Jump As Fastest-Growing...
Did Bad Home Loans Contribute To Drop In Minority Wealth?
By Peter Malof, Public News Service – TX AUSTIN,...
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Monday July 23, 2012 Latinos react to Aurora movie...
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Friday July 20, 1012 In Arizona, “America’s toughest” sheriff...
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Thursday July 19, 2012 Obama opens up massive 48-point...
Bargains In Mexico
By Carlos Aguilar, Current TV Carlos Aguilar has heard...
Latin America Climate, Energy and Environment News
By Amanda Maxwell, La Onda Verde Chile Two months...
Can Latinos Still Achieve The American Dream?
By Daniel Cubias, Being Latino A year ago, I...
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Tuesday July 17, 2012 Group creates Web site spur...
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Monday July 16, 2012 Poll: Florida voters favor President...
Wells Fargo Discriminates Against Latinos: $175 Million Fine
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Editor The U.S. Justice Department...
Unemployment And Obama: Mr. Eight Percent And Counting!
By Grace Flores-Hughes, Voxxi When President Obama was elected,...
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Wednesday July 11, 2012 Joe Biden to Latino voters:...
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Tuesday July 10, 2012 Texas’ new voter ID law...
Ode to LA: The Sister City of Your Best Nightmares
By Oscar Barajas I live in Los Angeles, which...
Jobs, Immigration: Key Issues For CO’s Latino Voters
By Kathleen Ryan, Public News Service – CO DENVER...
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Monday July 2, 2012 Presidential campaigns missing the mark...
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Tuesday June 26, 2012 Voters Think the Election Won’t...
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Monday June 18, 2012 Henry Cisneros fighting prostate cancer...
Latinos 3.0: Not Your Mother’s Stereotype
By Victor Escalante “Myths are public dreams, dreams are...
Un Día De Felicidad Y Alegría
Jose Luis Zelaya En lo que escribo esta nota...
Texas Immigrant Advocates: DREAM Act Back On Front Burner
By Peter Malof, Texas News Service AUSTIN, Texas –...
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Monday June 18, 2012 Turning Hispanic numbers into political...
Cerveza Indio Coming To Los Estados Unidos
From the textmex obsessed imagination of Eddie Santacruz. Fresh...
Hispanic Women: Smarter Shoppers Than Other Groups
By Adriana Villavicencio, Being Latino Latinas: Are you good...
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Tuesday June 12, 2012 Diplomas Count 2012 Shows Progress,...
Green Focus: How To Save A Trillion Dollars
By Peter Lehner, La Onda Verde According to the...
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Friday June 8, 2012 Broken and Obsolete (Time):  As...
Have A Coke In A Bag And A Smile In El Salvador
By Voxxi The familiar Coca-Cola bottle is as iconic as the...
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Thursday June 7, 2012 Romney woos Hispanics over economy...
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Monday, June 4, 2012 Cuomo Seeks Cut in Frisk...
Hispanic Unemployment Rate Climbs
By Griselda Neváres, Voxxi The unemployment rate among Hispanics in May...
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Monday June 4, 2012 Study: Immigrants embrace American values...
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Friday June 1, 2012 DOJ eyes Florida voter roll...
How To Take Long Holiday From High Gas Prices
By Maria Cardona, Latinovations Summer is here and millions...
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Tuesday May 28, 2012 Texas primary a test for...
Employers Should Renew Commitment To Hire Veterans
By Leticia Van de Putte While loss of life...
Barajas Keeps His Day Job (Because he has to)
By Oscar Barajas Recently, I became a victim of...
Decision Makers Continue To Under-Invest In U.S. Latino Population
By Latino Briefing Room The U.S. Census Report, or...
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Wednesday May 23, 2012 Pizza Patron’s free deal for...
MALDEF Files Lawsuit On Behalf Of Latino Car Wash Workers
PRESS RELEASE Los Angeles, CA – Today, on behalf of...
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Tuesday May 22, 2012 On Day One, Mitt Romney...
Fewer Immigrants, Newborns Slow U.S. Population Growth
PRESS RELEASE WASHINGTON, May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – Lower immigration levels, population...
Crushing College Dreams
By Marc Morial, Other Words As graduation season swings...
Hispanics And Facebook Stock
By Graace Flores-Hughes, Voxxi On Thursday May 17, Nasdaq...
Auctioning Work Permits: A Market-Based Immigration Reform
By Rosalba Ruíz, Voxxi WASHINGTON — An immigration system...
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Friday May 18, 2012 Could Immigration Decide The Election?...
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Wednesday May 16, 2012 Education Trumps Immigration among Top-Tier...
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Tuesday May 15, 2012 Obama’s Broken 2008 Immigration Promises...
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Monday May 14, 2012 Sheriff Joe Arpaio Allegedly Not...
Sen. Menendez Works to Fix Lack Of Latinos on Corporate Boards
By Latinovations As representation of Latinos on corporate boards...
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Tuesday May 8, 2012 Obama close to maxing out...
Walmart’s Bribery In Mexico = Arrogance
By Chris Tilley, Other Voices The New York Times...
U.S.-Mexico Economic Partnership at Risk
By Arturo C. Porzecanski On the eve of the...
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Monday May 7, 2012 The Top 10 Things You...
Must-Have Cinco de Mayo Accessory: A Real-Life Mexican
By El Guapo, NewsTaco URGENT: Please share this with...
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Monday May 7, 2012 Will Hispanic Immigration Trends Hurt...
Friday’s Cartoon: Graduating into Debt
By Khalil Bendib, Other Voices  Award-winning Berkeley-based editorial cartoonist...
Protesters Resort to Violence on May Day
By Paul Adams On May Day, the international holiday...
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Friday May 4, 2012 Obama: ‘No Is Not An...
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Thursday, May 3, 2012 Undocumented Immigrant Denied a Position...
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Tuesday, May 2, 2012 May Day protests show weak...
Occupy Wall Street And NY Offshoots Act Up On May Day
By Mark Scheerer, New York News Connection NEW YORK...
The Class Of 2012′s Choice
By David Elliot, Other Words Millions of college graduates...
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012 Obama has opportunity to score...
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Monday, April 30, 2012 Why Arizona’s Controversial Immigration Law...
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Friday, April 27, 2012 Robert Reich: The GOP’s Death...
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Thursday, April 26, 2012 Latino Evangelicals Rally Voters Around...
Restaurants May Have To Disclose Immigration Of Servers
And while the greater issue of immigration enforcement is...
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Tuesday April 24, 2012 Democrats have work to do...
A Tale Of Foreclosure, Eviction And Community Action
By Communities United Against Foreclosure and Eviction Last year,...
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Monday, April 23, 2012 Justices to Rule on Role...
Stretching Gasoline Dollars on Weekend Errands
By Mary Anne Meyers, Public News Service With gasoline...
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Friday, April 20, 2012 Obama camp launches Latino push,...
Opinion: Nielsen Sings Praises Of Latino Market, Finally
By Victor Landa There was a time when the...
Beer Wholesalers Pushing Controversial Voter ID Laws
By Paul Abowd, The Center for Public Integrity Some of...
The State Of Communities Of Color In The U.S. Economy
By Christian E. Weller, Julie Ajinkya, Jane Farrell, Center...
Friday’s Cartoon
Five bucks a gallon, by Khalil Bendib, Other Words
Is Your State Prepared: Water Threats to Economy, Health?
WASHINGTON – Only nine states have taken comprehensive steps...
Walmart Model: Latinos Are Great Hope For U.S. Economy
I read this sentence this morning: Hispanics are achieving...
Latinos Hit Hard by High Gas Prices
By Jorge Madrid Gas prices are reaching record highs for this...
Consumer Protection Bureau To Help Latinos With Remittances
By Zixta Martinez Remittances from the United States to...
Latinos Still Underrepresented In Federal Employment System
A report released by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
Latinos Are Optimistic, Despite Tough Economic Times
Despite being hard hit by the recent recession, a...
The Gas Price Blame Game
By Peter Lehner Every year when gas prices rise,...
Kaleb Canales’ NBA Rise Paves The Way For Latinos In Sports
By Paul Adams Last Wednesday, the Portland Trail Blazers...
AFL-CIO Highlights The Importance Of Workers At SXSW
The Texas AFL-CIO and the Austin Central Labor Council...
Online Buying For Latinos: A $25 Billion Market
Descuento Libre is a discount website that has been...
Occupy LA Protesters Turn Attention To Immigration
By Paul Adams In the suburbs of North Hollywood,...
It’s Time For All Of Us To Move Past SB 1070
By Cristina Tzintzún, Executive Director of Workers Defense Project The recent decision...
2.3 Million Latino Business Owners Contribute To The Economy
By Susana Baumann Hispanic business owners play an important role...
When Gentrification Goes Wrong: Chicago Bakery’s Racist Snafu
By Jose Cruz, OurTiempo.com Last week In less than 48...
Bien Hecho: White House Honors Latino Housing Counselors
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I Don’t Want To Be The Model Minority For The American Dream
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Latino Immigration To U.S. Has Fallen To “Net Zero”
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Futuro Fund Empowers Latinos To Become Philanthropists
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Immigrants Contribute Billions Into Social Security, Medicare
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South TX Oil Fields: Short-Term Benefits, Long-Term Probs
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On Black Friday, after another helping of delicious leftovers,...
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I had never participated in Black Friday shopping. I did...
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End Poverty To Become A Healthier Nation
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Georgia Politico Wants To Revisit HB 87 Add More E-Verify
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By Deron Lovaas I’ve often written about much of...
Latinos Vital To Chicago’s Economy
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NYC Latino Politico Arrested At Occupy Wall Street
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Keystone Pipeline Stalled, Focus On Real Energy Solutions
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Occupy The Holidays, Support Local Businesses
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White House Came To Listen At New Mexico Summit
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Obama Tops Univision Polls, GOP Seen As Openly Hostile
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One Way To Help Latina Entrepreneurs
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Latinos Have The Highest Poverty Rate In The U.S.
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SoCal Latinos Criticize Obama At White House Summit
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Latino Unemployment Still Higher Than National Average
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Undocumented Youth Occupy Wells Fargo In Oakland
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Stop Whining, Baby: The Golden Age of The Child Is Over
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Soccer Attendance Surpasses Basketball, Hockey
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Jefes Pay Dues To Lobbyists, Workers Pay Dues To Unions
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CNN Adds Latinas To Its Lineup
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Eva Longoria Writes About Latina Entrepreneurs
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Study: Latinos Rank Lowest In Saving For Retirement
According to a recent study, U.S. Latinos are the...
Latino Las Vegas Casino Workers Fight For Unionization
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Minorities Responsible For Violence On Minorities In Oakland
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Underserved Communities Get 10 Percent Of Arts Grant Money
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1.34 Million Deaths From Urban Air Pollution Every Year
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What’s A Credit Union And Why Should I Switch From My Bank?
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Disappointment, Disorganization At #OccupyPhoenix
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U.S Citizens Lack Stamina To Do Alabama Agriculture Work
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Latinos Are Practically Absent From Corporate Leadership
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Philanthropic Funding For Latinos Still Woefully Low
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Making Payday Lending Reform A Priority In Texas
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Latino Owned Businesses On the Rise In Ohio
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Alabama Law Pushes Parents To Desperate Measures
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Latino Arts Galleries In California Suffering Financial Woes
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Borderlands Bill Would Harm Endangered Species
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Immigration Law Puts Alabama Teachers Out Of Work
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Reforming Govt Policies To Drive Innovation
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Alabama Has Thrown The Baby Out With The Bath Water
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Occupy Wall Street Movement Begins To Get Organized
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The Drug War Spreads The Bloodbath South
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Latino Childhood Poverty Sets Record
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Latina Comedian Jesenia Bailey Creates Her Own Showcase
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Big Agriculture’s Latin American Exploits
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More Latino Children In Poverty Than Any Other Group
By The Pew Hispanic Center The spread of poverty across...
Latina Volunteerism Often Manifests Off The Beaten Path
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5 Tips To Improve Your Job Search
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The Legacy Of Nobel Peace Prize Winner Wangari Maathai
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By Arthur D. Soto-Vásquez Austin, Texas — A diversity...
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Latinos Are The New Mainstream, Especially In Ads
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Latinos Face Major Risks From Delays Of Air Pollution Rules
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Disappointed Dreams & Employment During The Recession
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Wanted: Billionaire To Swap Places With Me
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4 State Polls Show Strong Support For Energy Standards
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Obama Says His Jobs Plan Will Help Latinos
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Obama Polls Are More About Spin Than About Latinos
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Latino Drug Use By The Numbers
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How Not To Treat Your Latina Maid
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Lawmakers Trying To Bring Farmworkers Back, Legally
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Labor Secretary Hilda Solis Talks Jobs For Latinos
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Latinos Targeted In Calling Card Fraud
Ever buy a calling card to phone a loved...
Lack Of Latina Lawyers Detrimental To Latinos Nationwide
A new study by the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession shows...
Lowering Clean Air Standards Puts Latinos At Risk
By Mildred Real, Voces Verdes Advisory Board member and...
California’s Blueprint For A Clean Energy Economy
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Obama Talks Transportation Jobs On Labor Day
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No Days Off: Congress Must Create Jobs Now
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Blocking AT&T, T-Mobile Merger Keeps Young Latinos Online
By Amalia Deloney, Center for Media Justice For many...
Electric Cars Are Key To Sustainable Future
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Latino Youth Among Last Child Laborers In U.S.
Earlier this month, “The Harvest,” a film about underage...
Spanish Media Is On The Rise In The U.S., For Now
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Latino Academics Can Be Enterprising Independent Consultants
Latino academics can apply their expertise directly in the...
States With The Most Toxic Air Pollution From Power Plants
By Pete Altman It shouldn’t be hard to understand...
Mexican Americans The Next Wave Of CA Winemakers
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The Rise Of The Mexican Mafia
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Obama Admin Wants More Diversity In Govt
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Latinos Favor Raising Taxes On The Wealthy
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Georgia Tries To Win Latinos Back With “Baby, Please” Letter
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Las Oleadas, Cornering The Market On Latino Bottled Water
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Atlanta Hawks Deal Would Compliment NBA’s Latino Outreach
So a lot of hype came up recently when...
During A Recession, Helplessness Abounds
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Latino Politico To Staff Debt Reduction Committee
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Latino Biz Owners Motivated By Family & Lack Financial Savvy
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Tea Party: Rick Perry Is Too Weak On Immigration
On paper Rick Perry looks like the Republican Party’s best bet...
Where Are All The Latinos In The Media?
I remember when I was a young girl dreaming...
Latino Families Face Housing Discrimination In California
So get this, in some cities outside of Los...
Watching Out For Our Water
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News Taco To Go: Emmys, Rail, La Migra, And Beauty
Latino Documentary Filmmaker Nominated For An Emmy High Speed...
High Speed Rail Can Help Push Economic Development In Texas
High speed rail can change how we experience our...
News Taco To Go: Pretty Güeys, Mi’jo, Sotomayor, Debt, Unity
Latino Men Are The Prettiest Of Them All! A...
Gas Mileage Gains Move the Country Forward
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Latino Men Are The Prettiest Of Them All
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Being A Latino Family Affected By The Great Recession
I believe in the power of neighborhoods and barrios....
Debt Deadlock: It’s About Race, Stupid
I’ve heard lots of people complaining about “these congressional...
Green Can Grow Latino Business Ownership
By Jorge Madrid Latinos are launching new businesses at...
One Recession, “Two Societies”
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Minorities Dream, Work Hard With Different Outcomes
If you’ve ever wondered, what is this world coming...
Retail Industry Zeroing In On Latino Consumers
At a retail conference in San Antonio, Texas this...
Fun, Family And T-Shirts At The Pulga, Or Swap Meet
Some people call them pulgas. Other people call it...
Alternative Transit Part Of Solution To LA Traffic Woes
By Kristin Eberhard The most recent PPIC Survey on...
The Debt Deal Gives Us Only One Sure Thing: Uncertainty
This is what I’ve got on my score card:...
News Taco To Go: Horchata, Debt, Avocados & Weed
Strawberry Horchata Debt Ceiling Deal Bad News For Latinos...
Debt Ceiling Deal Bad News For Latinos
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Wait, Not All Immigrants Are From Mexico?
By Michael B. Maine The latest discussion on immigration...
Summer’s Eve Uses Racism, Sexism To Sell To Latinas
An ad campaign from Summer’s Eve to sell feminine hygiene...
Starving Ethiopian Children Concerned About U.S. Default
The U.S. is racing against the clock to reach an...
San Anto Mayor’s Vision Is Green, Techy And Prosperous
It doesn’t take a lot of prodding to get...
Latinos Should Lead The Wealth Disparity Conversation
How should U.S. Latinos react to the news that...
Latinos Hit The Hardest In The Recession
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Obama Needs More Than A Latino Dance Partner
Before President Obama took to the prime-time airwaves to...
As The U.S. Grows, Could Nuclear Energy Be A Solution?
Recently I had a chat with nuclear energy lobbyist...
Wall Street Reform Benefits Latinos
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News Taco To Go: Medicaid, Child Labor, Border Fence Y Más
GOP Cuts To Medicaid Would Devastate Latino Families, Kids...
5 Reasons To Reconsider Child Labor
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How To Become A Latino Marketing Dynamo
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Young Latinos Want Less Govt, Spending
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I Wanted To Marry A Latino And Fell For...
More Money, More Problems & My Lotto Dreams
I still dream the American Dream —  I am,...
How Intermarriage, Immigration Will Change U.S. Latinos
By Dr. Roberto R. Calderón Among the fifty most populous...
Mexican-American Birth Rate Is Not News To Mexican-Americans
There’s a lot of navel-gazing going on about the...
Disease Clusters Plague U.S. Communities
By Gina Solomon When I was a Clinical Fellow...
Identity Theft Affects 10 Million People A Year In U.S.
Identity theft is the art of swindling someone deliberately in order to make money illegally. The crimes, also...
Movie Studios Are Coming After Latino Audiences
Yesterday we told you that beer brands are trying...
Beer Brands Increasingly Targeting Latinos
Big beer brands like Budweiser, Heineken and Crown are increasingly...
Latinos Want Authentic Latino Restaurants
I found this to be an interesting little tid...
The New Latino Politics Will Be A Shell Game
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5 More Stereotypes Of Latino Professionals
Man, I thought I had compiled an exhaustive list...
Latinos Haven’t Lost Faith In America
One of the subtle lies held about Latinos in...
Yellowstone River Spill Highlights Dangers Of Oil Pipelines
By Susan Casey-Lefkowitz Once again this weekend, we saw...
Less Immigrants From Mexico Will Affect U.S. Economy
OK wait. Here we are, going on about immigration...
News Taco To Go: The Border, Abortion, Doctors & Bootstraps
The Border As An Economic Engine For The U.S....
The Border As An Economic Engine For The U.S.
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Lifting Federal Debt Ceiling Key To Latino Prosperity
By Christian E. Weller, Senior Fellow at the Center for American...
News Taco To Go: Brisenia, Frida, Stereotypes, Verdict, MLB
Caylee Vs. Brisenia: Why The Difference In Coverage? Today...
The Top 5 Stereotypes Of Latino Professionals
So, before I was a bloguera suprema, I used...
Young Love, Catholic Confirmation, And God In México
During the sweaty summer of 1990, my parents decided...
Easy, Free Ways To Save Energy
Don’t forget the basics. This simple stuff will save...
Southern States Turn To Southwest To Manage Latino Population
A report out of Georgia illustrates what is sure...
Latinos Are Leaving Alabama; Who Will Rebuild After Tornados?
Alabama lawmakers should have thought this thing through. When...
Latina Army Wife Quits Job To Be With Husband On Leave
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Descuento Libre, A Deal Service Especially For Latinos
Descuento Libre is a new daily deals site that...
Bien Hecho: Working To Remember Latino Veterans
I recently joined the staff of the VOCES Oral...
Numbers Don’t Lie: Be Wary Of Identity Theft
[Editor's Note: To read in English, translate this page...
Half Of Male Grads of Color End Up In Jail, Jobless Or Dead
[Editor's Note: The following is a release from The...
AT&T, T-Mobile Merger Bad News For Latinos
By Jessica L. González with assistance from Fabiola Rivas...
News Taco To Go: Green Energy, Latino Cities, McCain & China
Latino Politician Takes Lead On Green Energy Policy The...
Latino Politician Takes Lead On Green Energy Policy
A Latino politician in Texas is taking the lead...
Latinos Key To Housing Recovery
A report from the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate...
Mexico Buys American, And The U.S. Buys Chinese
By Alejandra Garza de Gutierrez Mexico City, Mexico —...
60 Million People Own Guns In The U.S.
The weapons industry in the U.S. is backed by...
News Taco To Go: Farmworkers, Tea Party, Surnames & Census
Texas, The U.S. Becoming More Latino Lots Of Latinos...
California Law To Give Farmworkers Union Rights
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Latinos Care More About Immigration Than The Economy
According to a national poll released on Monday, the...
Border Residents Stand Up To Big Coal
The fight is still in people along the border...
Poll: Latinos OK With Changing U.S. Demographics
A new Allstate/National Journal Heartland Monitor poll found that...
News Taco To Go: Arroz, Holidays, Facebook, Bottled Water
Poblano Green Rice Celebrating American Holidays With My Mexican...
Facebook Is A Great Online Niche For Latinos
I stumbled across an interesting post today that I...
Latinos, African-Americans, Buy More Bottled Water
A recent study found that Latinos, along with African-Americans,...
Georgia’s Latino Population Set To Double In 8 Years
Members of a Georgia Kiwanis Club were shocked to...
Latino Kids More Likely To Die In Car Crashes
A new campaign aims to help save Latino children,...
Latina Students Fight Pesticides In California
And now for a great story out of California,...
Coors’ Message To Puerto Ricans: You’re All Drunks
You may or may not have heard of this...
News Taco To Go: Kool-Aid, Wine, Haiti & Twitter
¿Tuiteas? 19% Of Latinos Online Use Twitter The Trouble...
Latinos Key To Growth For Kool-Aid, Wine Industry
Latinos and their $1 trillion-plus buying power are making...
Villaraigosa, Others Skip $15 Million In Parking Tickets
[Editor's Note: The following is an op-ed from the...
New Georgia Immigration Laws May Affect Your Pocketbook
There’s a direct link between what’s happening with  the...
Latino Businesses Thrive In Nashville, Tennessee
Tennessee’s Latino population grew more than 134% in the...
Bien Hecho: Border Vets Fight For VA Hospital
For decades, Latino veterans in the Rio Grande Valley...
News Taco To Go: Hilda Solis, English Only & Memorial Day
Remembering Latinos On Memorial Day Labor Secretary Hilda Solis...
Labor Secretary Hilda Solis Talks Benefits Of Immigration
U.S. Secretary of Labor, Hilda L. Solis is accustomed...
Latino Men Exercise The Most While Working
A government study this week found that a very...
Will Latinos Drink Beer, Or Cerveza?
Latino beer drinkers in the U.S. still haven’t placed...
News Taco To Go: Arnold, Comedy, Chávez, Español, Redistrict
Arnold Fathered Child With Latina Comedy Central Taps Latino...
$3.7 Million To Bridge The New Digital Divide
The US Commerce Department is putting money directly into...
25 Million Latinas Attract Attention Of Big Brands
There are 25 million Latinas in the U.S. and...
Latinos Driving US Food Consumption
Ever wonder how that fast food place or the neighborhood restaurant...
Latinos Disproportionately Affected By Rising Gas Prices
According to a report by the Center for American...
Despite What You’d Think, Working From Home Can Suck
So, now that I’m about to round out my...
Latino Immigrants Integrating Better Than Past, Not As Well As Others
It’s a double-edged sword, but good news overall –...
Education Cuts Will Increase Latino Unemployment
By Efrain Nieves At 17.7 percent Connecticut has the third-highest...
César Chávez’s Died 18 Years Ago, Now UFW Is Struggling
Eighteen years ago Saturday, César Chávez died. That was...
Defending America’s Housing Dream
by Janet Murguia Homeownership is the cornerstone of the...
Percentage of Latinos in Major League Baseball Lowest Since 1999
Albert Pujols (José Alberto Pujols Alcántara) is considered by many baseball...
Tennessee Needs Bilingual Latino Professionals
Professional Latino/a? Bilingual? Looking for a job? You may...
The State of Latino Workers in the US
I love bullet points. They get to the issues...
Report: the Undocumented pay Billions in Taxes
So lets put another myth to rest, the one...
News Taco To Go: Oil, México Violence, Tax Day, Airfares And Tornadoes
Today is tax day! Airfares will probably rise about...
The New Market Definition for “Hispanic”
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News Taco To Go: World’s Oldest Man Dies, Budget, Food And More
The oldest man in the world, 114 year-old Walter Breuning...
The War On The Middle Class Is A War On Latino Families
If you haven’t seen the infographic from The Center...
Detailed List of the Effects of the Federal Budget Cuts on Latinos
Wendy Carrillo and the good folks at Voto Latino...
News Taco To Go: Pirates, Kobe Bryant, Unemployment And More
Unemployment claims rose again this week, to 412,000, hinting...
HGTV: Diversity On TV Means Money
NPR ran a great report today about how HGTV...
News Taco To Go: Gas, Spending, Ex-Cons, Egypt And Budget
$4 a gallon gas is set to hit most...
News Taco To Go: Arizona’s Law, Budget, Civil War, Japan’s Radiation And More
The judges of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of...
How Budget Cuts Will Affect Latinos
The eleventh hour negotiated national budget may have staved...
News Taco To Go: Gas, Burkas, Earthquakes, Budgets And Libya
Gas prices keep inching toward $4 nationwide, albeit in...
“Show me Your Papers,” When Your Papers are Pesos
by Melissa del Bosque from the Texas Observer where...
How Will a Federal Government Shutdown Affect You?
Whether the federal government shuts down or not is yet to...
News Taco To Go: Govt Shutdown, Japan Earthquake, Oil Prices And More
The government looks to be heading towards a shutdown...
Puerto Rico’s Economic Recovery Outlook Not Great
[Editor's Note: The following post is excerpted from remarks...
News Taco To Go: Beer, Budget, Brisenia Flores And More
The Republicans in the House are seeking a 1-week...
Latinos Earn Less Than Whites, African-Americans
A recent report by the Department of Labor released...
Anti-immigrant Sentiment: An American Diversity Gauntlet
You have to read this opinion piece in the...
By the Numbers: AZ-Type Law Would Devastate Florida
Let’s call it the economic imperative; the argument against...
VIDEO: Without Wireless Net Neutrality, Latinos Lose Big
We spoke recently to Amalia Deloney, who is the grassroots...
News Taco To Go: Obama, Budget, Airplanes, Teachers And Alzheimer’s
President Barack Obama launched his 2012 re-election campaign today. A...
Latino Business And The U.S. Census
Now that so much attention is being paid to...
Unemployment Down, but not for Latinos
This is a cliché good news-bad news story. The...
News Taco To Go: Unemployment, Oil, Food Dye, Wisconsin And Highway Deaths
Unemployment is the lowest it’s been in two years,...
News Taco To Go: Education, Employment, Obesity, Gulf Coast and Buget
President Barack Obama, seemingly surprised by Census results, has...
Effects Of The Proposed Federal Budget Cuts On Latinos
[Editor's Note: The Latino Print Network recently sent out...
News Taco To Go: Oil, Jobs, Muslims, Walmart And Radiation
President Obama is set to cut U.S. oil imports...
News Taco To Go: More Libya, Wisconsin, Walmart, Budget And AT&T
President Barack Obama gave a speech about Libya last...
51% of Border Patrol Agents Set to Retire by 2012
This puts a whole new spin on the question...
Why The EPA Is Important For Latino Families
The Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, has long protected...
News Taco To Go: Unemployment, Airplanes, Divorce, Postal Service and Asian Radiation
Unemployment claims dropped by 5,000 last week to 382,000....
News Taco To Go: Libya, Japan, Cuba, 401K, Face Transplant
A U.S. fighter jet crashed in Libya after experiencing...
If They Take Wisconsin They Might Go After Our Weekend, Too
By Hector E. Sanchez Workers all over the country...
Latinos Will Surpass the 55 Million Mark
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5 Things to Know About Utah’s Immigration Law Model
News last week that the Arizona state senate had...
Latino Artist Takes On Wisconsin Workers
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The Economics Of Deciding In An Uncertain World
[Editor's Note: The following was written by economist Robert...
Ya Sabe Search Engine Highlights Latino Businesses
YaSabe.com is a combination bilingual search engine and business...
Combating Abuse In Predatory Lending To Latinos
Photo by Jen ReelProgreso Financiero kiosk in a Houston...
News Taco To Go: Muslims, Earthquakes, Libya, Union Busting And Child Abuse
Republicans in Wisconsin stripped away collective bargaining from public...
Latino Children are Now the Majority in California
The Census numbers are out for California and there’re...
Obama’s Choice: Appoint a Latino Secretary of Commerce
Here’s a choice to ponder. We can either complain...
Puerto Rico Suffering Heavy Brain Drain
A new report from the Instituto de Estadísticas de...
Despite Growing Employment Latinos Lack Job Security
The recent news that the unemployment rate had dipped...
I’m A Stanford Grad Who Couldn’t Get Hired At Walmart
It’s true, I graduated from Stanford University, yet, after...
News Taco To Go: Civil Rights, Muslims, Libya, Budget And Carnival
People across the country commemorated the 46th anniversary of...
Secretary Of Labor Hilda L. Solis Supports Unions
I was “raised union.” My mother, who immigrated to...
News Taco To Go: Jobs, Budget, Drug War, Health Care And Sex
192,000 jobs were added to the economy in February,...
News Taco To Go: NFL, RFK, Unions, Unemployment And Budget Cuts
NFL owners and players have still not been able...
Latinos In Social Media Work To Promote Latino Empowerment
Latinos In Social Media, or #latism if you’re on...
News Taco To Go: Budget, Pope, Gays, Libya And The Pope
Crude oil prices are rising, given the unrest in...
Latino Farmers Reject USDA Settlement, Claim Racism
A lawyer representing Hispanic farmers alleging discrimination by the...
News Taco To Go: WWI, HPV, Wisconsin, Budget And Libya
The last WWI veteran died Sunday. Frank W. Buckles...
Texas: No Hiring Of Immigrants — Except For Maids
Ah, Texas, my adopted homeland. There’s so much to...
Low-Grade Mexican Marijuana is for Latinos
I can’t stop laughing long enough to be outraged....
NewsTaco To Go: Budget Cuts, Gas Prices, Gays, PTSD And Wisconsin
Wisconsin lawmakers have agreed to put an end to...
NewsTaco To Go: Libya, Earthquake, Unions, Rahm In Chicago And Yemen
Hundreds or even up to 1,000 protestors have been...
NewsTaco To Go: New Zealand Quake, Wisconsin, Census, Libya And Chicago
A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck New Zealand Tuesday; the quake...
Latinos Undercounted In Census, Millions In Funding Lost
There’s already controversy surrounding the 2010 Census, even though...
Latinos Are More Optimistic About the Economy
There’s a lot to be said about the Latino...
NewsTaco To Go: Libya, Wisconsin, Civility, Gulf Oil Spill And Gas Prices
Protestors in Wisconsin spent a sixth day demanding that...
NewsTaco To Go: Census, Wisconsin Unions, Job Discrimination, Egypt And BP
Census data released in Texas show that 89% of...
Lakers Key To NBA’s Latino Marketing Strategy
Latinos across the country — and even outside of...
Budget Cuts May Mean Less Latino College Grads
States across the country are slashing budgets left and...
NewsTaco To Go: Books, Balding, Budget, The Border and PATRIOT Act
Two U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were shot...
UT Study: Inner-City Latino Children’s Needs are Different
You can put this in the trying-to-stop-a-fire-with-a-flamethrower file. The...
NewsTaco To Go: Budget, Middle East, Narco Sub, Prices and Germs
Lots of talk about the budget, the Middle East...
Network Security Perfect Field For Latinos In The U.S.
By Daniel Esquivel Network security is a great field...
NewsTaco To Go: Budget, Loans, Energy Drinks, Pills and Heart Disease
Top story this morning is that President Barack Obama...
Where’s All The Color In Silicon Valley, Tech?
In an absolutely brilliant post titled “Startup America Should...
NewsTaco To Go: Mortgages, Airplanes, Egypt, GOP And Budget Cuts
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak spoke yesterday but didn’t step...
David And Goliath On The Border: Small Town vs. Big Coal
For the people of Eagle Pass, Texas, a small...
Shock & Awe
How Texas conservatives are manipulating a budget crisis of...
NewsTaco To Go: Foreclosures, Toyota, PATRIOT Act, Roosters and Catholics
There’s some heavy stuff in your NewsTaco To Go...
Latinos: From Field Hands to Farm Owners
It only makes sense, if you give a traditionally...
NewsTaco To Go: Super Bowl, Jobs, Layoffs, E.Coli And Babies
The Green Bay Packers won the Super Bowl, beating...
Unemployment 9% In January, ¿Y Qué?
White House numbers put the unemployment rate in January...
High Unemployment, But, Lots Of Job Openings
A curious paradox has emerged in the U.S. as...
Are the Undocumented Bullish on the Economy?
I’m not sure what this indicates, and I’m open...
Why Do Latino Movies Suck?
Latino films created by Hollywood for popular consumption are...
NewsTaco To Go: Egypt, Health Care, Taxes, Guns and Bath Salts
A little bit of everything in your NewsTaco to...
NewsTaco To Go: Middle East, Space, Segregation And Abortion
Abortion doesn’t cause depression, the Middle East is blowing...
IRS’s Phone App Helps Track Taxes
The IRS has launched a new application for iPhones...
NewsTaco To Go: Social Security, Breasts, Muslims And Snow
Quick roundup of your NewsTaco To Go this morning:...
NewsTaco To Go: iPhone, Economy, Obama and Breast Cancer
A good news roundup this morning, with a list...
43% Of Latinas Living Alone In Poverty
And now for some rather sad news: 43% of...
NewsTaco To Go: Oscar, Taxes, Food, iPhone And Jobs
Everything from taxes to Oscars to food labels and...
Latinos Answer to Possible Social Security Cuts
A coalition of Latino groups says it has a...
Obama to Announce New Employment Compliance Office
Little known fact: more Latinos have been deported during...
NewsTaco To Go: Super Bowl, Cold, Pets, Giffords And Obama
Buenos días, we’ve got an interesting group of stories...
NewsTaco To Go: Obama, DADT and Economy
Today there’s a bunch of stuff to watch out...
Match Made In Heaven: Social Buying And Latinos
Groupon is a social buying company that has been...
Do Catholic Schools See a Future in the Latino Community?
In the interest of full disclosure I must ‘fess...
VIDEO: TX Rep. Joaquín Castro Talks Texas’ Budget Crisis
To hear Texas State Rep. Joaquín Castro tell it,...
30 Million U.S. Latinos Online
I was sent an amazing graphic recently that illustrates...
The Major Media’s Hiring Of Latinos Is Pathetic
Poynter published a story this week detailing the American...
Digital Divide, Mobile Use Negatively Impact Latinos
An interesting analysis from the Associated Press hints that,...
Latino Marketing Is Social Media Marketing
The key to a Latino consumer’s heart is through...
6 Lessons From Small Business Owners
A good and simple story from The New York...
Latino Business Owners Don’t Do Financial Planning
A recent survey in San Antonio, Texas found that...
New Latino Mayor in Providence, RI
Providence, Rhode Island, is debuting its first and new...
Attitudes Shifting on Immigration, Slowly, Predictably
So now that the dust has settled after the...
Latinos Lead Technology Purchases In U.S.
A super duper interesting article from Advertising Age this...
Latino’s are Turning Away From Their Beloved Chevy’s
Quick question. What do you drive? And no, “my...
Latinas Are Economic Engine of Arizona
This article, by Maritza Lizeth Félix, appeared in the Prensa...
Arizona Population Down: Economy vs Immigration
If there’s any place where the Census and immigration...
Australia To Send $100M To Latin America
The Australian government has pledged $100 million dollars to...
DREAM Act Doesn’t Pass, 55 To 41
I had hoped against all hope that the DREAM...
Prices Of Limes And Tomatoes On The Rise
I don’t know about you all, but when the...
DREAM Act: A Call to Action
During the past few weeks many News Taco readers...
Kiosko Latino, E-Commerce For Latinos
Kiosko Latino is a new website promoting itself as...
US Census: 22% of Latinos Live in Poverty
While they’re just preliminary estimates, advances of the official...
Young Latinos Mean Big Money
Richie and Lucía Matthews wrote an interesting piece about...
Govt, Banks Loan Less To Latino-Owned Businesses
The California Reinvestment Coalition recently released a report entitled, “Small...
Govt Leaves Latino Farmers Hanging
The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently settled a discrimination lawsuit alleging...
Census Estimates Latino Youth are Driving Force
We’ve all been waiting for this, so consider the...
Poor, Disabled, Seniors Lose In Budget Cuts
A startling and heretofore unnoticed “study” was released Friday...
Latina Legislator has Solution to Immigration Impass
Leave it to a Latina to show us the...
Not The ‘Felícist’ Navidad For 2 Million
Federal jobless benefits, even after they were extended to...
$3.5 Million Bottle of Tequila!
Really, what’s the point? Mexican distillery Hacienda la Capilla...
AZ Loses $605M, Has A $31B Latino Market
Okay, these are the facts. Arizona passed SB 1070....
Latinos are More Receptive to Online Advertising
There’s more evidence that the community at large –...
Will Latino Students boycott School for a Day?
This caught my eye when I first saw it...
Undocumented Immigrants Are At Your Holiday Table
This is good, very good. A commentary written by...
NCLR: Latino Childen are the Hungriest in America
Not to make anyone feel uncomfortable on this festive...
College Admissions “Arms Race” Affects Latino Students
I was recently invited to speak to a group...
A Day Without a Mexican in Prince William, VA
Remember that movie “A day without a Mexican?” It...
Investing In Education The “Old Fashioned” Way
As a child, our houshold income was a bit...
Arizona’s Law Worked: 100K Less Latinos
A study coming from Mexico found that there may...
Pobres Viejitos, Fiscal Commission Targets Social Security, Medicare
I had a conversation with my Guelita recently and...
Latino Market Growing at Highest Rate in US
Let me see if I’ve got this right. Latino...
Latinas Open Businesses at 6 Times National Average
Latinas are quite the businesswomen, it turns out. According...
Latina Consumers Control the Cash — $1.4 Trillion Worth
Latinas influence 80% of the money that comes into...
Was ‘Don’t Vote’ Campaign Real? Or a Way to Keep Getting Paid?
With the mid-term elections nearing, everything is heating up...
Hhhhmmm. Another way to look at unemployment
The good people at dailyyonder.com (Thanks to Pamela Price...

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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013

Sonia Sotomayor: ‘Dance Salsa Daily To Improve Your Health’

By Roque Planas, Huffington Post LatinoVoices NEW YORK – Looking to get in shape without going to the gym? Sonia Sotomayor’s got an idea for you. The first Latina Supreme Court Justice recommended dancing salsa daily as a way to keep fit during a talk Saturday with journalist Maria Hinojosa at New York’s El Museo

Thursday, December 6th, 2012

Bay Area Dance Instructor Brings Fitness to Local Latinos

By Edgardo Cervano-Soto, New America Media RICHMOND, Calif.–Like a grand marshal leading a parade, Mauricio “Enrique” Duarte leads his Weigh of Life class in exercises – squats, followed by quick bursts of running in place — choreographed to...

Tuesday, December 27th, 2011

Teen Is First Latina To Star In Tennessee’s Nutcracker Ballet

Alondra Gomez of Chattanooga, Tennessee may only be 14 years old, but she’s already making history in the state’s local ballet company as the first Latina to be cast in a major role. Gomez came to America six years ago...

Thursday, December 1st, 2011

Is Art Only For Whites? Sometimes It Feels That Way

By Elaine Dove It’s been a long, long time since I attended a dance class where I was the only person of color in the room. Years, actually, since I live in what’s (now) a good-sized city...

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