In Trump’s Most Important County, a Surge of Hispanic Voters
In Trump’s Most Important County, a Surge of Hispanic Voters
*Some observers say that Florida Latinos will stop Trumps electoral advance early on Election Day. VL By Joshua Green, Bloomberg Politics (5 minute read) Donald Trump’s campaign has always understood that […]
Hispanic Businesses Grow at Twice National Average and Contribute $668 Billion Annually to the U.S. Economy
*The U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce is doing their annual shindig in Miami this week and they’re reporting good news concerning Latino businesses in the U.S. VL By Business Wire […]
Latino unemployment rises to 6.0 in September
*You’ll hear reports that the employment picture in the U.S. is getting better, and it is, overall. But when you dive in to the Latino employment numbers, there’s another story. […]
Tuesday’s numbers
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco The Latino daily subscribers get a daily dose of Latino numbers – about the economy, education, health, census, immigration – in their inbox as part of […]
The ugly truth behind the palatero GoFundMe campaign
*The ugly truth is that Latino elderly are not prepared or retirement. VL By Jorge Rivas, Fusion (4 minute read) Joel Cervantes Macias says he took this now-famous picture of […]
New Census data show strong 2015 earnings with Latinos seeing fastest growth
*The good news? That Latino earnings are up to $62,950. The bad? That 28.9 percent of Latinos younger than 18 live in poverty. VL By Valerie Wilson, Economic Policy Institute […]
The Obvious Consequence Of Trump’s Immigration Policy That No One’s Talking About
*No one is talking about the fact that 60 percent of ag workers are immigrants. If they leave food prices will increase, farmers will chose to change their crops, agriculture […]
Latino unemployment rose slightly in August
Victor Landa, NewsTaco There was more riding on today’s unemployment numbers than in months past. The Bureau of Labor Statistics tell us that we’ve just been through two of the […]
Historic Farmworker Overtime Bill Awaits Governor Brown’s Nod
*Do yourself a favor. Check you calendar and realize that it’s 2016 and this is just now happening. VL By Viji Sundaram, New America Media (2.5 minute read) After decades of […]
Latino unemployment rate drops to 6.3 percent
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its December employment numbers this morning, and economists are calling the report stellar. [tweet_dis]There were 1,655,000 unemployed Latinos in the U.S. […]
