For the first time ever in U.S. history the largest number of kids living in poverty is Hispanic, according to a new study. A record 6.1 million Hispanic children live in poverty, according to the study “Childhood Poverty Among Hispanics Sets Record, Leads Nation,” released on Wednesday by the Pew Hispanic Center. White children make […]
President Obama says GOP Stalling Immigration Reform
During an online roundtable on Wednesday addressing key issues in the Latino community, President Barack Obama reaffirmed his commitment for comprehensive immigration reform but said lack of GOP leadership on the issue is hurting any progress. At the roundtable, which was moderated by Jose Siade, Yahoo’s editor in chief for U.S. Hispanic and Latin America, […]
Latino Leaders to Washington: Protect Our Right to Breathe Clean Air
Thousands of Latino children cough and wheeze from toxic pollution and smog in our air, Latino business, medical professionals and community leaders nationwide have joined a major campaign calling on Washington policymakers to protect all Americans from dangerous air pollution. Nearly one of every two Latinos live in areas where breathing is unhealthy and even […]
Obama Administration Calls for More Diversity in Federal Government
President Obama issued an executive order on Thursday that requires government agencies to improve diversity within federal hiring. In 90 days the Administration will create a new administrative body that will develop a government wide-plan, followed by detailed plans for each agency. “The federal government has a special opportunity to lead by example,” says John […]
Obama Administration announces New Immigration Policy
A move by the Obama administration on Thursday, which calls for case-by-case reviews of deportation cases, will provide relief to undocumented immigrants facing the threat of deportation. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano sent a letter to US Senators yesterday informing them about the decision and saying it will allow immigration officials to focus their resources […]
New Polls shows Latinos Favor Raising Taxes on the Wealthy
Hispanics are largely in favor of the government raising taxes on the rich in order to reduce the budget deficit, according to the latest poll by Impremedia and Latino Decisions. Almost half of those surveyed, 46 percent, said they believe the deficit should only be cut by raising taxes on the rich. The poll also […]
Latino Politico to Staff Debt Reduction Committee
California Congressman Xavier Becerra was appointed to the bipartisan Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, along with two other Democrats on Thursday. The panel will be the one to decide which parts of the budget will be trimmed by more than $1 trillion over the next few months. Basically, the fear is that programs that are super […]
Bloomberg and Soros will fund nearly half of $127 million program in NYC to help young Latino men
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a new initiative Thursday, funded in part by billionaire hedge funder George Soros and himself, which aims to improve the lives and future prospects of young Latino and Black males in the city. Bloomberg and Soros have pledged $30 million each from their own funds for the program […]
New Study Shows Latinos hurt the most by Recession
A report by the Pew Research Center released last week found that Latinos have been the worst hit by the current economic recession. Researchers from the Social & Demographic Trends Project analyzed data from the Census Bureau and found that the median wealth of Hispanic households fell drastically from $18,359 in 2005 to $6,325 in […]
New Program Club Digital looks to close Digital Divide among Latino Families
The launch of a new bilingual program this week, Club Digital, marks an unprecedented effort to close the digital divide affecting Latino families in the U.S. Club Digital is the nation’s most comprehensive bilingual, multimedia Internet training program that will reach nearly 3 million Latinos in California during its summer pilot program launched on August […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 145
- 146
- 147
- 148
- 149
- …
- 171
- Next Page »