Just a year ago, health care was the singular issue dominating the national policy debate. The fight over whether or not to create a public option to ensure that all Americans had access to health care, gave rise to the Tea Party movement which vehemently fought what they dubbed “socialized medicine”. Yet, despite the packed […]
Call For A “New Breed of Physician”
If the medical community is to keep up with the influx of millions of Americans into the healthcare system after President Obama’s healthcare overhaul is implemented, fundamental innovations in curricula and teachings must be made in healthcare education. Graduates from minority medical schools are already more likely to work in underserved communities as reported recently […]
An Unexpected New Ally in the Fight for Immigration Reform
During a speech on June 18 in Cleveland, Ohio, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka asserted that the major labor unions including Service Employees International Union and the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union are backing immigration reform. Historically, labor unions have always been opposed to immigration reform, even recently having helped kill efforts in 2007. […]
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano Reaffirms Administration’s Commitment to Comprehensive Immigration Reform
La Plaza is reporting from the NALEO conference in Denver. Even a “bitterly partisan” Congress will not deter Obama’s administration from working to pass comprehensive immigration reform Secretary Napolitano told attendees at the annual National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials conference in Denver, Colorado. “It is a bitterly divided Congress right now, bitterly […]
A Media Market That Can Not Be Ignored
If there are any advertisers and marketers still holding out on the Hispanic population they better pay attention to the 2010 Census. Not that the census will open any eyes to the known fact that the Hispanic population in the U. S. has increased dramatically over the years, but this time around experts say factors […]
Minority Home-Owners More Likely to Face Foreclosure
Latino and Black home owners are more than 70 percent more likely to lose their homes to foreclosure than their white counterparts. That alarming statistic was released in a new report from the Center for Responsible Lending that looked at how the home foreclosure crisis is impacting minority communities disproportionately. According to the report, a […]
Low number of Minority Medical School Graduates Puts Underserved Communities at Risk
As the nation begins to put in place the procedures for implementing the recently passed health care overhaul legislation, as recent studies show, minority communities may once again be underserved. Although collectively, the Latino, American Indian and Black populations in the US total about thirty percent, only 8.7 percent of doctors in 2007 were from […]
Young Latino Voters Support Obama But Don’t Identify By Ideology
Young Latino voters are registering as Democrats by a ratio of 4-1 according to a poll released yesterday. In addition, nearly three-fourths of them say President Obama is doing a “good job. Despite these numbers, the survey found that more than half in this group neither identified as liberal or conservative. “It’s an opportunity for […]
Immigrants Targeted By Fake Immigration Official
Latino immigrants in the Los Angeles region were preyed upon by a thief posing as immigration officials. Noel Gutierrez, 33, of El Monte, CA, was arrested and charged with robbing at least eight people in southern California. Authorities expect to file additional charges against the suspect including impersonating a federal officer. Gutierrez was reported to […]
Media Merger Opens Opportunity to Increase Diversity
In an attempt to merge their two entities, the cable giant Comcast and NBC/Universal have pledged to create more opportunities for minorities in front of and behind the camera. Testifying at a field hearing in Los Angeles, representatives from both companies outlined their plans. Comcast will add two independently owned and operated cable networks to […]
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