As featured in My Latino News: Robert Deposada has sold out his community. Deposada, a GOP operative from the failed Bush Presidency, crossed a critical line this week by developing and placing ads urging Latino voters to stay home and not vote during this important election cycle. The ads are not only despicable in purpose […]
Education of Hispanic Students Subject of President Obama’s Executive Order
The high school drop-out rate for Hispanic students is among the highest in the nation, but President Obama is aiming to turn this around by signing an executive order today at the White House. Arne Duncan, the Secretary of Education, says the order, called the “White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics,” will focus […]
Hispanic Winemakers Growing and Finding Success
Reynaldo Robledo began his career in winemaking at the age of 16 when he immigrated from his small hometown in Mexico to tend to someone else’s vineyards for $1.10 an hour. Now, as the owner of the Robledo Family Winery near Sonoma, California, he produces wines that have made it to the dinner table at […]
Guest Blogger Series: Maria del Pilar Avila “New America Alliance: 11 Years of Advocacy”
On November 17-19, the New America Alliance (NAA), an American Latino Business Initiative, will hold its 10th Annual Latino Economic Summit for the first time in Washington, D.C. As one of the nation’s leading Latino organizations dedicated to advancing the economic development of the American Latino community, the NAA will celebrate its 11th anniversary at […]
Life Expectancy for Hispanics Longer than Whites or Blacks
A new report released Wednesday shows that Hispanics in the U.S. can expect to live longer than whites or blacks. Government researchers found that Hispanics will outlive whites by more than two years and blacks by more than seven. The report is the first to take a look at the life expectancy of Hispanics in […]
Fox News Site Targets Latinos
This week, without fanfare, Fox News launched a bilingual version of their news site called FoxNewsLatino.com aimed at the English-speaking Latino audience. Just ahead of the mid-term elections, the site is expected to cover politics along with a wide range of Hispanic-related topics. First day stories included coverage of the trapped Chilean miners and a […]
Decades-old Document Helps 101-year-old Woman Gain Citizenship
An elderly Brownsville, Texas woman will take her oath of citizenship today at the age of 101 with the help of a piece of paper that is 69-years-old. Eulalia Garcia Maturey came to the United States just over a hundred years ago on a ferry boat from Matamoros, Mexico. Border patrol agents and checkpoints were […]
Guest Blogger Series: Veronica Bayetti Flores “Gender, Health and Immigration Detention”
As a reproductive health organization, sometimes people are surprised to learn that the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health does immigrants’ rights work. The truth is that immigration and reproductive justice are inextricably tied, and the health and struggles of immigrant detainees is an area that is particularly ripe for action. Though we envision a […]
Hispanic Taskforce Unveils Plan to Expand Broadband Access for Minorities
Yesterday, the National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators’ (NHCSL) Broadband En Accion taskforce released its first “whitepaper,” which lays out a policy framework and recommendations for realizing full digital inclusion for Latino communities, in Washington D.C. At a press conference, the chair of the taskforce Senator Juan M. Pichardo (D-RI), said “By releasing this white […]
Latino Voters May Not Show Up at Polls Despite Immigration Issue
A new survey released yesterday by the Pew Hispanic Center found that only half of all registered Hispanic voters say they will cast their ballots on November 2. The survey, titled “Latinos and the 2010 Elections: Strong Support for Democrats; Weak Voter Motivation,” found that while Latinos support Democratic candidates over Republican candidates in local […]
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