The economic downturn has taken a toll on the hopes and expectations of Hispanics in the US with more of them worrying about losing jobs and paying bills than other Hispanics. Those were the findings of a recent Associated Press-Univision poll. Forty-five percent of those who answered the survey have experienced job loss or […]
Hispanic-Owned Businesses Prosper
A survey released last week by the U. S. Census Bureau showed that the number of minority-owned businesses grew at more than twice the rate of all U.S. businesses between 2002 and 2007 by nearly 46%, with the number of women-owned businesses rising by about 20%. The Preliminary Estimate of Business Ownership by Gender, Ethnicity, […]
Guest Blogger Series: Roy Germano on “The Other Side of Immigration”
The Other Side of Immigration is an hour-long documentary film that I shot and directed in the Mexican countryside while collecting data for my doctoral thesis. Based on over 700 interviews, the film poses some basic questions to the residents of various “high-emigration” Mexican communities: Why do so many people from your town leave to […]
New Census Question in 2020
The first census conducted in 1790 only counted three categories of “race.” They were white, black, and red. Fast forward to the most recent census and the amount of choices not only for race, but ethnicity and nationality seem to have exploded. Many people are left confused and some even question why the government should […]
President Obama Thanks Dominican Republic for Help in Haiti Recovery
It’s been six months since the devastating earthquake struck Haiti killing hundreds of thousands of people and leveling the capital city of Port-Au-Prince. In recognition of the country’s efforts to help their neighbor, President Obama hosted the president of the Dominican Republic in Washington yesterday. During their meeting in the Oval Office, President Obama praised […]
Civil Rights Leaders Call for All-Star Game Move
On the eve of the Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game, Janet Murguia, president and chief executive of the national Council of La Raza, and Wade Henderson, president and chief executive of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, make an argument for moving next year’s game out of Arizona in an op-ed in today’s Washington Post. […]
Justice Department Sues Arizona Over Anti-Immigration Law
After much anticipation and speculation that a suit was eminent, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced this afternoon that it was filing a lawsuit against Arizona asking a federal judge to declare the state’s new anti-immigration law, SB 1070, as unconstitutional and strike it down. The defendants are named as the state and Arizona Gov. […]
Guest Blogger Series: Colonel Rick Noriega “The Importance of Early Childhood Education for Latinos”
Independence Day, celebrated on the Fourth of July, commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. But who will be responsible for the future of our independence? Latinos are the fastest growing population in the United States and by the year 2050, nearly one in three Americans will be of Hispanic origin. Just in the […]
Colbert and UFW Encourage Immigration Foes to “Take Our Jobs”
Jumping into the fray of the immigration debate, TV tongue-in-cheek pundit Stephen Colbert is partnering with the United Farm Workers Union (UFW) to challenge assertions that undocumented immigrants are taking jobs from American workers. The “Take Our Jobs” campaign offers U.S. citizens an opportunity to apply for and fill the thousands of agricultural jobs that […]
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 […]