In Hollywood's chase for America's new No. 2 demographic -- Latinos -- Carmen Marron stands front and center.
Marron is an upstart director with an improbable rags-to-film-festival-success story that begins in a Phoenix public elementary school where she was a guidance counselor to struggling Hispanic youths.
Witnessing inner-city youngsters bereft of positive models and encouragement eventually led her on a seven-year journey in which she and her husband sunk much of their life savings into a
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A new Northwestern University study says minority youth ages eight to 18 spend more than half their day consuming media content – a rate that's 4.5 hours greater than their white counterparts.
The Children, Media and Race: Media Use Among White, Black, Hispanic and Asian American Children report released Wednesday says that minority youths are more likely to spend up to 2 hours more per day watching TV, one hour more per day listening to music, 90 minutes more per day using a computer, and up t
Yolanda Miranda, mother of Mexican singer Thalia, became part of a disturbing trend among Latino women when she died unexpectedly of a heart attack last week.
Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of Latinas in the United States, but because many women do not display what are considered typical symptoms like chest pain, which is more common in men, they often go undiagnosed until it is too late.
Miranda had complained of a debilitating headache the night before her death, which occurred in the earl
For 75 years, Goya Foods has grown an empire of canned beans and other Latin food staples that have been woven into the city's Latino DNA.
For Puerto Rican and Latino newcomers to the city, and second- and third-generation kids, the sight of a supermarket aisle lined with stacks of familiar navy-blue cans with the blocky Art Deco logo has long translated to "home."
Goya-sponsored floats have been a staple of Puerto Rican and other Latino parades since the 1980s. So it is fitting that Robert U
Latinos are enjoying a sizzling connection with Facebook.
The Latino population is no longer underrepresented in the U.S. Companies, over the last few years, have sat up and taken huge notice of the largest minority in the U.S. and who will have a major influence on the country as a whole in the coming years.
In the Latino community, Facebook has acted as a unifier of sorts between people of Spanish descent, who typically tend to have family members more geographically dispersed.
Latinos tend t
Maria Ramos, Karla Ruiz and Fernando Maldonado all came to Nashville from their native Mexico, looking for the American dream – owning their own businesses and creating a good future for their families.
Today, the three have realized that ambition, joining a growing number of immigrant entrepreneurs, not only from Mexico and other Latin American countries but from other nations as well, who have started their own businesses here.
Nashville is a good place for immigrants to go into business, acc
More than 23 million Hispanics in the United States are unbanked or underbanked. Unlike mainstream institutions, Progreso provides loans without collateral to clients who lack credit history using its sophisticated risk scoring system th
The Navarro drugstore chain will soon launch its own private label, selling everything from diapers and shampoo to plantain chips and makeup.
The Vida Mía brand will debut this fall at Navarro’s 28 stores in South Florida. But Navarro’s president has ambitions far beyond Miami, where a Cuban entrepreneur opened the first pharmacy 50 years ago. In an attempt to reach the booming Hispanic market in the rest of the country, the company will also sell its Vida Mía products online and through its wh
The official start of summer may still be a few weeks off but Mother Nature didn't get the memo with a lot of the country experiencing high temps this Memorial Day weekend.
What that means is that Latinas will be among the crowds soaking up the sun, and it doesn't even have to be on the beach or by a pool. Dermatologists say that even shopping in outdoor malls or driving around with the sunroof open or spending any length of time outside during peak sun hours, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., is enough to put a
The latest numbers show the unemployment rate stands at 9.1 percent, with the pace of job growth slowing. When it comes to new jobs, 70 percent of those are coming from small businesses, but many of them are struggling just to hang on.
Small businesses are often responsible for filling the summer job needs of America's teenagers. CBS News correspondent Bill Whitaker reports that many 16- to 19-year-olds are finding the going rough when it comes to finding work once school is out.
Nearly 14 mill
In a rundown shopping center along Rancho Drive in the heart of the Las Vegas Valley there’s a tiny shop that sells herbal products for recent immigrants. It offers traditional village remedies for stomach ailments, head colds and achy backs.
The familiar Mexican and Central American brands lack the stylish packaging of popular American products. One of the more memorable products is found in a row of boxes that feature an image of an attractive couple who apparently need help to consummate the
In what may be the greatest battle of the coldest yet, Coors Light faces off with entertainment mogul Ice Cube in two new ads, titled “Cold Talk” and “Cold Challenge.” View the humorous standoff between Ice Cube – hip-hop star, actor, screenwriter, director and producer -- and Super Cold Activated Coors Light in “Cold Talk” here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlE5zKAYlJg).
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Tired of being viewed as an "expendable voting population," some Latinos in Colorado are pressuring President Barack Obama to push for meaningful action on immigration reform and the DREAM Act.
Chicano activist and decades-long north Denver resident Ricardo Martinez walked precincts for Obama in 2008, but at the dawn of another presidential election cycle, he said he is tired of "empty promises."
"When the elections come around, they always come courting us, and this is proving to be no differe
With the much anticipated release of the 2010 U.S. Census data, it is time for businesses and franchises to gear up for the new customer demographic adjustments that will inevitably follow. The biggest news to emerge thus far is the rapidly expanding Latino population, estimated to have become a trillion-dollar customer base in the 10 years since the previous census was taken.
As with any demographic, the Hispanic population in the United States has its own unique preferences and cultures when
We are happy to report that El Valor has partnered with St. Augustine College, to begin an ASSOCIATE IN RESPIRATORY THERAPY cohort in LITTLE VILLAGE! This is part of our Leadership Through Education program which has as one of its goals to increase the number of qualified, culturally and linguistically skilled personnel in high-demand fields especially individuals who can identify with the Latino community and other underserved communities.
If you or anyone you know is interested in obtaining a
“Living with Schizophrenia: A Call for Hope and Recovery” is a half-hour documentary film that tells the story of three people who are living meaningful lives with schizophrenia, a chronic and potentially disabling brain disorder. Visit http://www.hopeandrecoveryfilm.com/videos/trailer.swf to view the documentary trailer. The film sets out to increase understanding and to reduce the fear and stigma often associated with this mental health condition. About one percent of the US adult populatio
"You get your name out there, people refer customers to you," said Diaz, 42, who opened the West Des Moines bakery Let Them Eat Cake nearly five years ago. "You definitely get more business."
But getting other Hispanic-owned businesses to join Iowa's Main Street program has been anything but a cakewalk.
Main Street Iowa, like other programs nationwide, has been working to overcome barriers, many of them cultur
Research shows that wine consumption among Latinos has dramatically increased in the last few years, and wine makers are taking notice.
Part of what's pushing the increase in consumption is sheer demographics, with Hispanics accounting for more than half of the U.S. population increase over the last decade. Another factor is a cultural shift among the more established Latino generations.
Among the companies trying to reach more Hispanics is Beringer Vineyards in Napa Valley, Calif.
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For the first time in thirty-five years a sitting U.S. President will step foot in Puerto Rico. President Barack Obama has accepted an invitation to visit Puerto Rico next month, a trip that would make him the first sitting president to come to the U.S. Commonwealth in decades, the island's governor said Tuesday.
The president, who campaigned in Puerto Rico for the Democratic primary, will visit the island June 14, Gov. Luis Fortuño said, without disclosing details of his itinerary.
"With his vi
State's Latino population surges – political power, too
California's Latino population grew nearly three times as much as the state as a whole in the past decade, making it home to more than a quarter of the nation's Latinos, according to a new Census Bureau report.
While the Golden State's population grew by 10 percent in the past decade, the Latino growth was 27.6 percent, accounting for more than 90 percent of the state's population gain overall.
Latinos now are 37.6 percent of all Californi
