Antonio Cortez spent his working life picking lemons and onions for minimum wage, joined by his children in the summers to make ends meet.
A farm laborer from Mexico and later California, he had no formal education but made sure his children did.
On Sunday, the youngest of his 10 children will walk across the University of Illinois Assembly Hall stage and receive her doctoral degree, the first in their large extended family to do so.
Antonio Cortez, 84, will stand by her side. Rufina Cortez ask
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Buck's Shoes has been around a long time.
On an elaborate sign stretching across its front door the business proudly boasts "Purveyors of Fine Footwear and Accessories".
The store fittingly sits on Main Street.
That's Main Street, Fremont, Nebraska.
It's one of America's historic streets - part of a National Trust campaign to hold on and preserve the past, hoping perhaps it will lead to a happier and more prosperous future.
The residents themselves are also caught up in a bitter debate over thei
Across the board students are found to be working too many hours to keep up with their studies and a huge proportion (30%) of those surveyed may abandon their studies and hopes of getting a college degree. The lowest income students are now getting a smaller share of the CSU’s State University Grant (SUG) than they
Ten years ago, Wal-Marts in the Midlands didn’t have entire aisles devoted to Hispanic foods.
For most, Taco Bell was the closest thing to a tacqueria.
There were no art shows or poetry contests featuring creative Latinos.
But that has changed as Hispanics moved to the Midlands by the thousands to take advantage of job opportunities. Those new residents not only filled out the area’s work force, but they brought along families, food traditions, holiday celebrations and other pieces of their cul
Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel proposed Tuesday reorganizing the Chicago City Council to reflect the city's diversity by incorporating Latinos into its principal committees.
Emanuel, who takes office next Monday, said in a communique that the changes are a result of meetings he held with the 50 members of the council.
He said the new leadership of the committees will reflect the diversity that exists in Chicago and will help implement the reforms needed for the city to progress.
The alderman of Puert
The spirit of the entrepreneur is the State Farm Agency opportunity. Our country was founded and grown by the American Dream of owning your own business! Over 17,000 agents throughout the United States have been living this dream for over 20, 30 and 40 years. For many of us, having our own business allows us to express our passion, help others and enjoy tremendous rewards.
Throughout the Chicago Metro area, suburbs and NW Indiana, we anticipate an increase in agent retirement but also
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Dr. Juan Andrade, Co-founder and President of the United States Hispanic Leadership Institute (USHLI), will receive the Ohtli Award at 6:30 p.m. on May 4. The Ohtli, which means "path", is the highest honor presented by the government of Mexico to a civilian living outside the country for contributions made to the empowerment of the Mexican and the Mexican-American communities in the United States. The award will be presented at the Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington, DC by the Ambassador
Most would think Americans do more unpaid work than the rest of the world -- wrong. According to the new report, Society at a Gla
Each participant is expected to complete at least one script by the end of the five-week session, which will then be read by network executives. Those writers whose scripts show
The analysis by the Pew Hispanic Center says that the percentage of the Latino electorate was also larger in the 2010 midterm elections than in earlier midterm votes, totaling 6.9 percent of all registered voters, compared with 5.8 percent in 2006.
The rapid growth in the U.S. Latino population has favored ever greater participat
Water. Rest. Shade. These are three little words that make a big difference for those who work outdoors during the hot summer months.
When I was growing up in La Puente, just north of Orange County, my father worked in a battery recycling plant. He was the union shop steward there. He'd often tell me stories about workers who were injured on the job, doing grueling work at their hot facility. For him, preventing heat-related illnesses and injuries was common sense: "some water and a little time
"If Illinois' 2 million-plus Latinos were proportionately represented, there would be 28 Latino-elected leaders in Springfield. There are just 12 such leaders today," Sylvia Puente, executive director of the Latino Policy Forum, said.
The policy forum is one of 49 organizations that make up the Illinois Latino Agend
By Juanita Barajas
Hispanic Professional Network
“Suertuda” (lucky) is definitely a fitting word when used to describe Mexican actress Kate Del Castillo’s luck of late. Her current project “La Reina del Sur” has become an instant hit, making it the highest rated premier telenovela in the history of Telemundo. In the soap opera, Del Castillo portrays the lead character, Teresa Mendoza.
Del Castillo is not new to the acting business. She got her start in front of the cameras as a child and recentl
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National book convention at Javits Center in NYC is Monday, May 23 - 26. I will there Chicago:) HERE THE OTHERS LOCATIONS -- CHICAGO,-New York City, Milwaukee, Madison, Cleveland, Minneapolis-St Paul, St Louis, Kansas City, Iowa City, Des Moines, Louisville, Lexington, Indianapolis, Detroit, Ann Arbor, Springfield, IL, Los Angeles, San Antonio, Orlando, Miami, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, Boston, San Francisco, Se
That puts Hispanics at No. 2 just behind whites demographically, and it means the nation’s diversity is rising. The eye-popping 43 percent growth in the Hispanic population over the last decade arose from an increase in U.S. births, and to a lesser extent, immigration, according to D'Vera Cohn, a senior writer at the Pew Research Center, who t
A comprehensive look at voter behavior and demographics reveals a momentous prospect: A Hispanic electorate that votes en masse, allies itself with one political party and changes America’s political balance for decades.
The rapid growth in the U.S. Hispanic population over the last 40 years — both in terms of raw numbers and percentage of the population — is probably the most important emergent force in American politics today. The evidence is around us: In 2008, each party conducted an entire
Fliers that read “casa abierta” — a literal translation of “open house” — won’t work because that translates to “vacant home” in Spanish, said the Rev. Joe Corpora, director of university-school partnership for University of Notre Dame’s Alliance for Catholic Education.
Corpora is working with the Joliet Diocese to i
