Laughter and tears mark the history of Hispanics, recorded as part of a new project to capture Hispanic voices in Miami and across the nation.
Gustavo Mestas walked 57 blocks a day to medical school because he didn't have the money for the bus. But he still saved up enough money to buy his daughter a Barbie doll to replace the roomful of dolls she left behind when the family fled Cuba.
His daughter's voice breaks as she recounts the story as part of a new initiative by the oral history project
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Add another feather in the veritable bird's nest that is Gingrich Inc. The former Speaker of the House, and all-around conservative idea-smith, has launched a news website for Hispanic Americans, the rapidly growing segment of swing voters. It's called The Americano, and it is the bilingual brainchild of Sylvia Garcia, a longtime employee of Gingrich Communications, the former speaker's consulting business. "The idea came during the election," Garcia says. "There really isn't any media that is
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Stung by accusations from some Democrats that bigotry underlies virulent opposition to President Obama and wary of further setbacks among minority voters, some Republicans are lashing back with a new mantra: We are not racists.
That theme was on display over the weekend at an annual pep rally for conservative voters where several of the GOP's potential 2012 challengers to Obama began laying out their arguments to unseat the man who made history as the country's first black president.
Republic
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President Barack Obama’s signature battle to overhaul the United States’ $2.5 trillion healthcare industry to extend coverage and lower costs for Americans has met fierce opposition from Republicans.
But a move by Democrat backers to exclude 12 million illegal immigrants from buying health coverage and restrict the participation of authorized migrants has drawn the ire of U.S. Hispanics — a bloc that overwhelmingly turned out to vote for Obama in last year’s election.
Hispanic lawmakers and a
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President Barack Obama announced the appointment of several individuals to the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of the American Latino.
The following individuals were appointed by President Obama to sit on the Commission: Emilio Estefan, Jr., Andrés W. López, Cindy Peña, Abigail M. Pollak, and Cid Wilson. Their bios are below. The President also announced that Gilberto Cárdenas and José B. Fernández, currently Members of the Commission, will continue their servic
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Are the nation's efforts to curb Latina teen pregnancy actually making young Latinas more vulnerable?
Vanessa,* age 19, watched President Obama's recent education address to students while holding her infant son and sitting with her niece Liz,* age 13. A few weeks earlier, Vanessa had become one of the growing number of Latina teen moms in the United States, surviving on her fiancé's minimum wage job at Target and temporarily postponing a college education. What are the country's leaders telli
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Posted by Holly Dotterer on September 23, 2009 at 12:30pm
Fast-paced, growing strategic communications firm is accepting applications for a fall intern to work on a variety of projects.Opportunities include writing press releases, pitching stories, coordinating mailings, clipping news stories, assembling briefing books and press packets, researching issues and handling event logistics. Responsibilities will grow with your abilities.Candidate must be able to work 9:00 - 5:00 M-F (plus additional hours when necessary). The internship will have an initial
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The number of foreign-born residents of the U.S. declined for the first time since at least 1970, as a recession and tight labor market dented America's image as the land of opportunity.
A decline in construction jobs lured fewer immigrants from their home countries, especially those from Mexico, according to the Census Bureau's annual American Community Survey.
In multiple ways -- falling homeownership, families moving in with others, couples putting off marriage -- the report illustrated th
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Timi Aguilar faced a decision in 2004, after more than 10 years of corporate public relations work.
Should she move from Denver to Texas, following her job at AT&T, where she was the company’s Western region public relations director? (AT&T merged with SBC Communications Inc., and her job would be transferred to Dallas.)
Or stay in Denver, where she and her husband wanted to raise their family, and follow her dream of striking out on her own?
“I was scared,” Aguilar said. “I thought, maybe t
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When Ana Escobar sits down with other members of the Judicial Nominating Commission this week, she will be making history. Escobar is the first Hispanic woman to serve on the panel that nominates judicial candidates to the governor.
Her appointment and the appointment of Renata Soto to the Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission, the panel that evaluates appellate-level judges up for re-election, will help bring diversity to politically powerful committees, supporters say.
"It's big," said
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For some, Oak Cliff is the place to be – with its trees and rolling terrain, its energy and edge, its time-worn, unfabricated look and feel.
For others, it's simply a place to live and work, a home near family and friends or a 'hood with too much crime and neglect.
For all, the swelling of the Latino population keeps changing the dynamics west of the Trinity River.
A recent study of southern Dallas for The Dallas Morning News found the number of Latinos in a core section of Oak Cliff has incr
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A year ago during a heated congressional race, former state Sen. Polly Baca said she couldn't support Joan Fitz-Gerald in the Democratic primary because of her role in a special session on illegal immigration.
Fitz-Gerald was the state Senate president during that 2006 session, where lawmakers enacted what were touted as the toughest immigration laws in the nation. Baca said the measures hurt Latinos.
But a year later, Baca showed up in Pueblo to support Andrew Romanoff's kickoff for the Democ
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One of Colorado's largest privately held mortgage banks is Hispanic-owned, and so are car dealerships, information technology firms and an oil and gas company.
As Colorado's Hispanic population grows in size and clout, so do the diversity and earning power of Hispanic-owned businesses in the state.
Those firms will be on display during the annual convention of the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Denver this week.
"It was really the diversity that we have here that came to the forefront"
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When federal agents descended on six meatpacking plants owned by Swift & Co. in December 2006, they rounded up nearly 1,300 suspected illegal immigrants that made up about 10% of the labor force at the plants.
But the raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents did not cripple the company or the plants. In fact, they were back up and running at full staff within months by replacing those removed with a significant number of native-born Americans, according to a report by the Cente
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The U.S. Forest Service has apologized for suggesting that campers who eat tortillas, drink Tecate beer and play Spanish music may be armed marijuana growers, calling it "regrettable" and "insensitive."
Forest Service officials apologized to Colorado Hispanic leaders in a meeting two weeks ago and released a written apology this week.
The Forest Service issued a warning about armed drug growers last month amid an investigation into how much marijuana is being cultivated in national forests in
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Inspired by the many Hispanic families who help their children become the first to attend college, Sears Holdings has launched the PRIMERO Hispanic Heritage Scholarship(SM) and bilingual, social networking education website in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 - October 15).
In Spanish, "primero" means "first". The PRIMERO scholarship awards up to $10,000 toward college costs for those who are "first" in their family to attend college, as well as those continuing the family's
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Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE: MAR) has been recognized as the third-highest ranked company in LATINA Style
magazine's "50 Best Companies for Latinas to Work for in the U.S." Marriott has remained on the 'top 50' list for 12 consecutive years.
According to LATINA Style, more than 800 of the most prominent corporations in the U.S. were included in the extensive search, and were evaluated in the following areas: the number of Latina executives, mentoring programs, Latina board members, educa
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The University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Latino Studies will celebrate its 10th anniversary with several events, including an academic symposium titled “Latino Studies: Past, Present and Future” from 9 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday (Sept. 16) in the McKenna Hall auditorium.
Rev. Virgilio Elizondo, professor of pastoral and Hispanic theology at Notre Dame, will deliver the keynote address at 11:45 a.m. and Rev. Daniel Groody, C.S.C., assistant professor of theology, will serve as moderator
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Did you know Salsa came from New York? That the Kingsmen's "Louie Louie" is a cha cha cha? How did rap meet
reggae to make Reggaeton?
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, PBS will premiere Latin Music USA, a four-hour documentary series celebrating the Latin rhythms at the heart of jazz, rock, country and rhythm and blues and highlighting the great American music created by Latinos. Revealing the Latin sounds that have influenced the music of great American artists from the Drifters to the Isle
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Responsible Sports, a philanthropic program of insurance company Liberty Mutual, is accepting applications from youth sports organizations in the United States to participate in its Responsible Sports Community Grant program.
Teams and organizations compete in one of three categories for a Responsible Sports grant: large division (two hundred or more players), small division (under two hundred players), and educational groups (school athletic programs).
To be eligible for the program, league
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