They are the children of 1969 — the year that America’s most prestigious universities began aggressively recruiting blacks and Latinos to their nearly all-white campuses.
No longer would Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Columbia be the domain of the privileged. Instead, in response to the national soul-searching prompted by the civil rights movement, America’s premier colleges would try to become more representative of the population as a whole. READ FULL STORYRead more…
Brenda Gonzalez is deputy director of New Routes to Community Health, a national program that uses locally focused media created by immigrants to improve their health. With a bachelor’s degree in social psychology, she immigrated to Wisconsin 14 years ago from Mexico and also has worked for the city health department and as director of interpreter services and cultural outreach for Dean Health System. READ FULL STORYRead more…
Recently, the Associated Press reported that hundreds of New York City public school teachers accused of offenses ranging from insubordination to sexual misconduct are being paid full salary with benefits to sit around all day playing Scrabble, surfing the Internet or just doing what they please.
Why? Because their union makes it extremely difficult, if not impossible, to fire them. So they are banished to the so-called "rubber room" waiting for months, even years, for their disciplinary hearin
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On a recent morning, Kris W. Kobach, a conservative law professor, rushed late into a federal courtroom here with his suit slightly rumpled and little more than a laptop under his arm. His mission was to persuade the judge to uphold an ordinance adopted by a Dallas suburb that would bar landlords from renting housing to illegal immigrants.
A team of lawyers from a Latino advocacy group had set up early at the opposing table, fortified with legal assistants and stacks of case documents. Unfazed
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The Latino Leadership Alliance of New Jersey has sent a letter to President Barack Obama asking him to revoke 287(g) status for Morristown and Monmouth County, according to Sunday's editions of El Diario, a regional Spanish language daily newspaper.
The letter was sent last week signaling "profound disagreement" with the administration's move to grant immigration officer status to Morristown police and the Monmouth Sheriff's Department.http://www.impre.com/eldiariony/noticias/2009/7/19/no-a-p
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A nonprofit group aims to keep young Latina girls in school and on the right path.
About to enter its second year, Circle de Luz selects a group of young Latina women about to begin seventh grade and mentors them through their senior year with the hopes they'll continue on to college.
"There's a general stereotyping of Latina girls that doesn't allow for them a lot of possibility and if that's the kind of theme you get from people as you walk through life then you start to believe and buy into
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David Arquette issued an apology for the racist remarks he spouted on Fox and Friends last week. In case you missed it, the "actor" first claimed that he was an expert on Latinos because he was born and raised in Los Angeles, and then said that while some Latina women have good judgment, others are "just nuts" in reference to Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court Nomination. READ FULL STORYRead more…
Though 2008 voter turnout remained "statistically unchanged" from 2004, 5 million more people voted that year than in 2004, with large increases among minorities, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released yesterday.
The bureau's survey found that about 131 million people reported voting in the 2008 presidential election - a turnout of 64 percent, the same percentage as 2004. Of the 5 million additional voters in 2008, 2 million were black, 2 million Hispanic and 600,000 Asian.
The bureau s
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The number of Hispanic workers who die on the job has risen, even as the overall number of workplace deaths has declined, according to federal statistics.
Hispanic worker deaths increased from 533 in 1992 to 937 in 2007 — a 76% jump. In the same period, total fatalities in all jobs nationwide fell from 6,217 to 5,657, according to the data. The 2007 tally, the latest available from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, followed a record 990 Hispanic deaths in 2006.
Last year, officials at the O
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Twenty-five years ago, four Qwest employees in Arizona launched El Centro de Qwest, a bilingual call center to cater to Spanish-speaking customers, giving callers the option to dial for help in Spanish.
Now Qwest has 350 people working in the operation, which has expanded to Salt Lake City, and about a tenth of the company's call-center workers are bilingual.
About 12 percent of customers for the Denver-based company request service in Spanish, and the numbers are growing strong far outside t
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The National Latina Women Business Association has presented its Corporate Leader of the Year Award to Elva Lima, Verizon's vice president of strategic programs, for her dedication to advancing the professional development and business leadership of Latinas.
The award honors outstanding Latina business women in the Los Angeles metropolitan area who have demonstrated success in business and a commitment to the betterment of the Latino community.
"As the nation's leading Latina business organiza
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The decision by Bashas' Supermarkets to close three Food City stores illustrates how much businesses that cater to the Hispanic community are suffering as the economy and immigration crackdowns have driven Latinos out of Arizona.
No one knows exactly how many Latinos have left the state, but advocates, business owners and experts who track the Latino market believe the number is significant. The collapse of the state's economy eliminated many labor jobs tied to growth industries.
Edmundo Hida
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Close to 20,000 Hispanics live in Fort Wayne; many are closely watching Supreme Court Justice nominee Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearing.
"The Hispanic community here in Fort Wayne and also in the state of Indiana is very excited about her nomination," says Herb Hernandez, President of the Greater Fort Wayne Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. He says Sotomayor has stirred excitement and pride in the community.
"We know it's a point in history where we're going to not only have a Hispanic on the
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The Senate this week confirmed Robert Groves, a former census official and sociology professor at the University of Michigan, to run the Census Bureau. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke pronounced him ''a respected social scientist who will run the Census Bureau with integrity and independence.''
The appointment will hardly still controversy over the 2010 census.
To guarantee the most accurate count of the 300 million or so Americans, federal officials promise confidentiality. But now a group of L
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The two-month-old Berkeley liberal online hub called Presente -- which wants to be the Latino MoveOn -- has scored the progressive daily double: It has ticked off both Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly.
How: It is airing a radio ad this week in on Spanish-language stations in St. Pete and Orlando, Fla. calling out El Rushbo for referring to Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor as a "racist" and a "bigot." It called on local GOP Rep. John Mica to rebuke Rush's comments. Uh, not a high chance of t
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hey are Latinas, women of accomplishment, experience — and what might even be called wisdom. And they say there is no reason for Sonia Sotomayor to apologize for suggesting that they might bring special insight to the pursuit of justice.
"Her background will only strengthen the court," said Teresa Puente, an assistant journalism professor at Columbia College in Chicago and the editor and founder of Latina Voices. "She's had to apologize for her statements, and I don't think she should have to."
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The Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting (ALPFA) has announced details of its 2009 Annual Convention. The convention, the organization's thirty-seventh, will be held August 8-12 in Boston. Lead sponsor of the event is KPMG, with welcoming presenting sponsor, State Street. Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, will join ALPFA in welcoming attendees at the Welcome Reception on Saturday, August 8th. The Governor of Massachusetts has been invited to attend the Annual Awards Gala wh
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Nearly 1 in 5 Latino households is suffering from food insecurity nationwide in one of the worlds richest countries. According to the latest US Department of Agriculture 2006 report on food security, Hispanics are disproportionately affected with 19.5 % of Latino households reporting food insecurity, well above the national average of 10.9% (Non Hispanic white average is 7.8%). The Tri State area is seeing an increase of households struggling to adequately feed their families. The averages natio
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Latinos will be watching Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearings "like hawks" for evidence that senators on the Judiciary Committee are mistreating the Second Circuit Court of Appeals Judge, or are mischaracterizing her record, leaders of Latino political, professional and advocacy groups tell ABC News.
"We accept tough questions. But what we are going to object to are questions that misrepresent the judge or that distort her record," says Estuardo V. Rodriguez, director of Hispanics for a Fai
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