Demography is not destiny, or so the Republicans had better hope.
In the aftermath of President Obama's biggest Democratic win in 44 years, population and political trends threaten the future of the Grand Old Party.
Obama has assembled what Atlantic Media political director Ron Brownstein calls a "coalition of the ascendant" — the fastest-growing racial, ethnic and ideological groups in the country. They include Hispanic voters, suburbanites and younger voters. READ FULL STORYRead more…
The ASPIRA Association announced a $1.65 million grant from the Wal-Mart Foundation to significantly expand its ASPIRA Clubs, a Latino youth leadership dropout prevention model to stem the exceedingly high dropout rate among our nation's youth.
The dropout rate among Latino youth, at over 40 percent, is the highest of any group in the country; triple the rate of white students. In many U.S. inner-city schools, the dropout rate is over 80%. Almost half of Latinos over the age of 25 have not grad
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The National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States, is thrilled to present the 2009 NCLR Annual Conference on July 25–28 at McCormick Place West in Chicago, Illinois. These four powerful days will revolve around our theme “A New Era of Responsibility: Community, Unity, Purpose.”
In addition to nearly 60 workshops, the NCLR Annual Conference also offers three dynamic town halls with lively discussions centered on the
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Dr. Elizabeth Hernandez is an example of tenacity, perseverance and a fighting spirit.
An example of fighting spirit, tenacity, and perseverance without a doubt is Doctor Elizabeth (Liz) Hernandez, who relies on life experiences to achieve early success. At her young age she is a role model for the Latino community.
Hernandez has a Bachelors’ degree in Psychology, plus a double doctorate in Clinical Psychology, and Industrial and Organizational Psychology that took her seven years to earn. Sh
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In Tennessee, a young mother is arrested and jailed when she asks to be paid for her work in a cheese factory.
In Alabama, a migrant bean picker sees his life savings confiscated by police during a traffic stop.
In Georgia, a rapist goes unpunished because his 13-year-old victim is undocumented.
These are just a few examples of the injustices that confront Latino immigrants as they struggle to gain a foothold in the South.
The region now is home to the fastest-growing population of Latinos
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AN INTERVIEW WITH CHARLES RAMOS, PRESIDENT, BALTIMORE HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Charles Ramos is the current President of the Baltimore Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. He is also the President and CEO of CR Dynamics, a customer relationship management services company based in Baltimore, MD. Charles believes that Hispanic businesses in Baltimore not only can weather today’s economic woes, but are poised to thrive in the years to come. In the following interview, he talks about his role as th
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Recently in the media a couple of articles have been printed that paint a pretty bleak picture of the prospects of the GOP winning back Hispanic voters (“Republicans Sound Alarm on Hispanic Voter Gap,” May 18; “RNC Hiring Chafes Top Hispanics,” May 20, http://www.politico.com). I was quoted in both articles and felt it necessary to expand on my remarks and add some observations.
While it is true that many Hispanic Republican leaders are anxious to see progress on efforts to regain lost ground
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Half of all teenage pregnancies in Larimer County between 2005 and 2007 occurred among the female Hispanic population, and officials say cultural differences may be a contributing factor.
From 2005 to 2007, 126 of the 251 pregnancies in women ages 15 to 17 occurred within the female Hispanic population in Larimer County. Hispanics make up 10 percent of the population in Larimer County.
The birth rate for Hispanic teenagers in that time period was 67.7 to 71.3 per 1,000, and 8.6 per 1,000 for
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With the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor for the U.S. Supreme Court, conversations quickly turned into debates about race and, in particular, about the term ‘Hispanic’ and what it means, or may not mean, to be called a Hispanic.
Many newspaper articles, television editorials, and blogs about Sotomayor question whether or not it is even relevant that she is Hispanic. Is she a Hispanic, a Latino, a Puerto Rican, or just an American? There has even been a question as to whether or not she wou
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The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) is proud to welcome Soledad O’Brien to the 2009 NCLR Annual Conference in Chicago on July 25–28 at McCormick Place West. An anchor and special correspondent for CNN Worldwide, O’Brien has produced and participated in award-winning documentaries covering various issues the world over.
O’Brien has also been the recipient of several awards, most notably the George Foster Peabody Award for her work with the CNN team that covered Hurricane Katrina and the Hisp
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LATINA Style Magazine, a magazine for the contemporary Hispanic woman, will honor Nancy C. Andrade, President of Mexifeast Foods, Inc. as the "LATINA Entrepreneur of the Year 2009 of Chicago " as a part of its 11th annual LATINA Style Business Series (LSBS). The event will take place Thursday, June 18, 2009 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Macy’s located at 111 N State St. Chicago , IL 60602 .
The Business Series, unique to LATINA Style Magazine, is a well known development program empowering La
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Adelante Mujeres, a Forest Grove non-profit that helps low-income Latino families gain job skills, has received a $135,000 grant from United Way of the Columbia-Willamette.
The funds will benefit Adelante Chicas, a program of Adelante Mujeres that reaches out to girls being raised by parents new to the U.S. or who may not have the support to address the challenges their daughters face as young Latina women.
United Way is funding projects that seek to improve high school graduation rates among
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After moving to the U.S. 10 years ago, Juana Carabarin still wanted to cook Mexican food for her family but often didn't have time to go to specialty shops for the ingredients.
Now the Publix grocery in Norcross, Ga., near her home carries products used in Mexican cuisine — including corn husks for tamales, chilis in the spice aisle, chorizo and queso fresco in the refrigerator case and some branded items. And she no longer has to make do with stand-ins. READ FULL STORYRead more…
One Christian Hispanic leader's appeal to Latinos to boycott the 2010 Census count is sending other Hispanic leaders into a panic.
The Rev. Miguel Rivera, chairman of the Washington-based National Coalition of Latino Clergy and Christian Leaders, has called on Hispanics not to participate in the Census. He wants to use it as a club to force Congress to move ahead on comprehensive immigration reform. So far, there has been little action on the issue, despite the hopes of Latino groups after the
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What's best for Latino students who struggle with English? Should they be taught through bilingual education or are English-only programs the way to go? The answer for a school district in Charlotte, N.C., seems to be a strong combination of both.
At the Collinswood Language Academy (kindergarten through sixth grade) students spend half their day learning subjects like math and science in Spanish and the other half being taught history and social studies in English. The program has been around
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After Cheryl Green, a black teenager, was gunned down, allegedly by Latino gang members, near her house after school, her mother was approached by several African Americans offering to retaliate violently for her daughter's death.
Earlier this week, Charlene Lovett recalled the moment, looking back on how tense relations between blacks and Latinos had become in the section of Harbor Gateway known as "The Strip." READ FULL STORYRead more…
Flor Olivo says she's tired of the stereotype that young single Latina mothers can't accomplish much.
Olivo, 24, is a divorced Latina mom with two kids who works and attends the University of Utah. She says she doesn't understand where people get off judging her or other Latinos without knowing their circumstances.
It's also one of the reasons Olivo and other young adults about six months ago started a West Valley City-based bilingual community organization called Ilumina Tu Gente (Enlighten
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Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court has focused national attention on her Latino heritage and the history-making nature of her selection.
But the bright spotlight on Sotomayor has obscured a highly significant shift in the ways of Washington: President Obama has selected far more Hispanics for his administration than any previous president in American history.
Latinos comprise 11 percent of the new president's first 300 nominees for senior administration positions req
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U.S. civil rights leaders today said an increase in hate crimes committed against Hispanics and people perceived to be immigrants in recent years "correlates closely" to the nation's increasingly contentious debate over immigration, faulting anti-immigrant rhetoric in the media and extremist group mobilization on the Internet.
Hate crimes targeted against Hispanic Americans increased 40 percent between 2003 and 2007, the most recent year in which FBI statistics are available, from 426 to 595 in
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Hispanic workers 50-Plus are a vigorous group of “invisible boomers,” who could help employers solve projected labor shortfalls in the coming years, according to a new study released by AARP last week. This article for New England EthnicNEWz is by Eduardo A. de Oliveira, a New America Media Fellow working on the Ethnic Elders Newsbeat, a NAM project sponsored by The Atlantic Philanthropies.
When Jacob Lozada was 13, a neighbor came knocking on his door in San Jose, Puerto Rico, to tell his fam
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