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Harvard hosting 6 UH students

Posted by News on June 15, 2010 at 9:41pm


Being a role model is nothing new for students at the University of Houston's Academic Achievers program. Most are the first in their family to go to college, and they know their younger siblings and classmates are watching. "We have to set a good example," said Eva Briones, 22. But the expectations are about to rise.

Briones and five other UH students are at Harvard University this week for a program with the lofty goal of creating a new generation of Latino leaders. It is the first time Harva
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El Gobernador seeks the votes of Texas' Latinos

Posted by News on June 15, 2010 at 12:00am
Gov. Rick Perry turned into El Gobernador Tejano on Friday, wrapping himself in the Spanish history of provincial Tejas as campaigners said they want him to win 50 percent of Hispanic voters.Harking back to Spanish colonial Gov. Domingo Teran, Perry told a Hispanic Republicans breakfast that party values of faith and free enterprise match "Hispanic values":

"This is the home of a Hispanic in America -- the Republican Party." He even asked the crowd of about 300 to text-message him a Spanish word
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On Path to "Assimilation," Latino Immigrants Cross the Colorline

Posted by News on June 14, 2010 at 8:28pm
With draconian anti-immigrant laws and deportation dragnets In high gear, it looks like America's racial barriers are hardening against the Latino community. But who draws those lines? Researchers from University of Illinois and Ohio State have examined the forms of racial identity that immigrants take on when moving into the "mainstream." While the Latino population incorporates a variety of colors, languages and cultures, institutional racism appears to be breaking up the community along color
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Minority Births Drive Growth in U.S. Diversity

Posted by News on June 12, 2010 at 7:12pm

Minority Children are a Majority in More than 500 U.S. Counties, Researchers Say

Record levels of births among minorities in the past decade are moving the USA a step closer to a demographic milestone in which no group commands a majority, new Census estimates show.

Minorities accounted for almost 49% of U.S. births in the year ending July 1, 2009, a record high, according to data released Thursday. They make up more than half the population in 317 counties — about 1 in 10 — four states (Calif
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Budweiser's Goal During the World Cup: Kick in $500 for Each Score, to Benefit the Hispanic Scholarship Fund

Posted by News on June 10, 2010 at 10:51am


For each goal scored during the FIFA World Cup™ that starts this Friday in South Africa, Anheuser-Busch and Budweiser will donate $500 to the Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF), up to $100,000.

This is the latest in Anheuser-Busch's longtime support of the Hispanic Scholarship Fund. The company began supporting the HSF in 1982.


"Anheuser-Busch has long appreciated the Latino community, and HSF has been fortunate to have been a partner – through which A-B can give back to their loyal customers," sa

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Seeking to shore up Hispanic graduation rates, colleges learn it's all in the family

Posted by News on June 9, 2010 at 2:22pm
When Roberto Rodriguez arrived at the University of California campus here four years ago, he felt the emotional tug home so many other Hispanic first-generation college students talk about. His parents wanted him out of their battle-scarred south-central Los Angeles neighborhood and in college. But his mother also didn't want him to stray too far from their home.

Three years and some bumps later, with graduation within reach, Roberto's father suffered a
heart attack and was diagnosed with diabe
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Latina Students from Across the Country Selected to Partake in National Summer Leadership Program in Washington, DC

Posted by News on June 9, 2010 at 2:10pm


Following a nationwide search for the National Hispana Leadership Institute's 2010 class of the Latinas Learning to Lead Program, the 22 selected Latina college students arrive in Washington, DC this Saturday to participate in the program from June 12-19 held at The Catholic University of America campus.Uniquely designed to develop the next generation of Latina leaders, the program combines leadership training with technical and practical experience through a comprehensive curriculum.

The eight
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Unemployment Rate for Hispanics and African Americans approaches Depression-like levels in some metro areas

Posted by News on June 8, 2010 at 11:53pm
In a number of metropolitan areas, the unemployment rate for African Americans and Hispanics approached Great
Depression-like levels in 2009, an Economic Policy Institute analysis finds. The report, Uneven Pain: Unemployment by Metro Area and Race by EPI researcher Algernon Austin, examines unemployment by race in the 50 largest metro areas in the United States.

The white unemployment rate reached double digits in four metro areas. Unemployment rates for nonwhite populations were particularly hi
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Morin emerges as Latino leader in Milwaukee

Posted by News on June 8, 2010 at 12:58am


Business leader also serves as state head of LULAC, named Hispanic Man of the Year

Darryl Morin says he was a quiet student in school, not a star. "You hear teachers talking in the halls and I heard them say I wasn't that bright. I was labeled below average in intelligence - a failure - and, shame on me, I accepted it," he says, shaking his head. It was a lesson he would not forget. Today at 42, Morin is the picture of success. And over the last four years, he's emerged as one of a new generati
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Obama's support erodes among Latinos

Posted by News on June 8, 2010 at 12:57am
President Obama continues to lose support among Latinos, a sign of the impact of the continuing furor over immigration reform, while the president’s support among whites and blacks has remained constant in recent months, according to a Gallup poll released Monday.

The poll, carried out in English and Spanish, shows that support among Latinos fell from 69% to 57% from January through May. During the same time frame, support among whites remained at 41% while African American support for the nation
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Why do Latinas avoid the doctor? Study investigates

Posted by News on June 8, 2010 at 12:32am
Social and cultural factors may play just as big a role as economics in the poor health care outcomes of Latinas, a new study finds.

The small study, published in the journal Ethnicity and Disease, looked at Latinas in upstate New York found that 70 percent of the women reported delaying doctor appointments, even though nearly all had insurance and over half had diagnoses of chronic medical conditions including diabetes, heart disease and cancer.

"Diagnosis should typically motivate you to seek
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Susana Martinez Wins GOP Primary Ticket in New Mexico Gov. Race

Posted by News on June 3, 2010 at 11:31am


The next governor of New Mexico will be a woman.

Republican voters in the state elected Susana Martinez, the district attorney from Dona Ana County, to be the GOP nominee to run against Lt. Gov. Diane Denish, who ran unopposed in the Democratic primary. Martinez
defeated former state Republican chairman Allen Weh, as well as state Rep. Janice Arnold Jones, public-relations company owner Doug Turner and Pete Domenici Jr., son of the former U.S. senator.

Not only are the Republicans running a woman
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Commission weighs creation of national Hispanic museum

Posted by News on June 3, 2010 at 11:23am
Gaining public support and funding for a national museum to showcase the culture and contributions of Hispanics in the United States might prove difficult in tough economic times, but there's never been a greater need for such an institution, South Floridians told a federal commission visiting Miami Wednesday.


The 23-member commission, created in 2008, is studying whether it would be desirable to create a national museum dedicated to the history, heritage and contributions of Hispanics in the Un
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Hispanic population boom won't help South Plains in redistricting

Posted by News on June 3, 2010 at 11:17am
The official 2010 population count from the U.S. Census Bureau won't be in for at least another six months, but members of two Texas House panels were told Wednesday what to expect: Due largely to the booming Hispanic population, urban areas like Dallas and the South Texas border will register the largest increases in the state. And West Texas, particularly the sparsely populated counties, is expected to continue losing population, just as it has in the past half-century.

"The Hispanic-origin po
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Siempre Mujer Magazine Panel Agrees: Latinas are Obsessed with Beauty

Posted by News on May 31, 2010 at 1:52pm


On May 19, Siempre Mujer magazine hosted a breakfast panel at Tribeca Cinemas in Manhattan to get to the heart of Latina beauty habits. The panel addressed key topics ranging from feelings about aging to brand loyalty.

Meredith Hispanic Ventures Vice President Ruth Gaviria moderated the discussion of experts including: Model, TV Personality and Author of Unforgettable You: Master the Elements of Style, Spirituality, and True Beauty Daisy Fuentes; Siempre Mujer Fashion and Beauty Editor Ursula
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United Healthcare reaches out to Colorado Latinos

Posted by News on May 30, 2010 at 2:18pm
United Healthcare has launched a new group of health plans in Colorado as part of an effort to reach out to
Latinos and get them involved in their health care. The package of plans, called PlanBien, was fully introduced to Colorado in March. PlanBien also is available in Florida, Texas, California, Illinois, New Mexico and Arizona, though the plans are slightly different in each markeT.

In Colorado, PlanBien plans are offered through a partnership with the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metro De
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Interracial marriage still rising, but not as fast

Posted by News on May 30, 2010 at 2:12pm
Melting pot or racial divide? The growth of interracial marriages is slowing among U.S.-born Hispanics and Asians. Still, blacks are substantially more likely than before to marry whites.The number of interracial marriages in the U.S. has risen 20 percent since 2000 to about 4.5 million, according to the latest census figures.

While still growing, that number is a marked drop-off from the 65 percent increase between 1990 and 2000.About 8 percent of U.S. marriages are mixed-race, up from 7 percen
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Obama to Send 1,200 Guard Troops to Mexico Border

Posted by News on May 25, 2010 at 4:39pm
President Obama will send up to 1,200 National Guard troops to the Southwest border and increase spending on law enforcement, yielding to demands from both Republican and Democratic lawmakers there that border security be
tightened, administration officials said. Mr. Obama is expected to make the announcement Tuesday, the officials said, after a meeting with lawmakers.

Homeland Security officials said that the troops would provide support to law enforcement officers already working along the bor
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PBS Program National Small Business Week with a Feature on Latina Entrepreneurs

Posted by News on May 24, 2010 at 11:28pm


The PBS program, “To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe” (the only woman-owned news analysis program on national television) is pleased to honor the contributions of all small business owners for National Small Business Week, which falls this year in late May. Every year since 1963, the President of the United States has proclaimed National Small
Business Week to recognize the contributions of small businesses to the economic well-being of America.

These contributions are especially important in thi
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The Stimulus Package: Where Did All the Money Go?

Posted by News on May 24, 2010 at 8:28am
Has the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 — better known as the stimulus package, been a success? The answer, like so many others in Washington D.C. these days, has become political. Ever since the U.S. economy imploded two years ago, some 8 million American jobs have vanished.

Among the legions of clobbered companies across the land is New Bedford Panoramex, a 49-year-old airport lighting manufacturer. In the beginning months of the recession, owner Steven Ozuna was dreadfully positiv
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