Morning NewsTaco
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Push for Latino vote in US election (ABC News): A non-partisan organisation in Florida is trying to encourage more Hispanics to make their vote count in the upcoming US Presidential election. Latino’s now make up 16% of the population in the United States but in the last Presidential election only one in three eligible Hispanics voted.
Hispanics lack opportunities in faltering economy (The Washington Times): The Pew Hispanic Center recently found that the top issues for Hispanic voters are jobs, education, health care, the federal budget deficit and immigration. Yet when it comes to those issues, President Obama’s policies have hurt our nation’s growing Hispanic population.
Latinos, Latinas: More difference than ‘o’ or ‘a’ (San Antonio Express-News): Along the way from preschool to high school graduation, the institutions that serve as the pipeline to college degrees somehow spring leaks for Latino males. They fare worse than Latinas.
Report Cites Higher Education Gap for Latinos (Arizona Public Media): Latino students lag their non-Latino counterparts in higher-educational attainment and “intentional” programs and services are needed to balance the equation, says a new report from Excelencia in Education.
Where Immigration Rallies Once Drew Hundreds of Thousands, Few Turn Out (Fox News Latino): Where immigration reform once brought hundreds of thousands of people onto the streets — over 500,000 in Los Angeles, 250,000 in Chicago, 100,000 in New York, and while the issue has grown more heated in the courtrooms and politically, immigration rallies have gotten smaller — much smaller.
Teach black and Hispanic students differently (USA Today): Regardless of the measure used — state reading and math tests or the district “exit” exams students need to pass to graduate — Hispanic students in recent years have been making faster progress than black students.
Women say ‘I do’ to education, then marriage (Chicago Tribune): For the first time, women with one or more college degrees are more likely to be married by age 40 than their lesser-educated counterparts, according to a long-term study by Paula England, professor of sociology at New York University.
Navy ship to be named for Cesar Chavez (Orange County Register): With a sharp crack of the champagne bottle bursting against the hull of the massive ship and these noble words “I christen thee USNS Cesar Chavez. May God bless this ship and all who sail her,” Helen F. Chavez, widow of the ship’s namesake, will launch the USNS (United States Naval Ship) Cesar Chavez on May 5.
Spain Braces for Anti-austerity Rallies (Hispanic Business): Spain braced for rallies against austerity and labor-market reforms Tuesday, a day after the country joined seven other eurozone economies in recession.
Coming Soon: Telemundo-Fandango Hispanic Moviegoer Website (Fishbowl LA): Among the NBCUniversal headlines being made today at the Digital Upfronts in New York City is the news that Telemundo Media has partnered with movie ticketing behemoth Fandango for Fandango Cine, a Spanish-language Web venture scheduled to launch in the fourth quarter of 2012.
