Morning NewsTaco
Friday July 6, 2012
27 – Median Age for Hispanics is Lower Than Median Age for Total U.S. Population (Pew Research Center): Hispanics in the United States on the whole are younger than the general U.S. population. The median age for Hispanics is 27 years while the median age for the U.S. population is 37 years. According to tabulations of the Census Bureau’s 2010 American Community Survey (ACS) by the Pew Hispanic Center, the youngest Hispanic groups are Mexicans (25), Puerto Ricans (27) and Guatemalans (27).
Roberts Faces Shot at Republican Redemption in Race Cases (Bloomberg): Chief Justice John Roberts, whose deciding vote upheld President Barack Obama’s health-care law, won’t have to wait long for a chance to reassert his conservative credentials.
Roberts redux? U.S. top judge may surprise again (Reuters): Over his 30 years in Washington, Chief Justice John Roberts has been difficult to pigeonhole and defied expectations. More than once, he has remade his image.
Father, son arrested in Texas shooting of immigration agent (Reuters/Chicago Tribune): A father and son face federal charges after investigators say they opened fire and wounded a U.S. immigration special agent near the U.S.-Mexico border during an early-morning chase, federal officials said Thursday.
In California, immigration bill designed as the “anti-Arizona” (Reuters): While America’s debate over immigration has been dominated recently by crackdowns in states like Arizona and Alabama, California legislators are trying to turn that tide with a bill to protect illegal immigrants that they dub the “anti-Arizona.”
Rangel Fights in NY Race as Last Ballots Counted (Fox News Latino): The New York City Board of Elections is counting ballots Thursday in a move that could seal — or imperil — veteran U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel’s apparent win in the Democratic primary.
Latino Justice Sues Over Redistricting Maps (Politics PA): After the July 4th holiday, Pennsylvania residents Joe Garcia, Fernando Quiles and Dalia Rivera Matias took to the court on behalf of Pennsylvania’s latinos.
A Rise in Latino Conservatism? (New America Media): As we talk about Latino or Hispanic politics in this election year, most automatically draw a link between this particular racial-ethnic identification and a liberal political orientation. A Latino social policy agenda is generally assumed to reside within a liberal New Deal framework. Latinos in general may be socially conservative on a number of issues, but the majority support an activist government, are willing to pay more taxes for increased services, and support government expansion of the social safety net and affirmative action programs. The fact that President Obama has, according to the polls, the support of roughly two-thirds of Latino voters, reflects a real political connection, not just superior campaigning.
Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Profiling Lawsuit to Proceed (Associated Press/Fox News Latino): A trial will begin as scheduled on July 19 in an ethnic profiling lawsuit against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio after the judge who will decide the case rejected handing the matter to another judge.
Latinos help bring back an iconic American boardwalk (NBC Latino): Pulitzer-prize author Junot Diaz has made me smile almost every weekend summer day for the past few years. As you “enter” the start of the boardwalk of iconic Asbury Park, New Jersey, in an old wall built during the years when this beach resort was a top American destination – there is a mural of a line written by Diaz.
Latino Marine Doing 1M Push-Ups For Wounded Soldiers (Fox News Latino): A U.S. Marine is on a mission to help soldiers injured while serving in the military. U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Enrique Trevino began the push-up challenge as a New Year’s resolution. “I just challenged myself to do a million push-ups,” said Trevino. Now, Sergeant Trevino is determined to do 1 million push ups by year’s end, for the Wounded Warrior Project. “Instead of doing a million push-ups to benefit myself,” he said, “I want to give back to my brothers and sisters in the armed forces, who have had so much taken away from them.”
Old Politics Are New Again In Mexico (NPR): What happened to Mexico’s National Action Party? It was the party that finally broke seven decades of PRI rule in the country and promised to bring long sought-after reforms to the country. Why did voters throw them out of office after two terms? Was the vote a referendum on Felipe Calderon’s war on drugs?
Daughter of Mexican immigrants shares lead at U.S. Women’s Open (Fort Worth Star Telegram): Although plenty of athletes have used sports to lift themselves up from difficult backgrounds, Lizette Salas’ path to the pros isn’t the sort of story that’s often heard in golf.
