Morning NewsTaco
Tuesday July 31, 2012
Dems pick first Hispanic for convention keynote (Associated Press/U.S. News & World Report): Marking a first for Hispanics, the Democratic party has chosen the mayor of San Antonio to deliver the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention.
Latino Talent to Help Plan the Democratic National Convention (EFE/Fox News Latino): The enterprising spirit of Hispanic business owners will be evident at the Democratic National Convention here in September since dozens of their companies will have helped to organize and design it.
Anaheim Protesters March Against Police for Ninth Consecutive Day (Fox News Latino): For the ninth consecutive day, protesters rallied against police in Anaheim, California issuing a call for peace in the community as tensions continue to boil over between Latinos and authorities.
Republicans are ‘demonizing Latinos and immigrants,’ union leader says (Houston Chronicle): Talked recently with SEIU International Secretary-Treasurer Eliseo Medina. The head of the 2.1 million-member union — 25 percent of whom are Latino — last week kicked off a national tour with other Latino groups to try to bump up the Latino voter turnout. The goal of ¡Todos a Votar! (“Let’s Vote”): 12 million Latino voters, which would be up 20 percent over 2008.
How voter ID laws could affect the outcome in November (Politico): At least 5 million voters, predominantly young and from minority groups sympathetic to President Barack Obama, could be affected by an unprecedented flurry of new legislation by Republican governors and GOP-led legislatures to change or restrict voting rights by Election Day 2012.
Latinos less likely to take student loans to pay for college, study reports (Voxxi): According to the national report, How America Pays for College 2012, Latinos are the least likely out of all demographics to take student loans to pay for college. Only 40 percent of Latinos borrowed monies for secondary education, compared to 43 percent of non-Hispanic whites and 51 percent of non-Hispanic blacks.
