the Latino daily – Your Thursday morning brief

THURSDAY, April 28, 2016

Good morning Taquistas!

Here’s your morning news to get your day started.

►Thursday’s numbers

11.5 – The percentage of less likelihood that U.S. Latino workers will have access to paid sick days, compared to white workers.

12.4 – The percentage of less likelihood that U.S. Latino workers will have access to paid vacation days, compared to white workers.

6.7 – The percentage of less likelihood that U.S. Latino workers will have access to flexible days, compared to white workers.

6.3 – The percentage of less likelihood that U.S. Latino workers will have access to flexible work hours, compared to white workers.

Source: Center for American Progress

►A quick note of the Fed and interest rates

They did nothing.

The members of the U.S. Federal reserve huddled for a couple of days and gave a report yesterday. The headline is that economic activity has slowed a little, household spending has “moderated,” so there’s no need to tweak the prime rate.

If you follow these things closely, and according to an EFE report published in Fox News Latino, ”The Fed . . . made no mention in its statement of global economic risks in justifying its decision not to hike rates, in contrast to previous statements where it had explicitly noted its doubts about China’s economy and problems in emerging markets.”
►Head’s up, if you’re driving through Texas

The Houston Chronicle tells us that the Border Network for Human Rights counted “traffic citations and warnings issued by the Texas Department of Public Safety from 2009 to 2014 [and] found that citations to Hispanics increased by . . . READ MORE