Latinos Driving US Food Consumption

Ever wonder how that fast food place or the neighborhood restaurant stays open in a deep recession? According to fruitnet.com, it’s likely because of Latino consumers. …the US Hispanic segment accounted for over 50 […]

Here’s a different way to look at how Latinos are affecting business as usual in the United States. It comes from a report in the Seattle Post Intelligencer: because Latinos are younger […]

Before he traveled to El Paso to make a speech about immigration President Obama convened three different groups of Latino leaders and celebrities at the white House to, supposedly, lay […]

I’m struggling to find a point to President Obama’s visit to El Paso. It sounded more like a stump than a policy speech, but I think most of that has […]

According to a report by the Center for American Progress Latino families and businesses have been the hardest his by soaring gasoline prices. The report cites a poll conducted by […]

The buzz is that President Obama will kick-start a push for comprehensive immigration reform during his trip to El Paso, Texas. In the past weeks he’s invited three separate groups […]

Heart-wrenching story out of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Aid workers are having trouble reaching Latino immigrants after the epic storms and tornadoes that ripped through the state. There is a sizable community of undocumented immigrants in that state but […]

Exactly how many Latinos are there in the US? Let’s make it easier, how many are there in Texas? It’s not that easy, at least not according to The Mexican American […]

The president of one of Mexico’s most prestigious and well known Universities says he wants to help Latinos in the United States attain higher education. Rafael Rangel Sostmann recently retired […]

A high school in rural Washington state with 90 percent Latino enrollment, and a majority of seniors who are the first in their families to graduate from high school, is in […]