Obama picks Maria Contreras-Sweet to head SBA
By Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post President Obama on Wednesday plans to nominate Maria Contreras-Sweet, the founder and board chairman of a Latino-owned community bank in Los Angeles, as the head of […]
As A Latina, Sonia Sotomayor Says, ‘You Have To Work Harder’
By NPR/WEKU Like most sitting Supreme Court justices, Sonia Sotomayor is circumspect when talking about the court; but she has written intimately about her personal life — more so than is customary […]
Gov. Rick Scott announces Florida’s First Latino Lt. Governor
By Steve Bousquet and Marc Caputo, Miami Herald Carlos Lopez-Cantera, introduced Tuesday morning as Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s new lieutenant governor, said in an interview with the Herald/Times that he […]
Pope Francis: El Papa Argentino
By Maria Hinojosa, Latino USA The pope is TIME magazine’s man of the year–but can he deliver on institutional changes? He’s embraced the poor and snuck out of the Vatican […]