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The Particular Challenges of Polling Hispanics

NewsTaco May 23, 2014

*You know that feeling, when people are talking about you and you’re in the room? Here’s yet another main stream media article about polling Latinos, Latino attitudes, how best to […]

Oklahoma’s Latino Community Prepares For The Next Tornado

NewsTaco May 22, 2014

White House Personnel Director On A Mission: Involve More Latinos In Federal Work

NewsTaco May 21, 2014

Discrimination in the Federal Sector: How to Make the System Better

Mary Mata April 9, 2014

By Jorge Ponce, NewsTaco I’ve often wondered at the low number of findings of discrimination in the federal sector.  According to the latest report from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity […]

Lending Circles Help Latinas Pay Bills And Invest

NewsTaco April 2, 2014

*I love this! Read this, so the next time someone says Latinas are not entrepreneurs you can tell them about “Tandas.” They break most notions of “boot strap” thinking; rely on […]

New Orleans Reconstruction Pits Latinos vs Blacks

NewsTaco April 1, 2014

*After Katrina, black residents returned to find they had been displaced by undocumented workers, hired by reconstruction companies. There was an expected negative reaction. From the article: “Sentiments … that […]

Latinos Live Longer But Struggle To Save Enough For Retirement

Mary Mata March 28, 2014

*This is where the “Latino Paradox” meets the economic reality of familia living paycheck to paycheck. The answer is upward mobility, opportunity, education. VL By Hansi  Lo Wang, Code Switch/NPR Many […]