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In the Funeral Industry, Too Few Spanish Speakers

Mary Mata October 28, 2013

By Corrie Maclaggan, The Texas Tribune/New York Times Just 5 percent of the 1,589 United States mortuary school graduates in 2012 were Hispanic, according to the American Board of Funeral […]

What Hurricane Sandy Left Behind

Mary Mata

Maybe Congress Could Help Low and Middle-Class Families Indirectly

Mary Mata October 22, 2013

Latino-Owned Businesses Contribute $100 Billion Annually to California Economy

Mary Mata October 16, 2013

By Hispanically Speaking News Hispanic-owned businesses contribute more than 650,000 jobs and more than $100 billion annually to the California economy, which makes them fundamental to the prosperity of one of […]

Hispanics are creating a new baby boom in the United States

Mary Mata October 15, 2013

By Chiqui Cartagena, CNN When minorities in general make up almost half of all millennials — with Hispanics accounting for nearly 25% of them and growing at the fastest pace — […]

Implications for Latinos in an Economic Recovery

Mary Mata October 14, 2013

By Steve Moya, NewsTaco Latinos are critical to an aging America that, with a low fertility rate, is facing growing global competition. That’s an opportunity, but there are also growing threats. […]

NY Fed Fired Latina Examiner Who Took on Goldman

Mary Mata October 11, 2013

By Jake Bernstein, ProPublica In the spring of 2012, a senior examiner with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York determined that Goldman Sachs had a problem. Under a Fed mandate, […]