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Latino Health Coverage & 2012 Tax Returns – What’s the Link?

Mary Mata March 27, 2013

By Hope Gillette, Saludify There are approximately 53 million Latinos living in the United States, according to the most recent census data, and of those, 31.1 percent are without health […]

Study: Citizenship for Undoc – $1.4 Trillion to Economy

Mary Mata March 22, 2013

Aging Between Two Worlds – Latino, Old and Poor on the TX Border

Mary Mata March 20, 2013

Lack of Cow Milkers for Yogurt Drives Immigration Debate

Mary Mata March 13, 2013

By Alan Bjerga, Bloomberg The Alpina Foods Inc. plant that just opened in Batavia, New York, to feed the nation’s growing appetite for Greek-style yogurt should have nearby dairy farmers […]

How Unfair Practices Hurt Latino Home Ownership

Mary Mata

By Susana G. Baumann, Voxxi The 2012 NAHREP president speaks openly about how Hispanic homeownership is still suffering because of unfair conditions in the bidding process against cash investors and the […]

Latino Jobless Rate Dips in February

Mary Mata March 11, 2013

By Hispanic Business The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for Hispanics dropped slightly in February to 9.6 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The Hispanic unemployment rate was 9.7 […]

Closing the Digital Divide: Latinos and Technology Adoption

Mary Mata March 7, 2013

PRESS RELEASE Latinos own smartphones, go online from a mobile device and use social networking sites at similar, and sometimes higher, rates than do other groups of Americans, according to […]