Hispanic leaders wary of Trump’s trade plans
NewsTaco January 23, 2017
*Why you should read this: Because ending NAFTA is not as cut-and-dry as it sounds. Because tens of thousands of U.S. workers, many of them Latinos in manufacturing, would lose […]
The US pays a price for keeping immigrants underemployed
NewsTaco December 23, 2016
*Let’s make this part of the conversation before Trump gets into office: “Undocumented workers generate 3% of US GDP, or $5 trillion over 10 years, according to a new analysis […]
Hispanics retire with 70 percent less than whites
NewsTaco December 19, 2016
*Missing in the framing of this story is how Latinos care for their elderly at home and how the economic burden of this kind of elder care isn’t reported. VL […]
Immigrant Families Benefiting from Home-Sharing Economy, Study Finds
NewsTaco December 12, 2016
*Of course! The immigrant energy is resourceful. In fact, that energy persists in the U.S. Latino community. What’s now called the “shared economy,” as if it were a new thing, […]