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Latinos Being Left Behind In Health Care Overhaul

Mary Mata March 25, 2014

By Associated Press/NPR WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s largest minority group risks being left behind by President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. Hispanics account for about one-third of the nation’s […]

School Data Finds Pattern of Inequality Along Racial Lines

Mary Mata March 24, 2014

Tobacco more likely to be sold at pharmacies in poor and Latino communities

Mary Mata

Race to Enroll Latinos as Obamacare Deadline Looms

Mary Mata

By John Michaelson, Public News Service (with data and editorial assistance from NewsTaco) AUSTIN, Texas – With a major deadline looming for all to have health care coverage or face possible […]

Poll: Latinos souring on Obamacare

Mary Mata March 21, 2014

By Aaron Blake, Washington Post A new poll shows Latinos — a fast-growing and key demographic in American elections — aren’t as fond of Obamacare as they once were. The Pew […]

How Hispanic culture is contributing to infant obesity

Mary Mata

By Hope Gillete, Saludify The war on childhood obesity may come to a screeching halt if dietary experts don’t take into consideration a person’s culture. According to a study published […]

Principal who told kids not to speak Spanish will lose job

Mary Mata March 20, 2014

By Lisa Gray, Houston Chronicle HEMPSTEAD – The Hempstead school board won’t renew the contract of a principal who instructed her students not to speak Spanish, in a rapidly-evolving district where more […]