latino television
HGTV: Diversity On TV Means Money
NPR ran a great report today about how HGTV — that’ Home and Garden Television — was able to boost viewership by featuring Latinos, African Americans and Asians in roles […]
Obama’s Political Calculus on Immigration
Just a week before announcing the launch of his reelection campaign President Barack Obama sent a message to selected Immigration activists in congress: cool it. The purposely quiet campaign launch made […]
Shame In A Name: Why It Was Embarrassing To Speak Spanish
“Franciiiscoooo, eh,?” That was the way my former roommate pronounced my birth name with just enough mockery and disdain to let me know there was something wrong with it. “Uh, […]
President Obama Will do Education Town Hall on Univision
Fresh from his trip to Latin America President Barack Obama will make an appearance before the second largest Latino community in the world: Spanish television. The White House confirmed that the President will take part in an […]
Univisión Shaking Up Management — Change To Come?
Univisión’s board announce this week that CEO Joe Uva would not have his contract renewed. His last day is April 2. The New York Times reported: Mr. Uva has been […]
The Economics Of Deciding In An Uncertain World
[Editor’s Note: The following was written by economist Robert Cavazos] How do people make decisions? How do we make sense of the world? Per our policymakers, grounded upon the whispers […]
Latinas Are Trashy On “Real Housewives Of Miami”
The reviews are in for “The Real Housewives of Miami” and, well, they’re not good. The Miami Herald’s Glenn Garvin gave a less-than-glowing review of the show, which apparently had […]
Senate DREAM Act Vote was a Watershed
If the outrage is maintained, if the anger takes root, then today’s DREAM Act vote in the US Senate will have consequences that the politicians in Washington have yet to […]
¿Y Donde Está Javier Bardem en la Lista?
Tere Garza writes a very cool movie blog called Checalamovie. She’s from Monterrey, Mexico, and is currently based in Los Angeles where she has awesome access to the premiers, stars […]
Don’t Vote? If You Knew Us, You’d Know Better
The joke was that Latinos for Reform produced a “Don’t Vote†television ad (in English andSpanish) because they wanted to claim responsibility for all the Hispanic voters that don’t go […]