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Inquiry hasn’t slowed Hilda Solis’ run for L.A. County supervisor
*For those of you outside of California who were wondering what had happened to former Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, here’s a catch-you-up: She’s running for LA County Supervisor. For […]
What you need to know about Julián Castro, the likely next head of HUD
*It’s interesting to see what non-Latino, mainstream media is saying about Julián Castro. It reads like a dossier for the uninitiated, and across the country there are many. This is […]
Maria Contreras-Sweet Confirmed As SBA Administrator
*Good news. Contreras-Sweet’s appointment wasn’t one of the many presidential appointments log-jammed in the U.S. Senate. VL By NBCNews Maria Contreras-Sweet was confirmed by the Senate on Thursday to head the […]
Will Obama throw Latinos a bone?
By Tony Castro, Voxxi In his State of the Union last week, President Barack Obama made an expected plea for passage of the long-awaited immigration reform legislation that pleased America’s […]
Obama picks Maria Contreras-Sweet to head SBA
By Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post President Obama on Wednesday plans to nominate Maria Contreras-Sweet, the founder and board chairman of a Latino-owned community bank in Los Angeles, as the head of […]
Choosing the right kind of leaders to lead the Latino agenda
By Jorge Ponce, NewsTaco Hispanics are at a crossroads with their agenda to undo the underrepresentation that has prevailed in the federal workforce for the last forty-three years. And no […]
Latino politics in second Obama term: still on outside looking in?
By Angelo Falcon, National Institute for Latino Policy/NBCLatino How do we characterize Latino politics at the national level in the current context of this post-shutdown period? This is significant since our […]
Living the American Dream: Thomas E. Perez Sworn In as Labor Secretary
By Latinovations Thomas Perez, the son of Dominican immigrants, was formally sworn in as Secretary of Labor by Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday September 4, 2013. Perez is now […]
Latino Representation in Federal Workforce: Dismal
By Jorge Ponce, NewsTaco In June, the Office of Personnel Management released the Federal Equal Opportunity Recruitment Program report for fiscal year 2011. As the acronym implies, the report painted […]
Senate confirms Thomas E. Perez as Labor secretary
By Michael A. Memoli, Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — Thomas E. Perez was confirmed as secretary of Labor on Thursday, ending a long battle over his nomination in a key test of […]