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Black and Latino parents want better teachers and harder classes for their kids
*More proof that, contrary to the myth believed by many non-Latinos, the Latino culture emphasizes education. Another truth told in this story is that Latino parents believe white kids get […]
Why Raising The Social Security Retirement Age Could Hit Latinos Hardest
*We pay millennials and young Latinos a lot of attention, but older Latinos are a big part of the workforce in stressful and dangerous occupations. Those elder Latinos will be affected […]
Homeownership decreases overall, increases mong Latinos
*National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals president Joseph Nery goes straight to the point: “Policy makers and the housing industry need to recognize that the face of homeownership in […]
The Heroic Resistance of a Latino Community Besieged by Fracking
*I thought you’d find this interesting. Kern County, California is 51.5% Latino and it generates more than 95% of the fracking oil output in the state. It has one of […]
Among Latinos, HIV awareness starts with #onecovnversation
By Veronica Landa, NewsTaco There’s a quiet, if counterintuitive, victory happening: the population of those infected with HIV is going up, but the number of new infections is holding steady. […]
Grijalva Wants to Diversify Environmental Movement
*There’s a growing movement of Chicano/Latino environmentalists, I’m sure Grijalva has it in mind when he talks about diversity. But my feeling is he wants to go deeper, to make […]
Introducing the America’s Voice/Latino Decisions 2016 Senate Project
*For those of you who like political inside baseball, X’s and O’s and all that, you’re gong to love this. America’s Voice and Latino Decisions will do three waves of […]
Latino Leaders Stand Up for Clean Air
*According to the National Hispanic Medical Association “As of 2008, 4.7 million Hispanics had been diagnosed with asthma. In their lifetime, Latinos are three times more likely to die from […]
Where Do We Stand (As We Are Able)? Latinos and the ADA 25 Years Later
*After 25 years with the Americans with Disabilities Act Latinos have come a long way, but Eduardo Diaz tells us there’s still a way to go to ensure “workplace safety, […]
Larger Latino populations are linked to smaller knowledge gaps between citizen and non-citizen Latinos.
*So larger clusters of Latino population result in higher rates of knowledge of politics and political processes. Let’s call it political assimilation. This is an important idea when we talk […]