Watching Out For Our Water
Watching Out For Our Water
By Shayda Naficy, otherwords.org Water is at risk in the United States and around the world. Its quality and availability is in peril. Today, nearly one in eight people lack access […]
Wait, Not All Immigrants Are From Mexico?
By Michael B. Maine The latest discussion on immigration has largely focused on the illegal immigration of people crossing over into the United States from Mexico. After taking a backseat […]
How To Become A Latino Marketing Dynamo
Sometimes it’s the most unexpected, unplanned things that happen to you in life that will be the most important. At least, to this listener, that’s what seemed to happen to […]
Mexican Immigrants Make Dreams Come Through With Ice Cream
Carlos Flores went from being a doctoral student in Mexico to pushing an ice cream cart to selling shaved ice out of a truck to being the successful owner of […]
Latinos Key To Growth For Kool-Aid, Wine Industry
Latinos and their $1 trillion-plus buying power are making companies across the U.S. salviate, we’ve reported it before, and now Kraft’s Kool-Aid brand and winemakers are getting in the mix. […]
Latino Businesses Thrive In Nashville, Tennessee
Tennessee’s Latino population grew more than 134% in the past 10 years, according to the Census, and The Tennessean reports that this has created a unique environment that is particularly friendly to Latino […]
North Carolina Diner: “No Speak English. No Service.”
Ah, this one is pretty priceless. A diner in North Carolina decided that customers were only welcome if they spoke “American,” and what’s worse, business after the signs went up […]
25 Million Latinas Attract Attention Of Big Brands
There are 25 million Latinas in the U.S. and companies like Kmart have taken notice. In a new campaign called Latina Smart, Kmart recruited five Latina bloggers to write about […]
Half Of Companies Ignore Latinos In Social Media Campaigns
Only 45% of companies surveyed in a recent poll say they have social media marketing specifically targeted at Latinos. The TeleNoticias-LatinoWire Hispanic Social Media Survey found that while 92% of companies […]
Diversity Is A Privilege
I consider myself lucky to have grown up in Los Angeles and so many people from so many places. At the time, I thought it was normal to live next-door […]