Latino Jobless Rate Dips in February
Latino Jobless Rate Dips in February
By Hispanic Business The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for Hispanics dropped slightly in February to 9.6 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The Hispanic unemployment rate was 9.7 […]
Closing the Digital Divide: Latinos and Technology Adoption
PRESS RELEASE Latinos own smartphones, go online from a mobile device and use social networking sites at similar, and sometimes higher, rates than do other groups of Americans, according to […]
Joaquin Castro Says Obama ‘Needs to Be a Leader’ on the Budget
By Ron Fournier, National Journal Nothing angers President Obama and his allies more than suggesting that he bears even the minutest responsibility for resolving sequestration and the broader budget fights. He […]
Latino Moviegoers a Big Part of Hollywood’s Future
By Rachel Nuwer, The Credits When population numbers are taken into account, Hispanics make up the heaviest percentage of moviegoers today. They represent 18 percent of the movie-going population but […]
Sequester and Latino Education: Vulnerable Group in the Crossfire
By John Benson, Voxxi With the sequester now a reality, the debate continues regarding the totality of spending cuts coming down the pike. However, there’s little argument education is going to […]
Latino Tops Most Influential in Food Industry List
By Aiyana Baida, Voxxi The list of the most influential people in America’s food industry is out and at the top is Spaniard Bernardo Hernandez. Hernandez is Zagat’s managing director […]
Allá en el Rancho Grande: Latino Farmers Sue U. S. Ag Dept.
By Sara Van Note, Latino USA In 2000, about 1400 Latino ranchers and farmers sued the US Department of Agriculture for denying them loans based on their ethnicity. Now the […]
Lourdes Flores Helps Texas Colonia Residents Help Themselves
By Priscila Mosqueda, Texas Observer Lourdes Flores didn’t know she wanted to help others until someone helped her. She was born in Reynosa, Mexico, and moved to Mission, Texas, at age […]
Dwindling Catholic Schools See Future in Latino Students
By Aaron Schrank, Religion News Service As the country’s fastest-growing population, Latinos now make up nearly 40 percent of all U.S. Catholics, but represent less than 14 percent of students at […]
U.S. Sequester Cuts Would Harm Latino Babies
By Khalil Abdullah, New America Media WASHINGTON, D.C.–Thousands of unborn Americans have no say on whether the process of across-the-board federal budget cuts – the so-called “sequestration” — should move forward […]
