Obama Names Latina to Head Federal Trade Commission
Obama Names Latina to Head Federal Trade Commission
By Andrew Zajac & Hans Nichols, Bloomberg Edith Ramirez, a campaign official for President Barack Obama and one of his law school classmates, will be named as head the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, where she […]
Sequester Impact on Latino Education, Health & Jobs
By Fox News Latino Among the sweeping number of budget cuts that are planned to go into effect on March 1 are many that will directly impact the lives of […]
Oakland Introduces Undoc Immigrant Debit Card Program
By Aaron Sankin, Huffington Post Latino Voices SAN FRANCISCO — The city of Oakland began issuing combination photo identification and debit cards earlier this month to any city resident who […]
Feds Free Hundreds From Immigration Detention
By Alan Gomez, USA Today Republicans on Tuesday denounced the release of hundreds of illegal immigrants from federal detention centers as an attempt to frighten Americans into supporting President Obama’s […]
How Mexico Got Back in the Game
By Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times MONTERREY, Mexico IN India, people ask you about China, and, in China, people ask you about India: Which country will become the more dominant […]
New Report Breaks Down Poverty Levels Among Latinos
By Emily Deruy, ABCNews/Univision Latinos are anything but homogenous, a fact underscored by a newCensus Bureau report that shows a significant variance in poverty rates among different subgroups of Hispanics. The […]
Half of Texas Construction Workers Are Un documented
By Ralph Barrera, Austin American-Statesman Half of the construction workers in Texas are undocumented, according to a new report by an Austin immigrant rights group and University of Texas researchers that […]
A More Ambitious Vision for Mexico
By Antonio Garza, U.S. Ambassador (Ret.) Mexico’s economic resurgence is gaining widespread attention. Optimism about the country’s prospects is on the upswing, as evidenced by the term “Aztec Tiger,” a clever coinage […]
Texas Bank must pay Latino Customers $700,000 to Settle Discrimination
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco You can file this under “Que Sinvergüenzas!” The Texas Champion Bank of Alice, Texas (in South Texas, roughly 50 miles West of Corpus Christi) was caught […]
Latinos Power Box Office, With 25% of U.S. Admissions
By Andrew Stweart, Variety Hispanics continue to be America’s driving force at the multiplex, as the demographic accounted for 25% of Stateside admissions last year, according to a 2012 market […]
