The secret to my success on Wall Street
The secret to my success on Wall Street
*Think of this as a roadmap, not necessarily to land an internship at Goldman Sachs and a job on Wall Street, although that’s what Julissa Arce did, but as a […]
Book Publishing Is Almost as White as the Oscars
*Seen many Latino-authored titles at the bookstore lately? Like the movies, the publishing industry is dominated by non-minorities. Specifically, according to this report, it’s dominated by white, straight, middle-aged women. […]
What I didn’t hear in the State of the Union speech, and why
Victor Landa, NewsTaco More than any other speech that President Obama has delivered, last nights’ State of the Union was done more for himself than for any audience, real or […]
Two Texan Latinas Cross Political Aisles, Create Consulting Firm
*This puts a whole new twist on the “abuela” stir from last week. The bond they share, they say, is abuela power. VL By Victoria DeFrancesco Soto, NBC News SAN […]
History of Latino Conservatism (Part 1)
*I’ll start with what I don’t like about this article. It’s a first part and it leaves you wanting to keep reading. There is so much about this that I […]
Why So Many Minority Millennials Can’t Get Ahead
*Read this, take it into account when you think about and discuss Latino employment, Latino upward mobility, Latino college attainment, Latino millennials. We tend to dump young Latinos in a […]
Slim bumped down richest list, but another Latino is still on top
*Oh no! Pobrecito *smirk*. VL By Camilo Smith, La Voz de Houston Carlos Slim, Mexico’s wealthiest person, slipped in his world ranking this month. The telecom mogul’s $56.6 billion net worth […]
To Help Small Businesses, Help Immigrants
*Teresa Tritch breaks-down the numbers behind the immigration-hurts-small-business idea. Tritch found in her research that 20 percent of the U.S. workforce is employed by small businesses; that the vast majority […]
Women own more than half of Arizona’s Latino-owned businesses
*If this is a trend, it’s a good one. More than hald of all Latin@ businesses in Arizona are owned by women. VL By Arizona Business Magazine The Arizona Hispanic […]
Tamales y temor: The world of Chicago’s shadow chefs
*Study: “According to Institute analysis of survey data from nearly 200 of the estimated 1,500 food-cart street vendors across Chicago, food carts generate an estimated $35.2 million in annual sales, […]
