‘Mestizo’ and ‘mulatto’: Mixed-race identities among U.S. Hispanics

*”Complicated” doesn’t begin to describe the nuanced self-identification of U.S. Latinos. Thirty four percent say they are of mixed race (mestizo, mulatto, given the choice), but some of them say […]

*While the U.S. Latino population continues to grow, there are some changes to report. The growth rate is slowing, and there is evidence that Latinos are dispersing widely across the […]

*As the number of U.S. born Latinos rises, so does the number of Latinos with English proficiency. 33.2 million Latinos speak English proficiently, that’s 68% of all Latinos ages 5 […]

*There is so much to dissect in this study – the findings have wide and varied implications. For instance: More than any other group, Latinos say their race is “some other race” […]

*Because the immigration from Mexico and Latin America has fallen after the recession, and because the U.S. Latino birthrate have fallen as well, the projections of when Latinos will become […]

*Some context for this story: according to the U.S. Census, Latinos make up 13.5 percent of the population in Durham, NC. A slightly higer percetnage, 13.9, is foreign born, and […]

*I’ve often wondered how the official estimate of 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. is calculated. Some unofficial tallys put the count at 13 million. There’s no way to […]

*Read this, share it, and share it again. One sentence in this article sums it up: “America needs its Latinos. To prosper, it must not exclude them, but help them […]

*There are interesting statistics about Latinos and marriage laced throughout this article. But I love the end. I won’t spoil the read for you. But that Rockwellesque notion of the […]

*What I like about this story is that there is a potential for political change in places where politics was a set-in-stone deal. It’s exciting to see Latino influence growing […]