NewsTaco To Go: Mortgages, Airplanes, Egypt, GOP And Budget Cuts
NewsTaco To Go: Mortgages, Airplanes, Egypt, GOP And Budget Cuts
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak spoke yesterday but didn’t step down, even bigger protests have resulted. Bigger and deeper budget cuts are coming, courtesy of the Tea Party-fueled GOP. The Obama […]
High Unemployment, But, Lots Of Job Openings
A curious paradox has emerged in the U.S. as the recession trudges on: Although there are lots of unemployed, they cannot fill the jobs that are opening up in different […]
43% Of Latinas Living Alone In Poverty
And now for some rather sad news: 43% of Latinas who live alone live in poverty, while 34% of African-American women are in a similar situation. This information comes from […]
Latinos Twice As Affected By Nursing Home Closures
A recent report examined the rate at which nursing homes closed during the past decade and found that Latino and African-American neighborhoods were about twice as likely to see such […]
Australia To Send $100M To Latin America
The Australian government has pledged $100 million dollars to combat poverty with microfinance and agriculture over the next four years. Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd was quoted as saying, “Stronger cooperation with Latin […]
Report: Immigrant Women in the U.S. Food Industry
The Southern Poverty Law Center recently published a report called “Injustice on Our Plates: Immigrant Women in the U.S. Food Industry” that interviewed about 150 women working in the food […]
