Latinos Hit The Hardest In The Recession

Latinos Hit The Hardest In The Recession

Mary Mata July 26, 2011

Latino families were hit the hardest during the recession that has now spanned several years, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center’s Social & Demographic Trends project. Here’s […]

5 Reasons To Reconsider Child Labor

Mary Mata July 21, 2011

El Guapo is a problem-solver. It is his nature.  He usually slaps on his finest hairnet, jumps into his trusty lowrider, Rocinante, and travels the world righting wrongs and attacking […]

GOP Cuts To Medicaid Would Devastate Latino Families, Kids

Mary Mata

[Editor’s Note: The following comes courtesy SEIU.] By Dr. L. Toni Lewis Medicaid covers one of every two Latino children across this country, and one of every four adults. It […]

More Money, More Problems & My Lotto Dreams

Mary Mata July 20, 2011

I still dream the American Dream —  I am, of course, referring to the lottery. One day my numbers will come in, I know it, and I will be sitting […]

5 Reasons We Need Migrants

Mary Mata July 19, 2011

The Wall Street Journal reported an interesting list recently, “Five Reasons to Embrace Migrants” and we wanted to re-share that list here, in a nutshell the gentleman who wrote the […]

Broadband Internet Can Level The Playing Field For Latinos

Mary Mata July 12, 2011

The White House Initiative on Education Excellence for Hispanics was originally helmed by the administration of President George H.W. Bush to address the disparity in education rates between Latinos, whites, […]

Lifting Federal Debt Ceiling Key To Latino Prosperity

Mary Mata July 7, 2011

By Christian E. Weller, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress Latino families, like African-American and white families, eagerly await a recovery in the U.S. housing market. Their economic security desperately […]

Lack Of Minority Med Students Will Hurt Underserved Groups

Mary Mata

As the nation begins to put in place the procedures for implementing the recently passed health care overhaul legislation, as recent studies show, minority communities may once again be underserved. […]

Whatever Happened To Millions In Aid To Haiti?

Mary Mata June 29, 2011

Port-au-Prince, Haiti — Written on the walls of Haiti’s dilapidated palace in crimson-red graffiti, are the words “No president, no government.”  A people who have proven the utmost resilience after a […]

California Law To Give Farmworkers Union Rights

Mary Mata June 15, 2011

By Dylan J. Anderson, United Farm Workers Recently, both the California Senate and Assembly passed SB 104, “The Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Act.” Introduced by Senator Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento), SB 104 […]