Budget Cuts & The Loss Of The Latino American Dream
Budget Cuts & The Loss Of The Latino American Dream
The gist of the budget cuts is this: ultimately, those cuts will weaken institutions that are critical to economic ascension just as Latinos coming out of our nation’s schools and […]
Latino Dropout Rate Reaches 28 Percent
The National Council of La Raza recently released a study that indicated a Hispanic dropout rate of 28 percent. The report also included strategy recommendations to improve the opportunities of […]
Undoing Tucson Ethnic Studies Illegal, Nonsensical And Expensive
[Editor’s Note: The following was written by myself and Christina Saenz of Pa’lante Latino] The Tucson Unified School District’s attempts to unravel the ethnic studies program there doesn’t really make any […]
César Chávez’s Died 18 Years Ago, Now UFW Is Struggling
Eighteen years ago Saturday, César Chávez died. That was 1993. Chávez was originally born in Arizona, but his family later became migrant workers in California, and went on to be […]
How To Market To Latinos With Social Media
An interesting study from NM Incite took a look at what and who is influencing Latinos in the social media sphere. The study found that, in some cases, Latinos are […]
News Taco To Go: World’s Oldest Man Dies, Budget, Food And More
The oldest man in the world, 114 year-old Walter Breuning of Montana, died Thursday; the story has tips to longevity. 6 people died from tornadoes that stretch from Oklahoma to Arkansas; […]
Addressing Tension Between Between U.S., Island Puerto Ricans
[Editor’s Note: The following is a post from the National Institute for Latino Policy.] By Felipe Luciano Puerto Rico, let’s be perfectly frank with each other: we’re not getting along. Most […]
The War On The Middle Class Is A War On Latino Families
If you haven’t seen the infographic from The Center for American Progress depicting the stark contrast between middle and working class program cuts and tax breaks for the wealthy, you […]
News Taco To Go: Arizona’s Law, Budget, Civil War, Japan’s Radiation And More
The judges of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that Arizona’s immigration law, SB 1070, was unconstitutional. Today is the 150th anniversary of the start of the […]
Mexican Immigrants At High Risk For Depression
CNN published an interesting report yesterday noting that Mexican immigrants run particular risk of depression when they first emigrate to the U.S. CNN reports: Researchers at the University of California-Davis […]
