Hispanics

Obama Naming Hispanics To Top Posts At Record Pace

AP | LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ | Posted 12.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Justice Sotomayor, Obama Hispanics, Hispanic Americans, Sotomayor, Hispanic Issues, Obama Appointees, Hispanics, Hispanic Appointees, Politics News

MIAMI — President Barack Obama is on track to name more Hispanics to top posts than any of his predecessors, drawing appointees from a wide rang...

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Minority Population Growing, Dispersing: Fewer Congressional Districts Are Predominantly White

The March of Diversity | Saturday, December 19, 2009 | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Asian Voters, Caucasians, Whites, Hispanics, Congress, Latinos, 2010 Elections, Black Voters, Race, Elections, Asians, Blacks, Hispanic Voters, Congressional Districts, Demographics, Voting, Minorities, White Voters, Politics News

With Hispanics providing the principal engine, the nation's minority population is not only increasing but also dispersing beyond the big cities where...

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Depression and Suicide Rise for Hispanic Teenagers in Queens

Ruchika Tulshyan | Posted 12.17.2009 | New York

Read More: Mexican Immigrants, Latinos, Undocumented Immigrants, Colombia, Queens, Colombian Immigrants, Suicide, Immigrants, Immigration, Hispanics, Elmhurst Hospital, Make the Road New York, New York News
Ruchika Tulshyan

There are a growing number of severely depressed Hispanic adolescents in Queens who hide suicide attempts. In some traditional pockets, to talk about mental illness is considered shameful.

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Are Too Many People Going to College?

Michael J. Wilson | Posted 12.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Education, Hispanics, Higher Education, African Americans, Obama Education Policy, Obama Administration Education, Living News
Michael J. Wilson

The correlation that stuck with me the most from my service at the Department of Labor during the Clinton years was the one between learning and earning, simply, "The more you learn, the more you earn."

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Palin's Uncomfortable Racism

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 12.07.2009 | Home

Read More: Sarah-Palin-Racism, Tea Party Protests, Presidential Campaign, Blacks, Asians, Palin's Father, President Obama, Sarah Palin, Racism, Gop, Hispanics, Going Rogue Book Tour, Chuck Heath, Home News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Recent events don't type Palin as a racial bigot. They do type her as the latest in the long train of right-side GOP politicians who calculate that they can score big with a subtle play of the race card.

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Race And Space: Segregation And Foreclosure

Jarrett Murphy | Posted 11.23.2009 | New York

Read More: Hispanics, Racism, Obama, Foreclosure, Latinos, Race, Blacks, Cities, New York News
Jarrett Murphy

Not only did being black or Hispanic hurt your chances of getting a decent loan, but simply living in areas with high concentrations of blacks and Hispanics did, too.

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The Barrio: Home To Immigrants, Mother Cabrini And My Inner Child

Wayne Trujillo | Posted 11.23.2009 | Denver

Read More: Urban Renewal, Hispanics, Latinos, Mother Cabrini, Immigrants, Denver, Highlands, Catholicism, Italians, Denver News
Wayne Trujillo

I happened upon this barrio, East Highlands, as a college student. Paradoxically, 20 years later, my education and professional experience allowed me to move into the neighborhood.

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2012 Supplies One More Victory for Pseudoscience

Daniel Cubias | Posted 11.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Latinos, The X-Files, December 21, National Geographic, Pseudoscience, Godzilla, Hispanics, 2012 Apocalypse, Los Angeles, John Cusack, Mayan Calendar, 2012, Hollywood Movies, Big-Budget Films, Apocalypse, Evolution, Mayans, Roland Emmerich, September 11 Conspiracy, Entertainment News
Daniel Cubias

2012 pillages an ancient culture, deliberately misrepresents its traditions, and then claims its all true. More important, it taps into the serious vein of crazy that we have in this country.

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Food Lobby Mobilizes, As Soda Tax Bubbles Up

HuffPost Investigative Fund | Posted 11.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Funds, Fast Food, Congress, Nhma, Snapple, Senate Finance Committee, Lobbyists, Agriculture, American Beverage Association, Soda Tax, Food Loby, Funding, Hispanics, National Corn Growers Association, Health Insurance, Policy, National Hispanic Medical Associaiton, Huffington Post Investigative Fund, Coca-Cola, Soft Drinks, Chuck Grassley, Dr. Pepper, Food Politics, Health Care, Beverage Tax, Aba, Lobbying, Corn, Americans Against Food Taxes, Supermarkets, Coke, Alex Padilla, Pepsi, Corn Syrup, Nutrition, Grocery Stores, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Green News

By Christine Spolar, Huffington Post Investigative Fund and Joseph Eaton, Staff Writer, Center for Public Integrity Washington lobbyists have been en...

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AZ GOP Committeman: Ask "Brown People" About Crime in Tucson

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Crime in Hispanic Neighborhoods, Jeff Rogers, Arizona Proposition 200, Bruce Ash, Jon Justice, Hispanics, Tucson, Politics News
Marlene H. Phillips

An Arizona RNC official called a Tucson conservative talk radio program last week and told a Arizona Democratic County Chairperson to "ask the brown people" to learn about local crime.

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The Strange Bedfellows of the Census Boycott

Daniel Cubias | Posted 10.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: 2010 Census, Latinos, Immigration Reform, Boycott, Michele Bachmann, Halloween Costumes, Illegal Immigration, Crazy Census Conspiracies, Immigration, Hispanics, Miguel Rivera, Politics News
Daniel Cubias

I expected the neocons to get upset over the census. What surprised me is that some Latino groups have joined people like noted nutjob Congresswoman Michele Bachmann in calling for a boycott.

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Republicans Push Immigration Measure To Take Focus Off Health Care

McClatchy | William Douglas | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Republicans Immigration, GOP Immigration, U.S. Census, Hispanic Caucus, Census Citizenship, Democrats Immigration, Census Citizenship Status, Census Immigration, Immigration, Bob Bennett Immigration, Hispanics, David Vitter Immigration, Immigration Debate, Politics News

Immigration, an issue placed on the congressional backburner by attempts to revamp the nation's health care system, is percolating again as Republican...

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A Museum, A Community, A Festival

Liz Neumark | Posted 10.20.2009 | New York

Read More: East Harlem, NYC Department of Health, New York City Housing Authority, El Museo Del Barrio, Upper East Side, Spanish Harlem, Museums, Food Desert, Hispanics, Julian Zugazagoitia, New York News
Liz Neumark

How interesting to embark on a project developing the menu for a museum whose surrounding neighborhood -- El Barrio -- has been described as a food desert.

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Spanish Speakers Targeted in Census Plan

AP | AMY TAXIN | Posted 11.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Census, Census Bureau, US Census Bureau, Spanish Language, Census Data, Bilingual, Spanish, Hispanics, Politics News

LONG BEACH, Calif. — When Teresa Ocampo opens her census questionnaire, she won't have to worry about navigating another document in English. T...

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Hispanics are Key to Winning the West -- and National Elections

Wayne Trujillo | Posted 11.20.2009 | Denver

Read More: Hispanics, Karl Rove, Latinos, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Bob Dole, George W. Bush, West, Colorado, Immigration, Republicans, Democrats, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, California, Denver News
Wayne Trujillo

At present, the anti-immigration faction of the GOP has antagonized Hispanics and alienated independents, presenting a public face of the party with its most prominent features being intolerance and intemperance.

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There's a Reason the Rockies Are Purple Mountain Majesties: Dems Shouldn't Take Anything for Granted in the West

Laura Chapin | Posted 11.18.2009 | Denver

Read More: 2008 Elections, Politics, Denver, Colorado, Latinos, White-Collar-Unemployment, Bill Ritter, 2010 Elections, Ron Brownstein, Hispanics, Colorado Democrats, New West, Denver News
Laura Chapin

Ron Brownstein has written a cautionary tale and sound advice to Democrats who might get complacent over the blue tide sweeping the Rockies.

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A Mobile Connection for the Hispanic Community

Jonathan Spalter | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cell Phones, Hispanic, Broadband, Hispanics, Mobile Broadband, Health Care, Mobile, Politics News
Jonathan Spalter

Hispanics account for more minutes used and for a higher percentage of cell-phone ownership than other ethnic groups, despite their comparatively lower incomes.

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How to Quit Smoking (Meddling Hispanic Style)

Daniel Cubias | Posted 09.29.2009 | Home

Read More: Quit Smoking, Latinos, Lung Cancer, Smoking, Smoking Ban, Immigration, Hispanics, Health Care, Healthcare, Home News
Daniel Cubias

My family told my grandmother smokers were taking a grave risk, analogous to stealing a car in broad daylight.

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Why Won't Health Care Advocates Talk About Race?

The American Prospect | Adam Serwer | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Uninsured, America's Affordable Health Choices Act, Segregation, Hispanics, Healthcare Reform, Race, African Americans, Politics News

Last week, over 8,000 people lined up to be treated by medical volunteers at the Forum stadium in Inglewood, California. It was a rare moment of visib...

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Have Patience: Republicans Are Working Their Way Through the Five Stages of Grieving

Michael Hais and Morley Winograd | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Denial, Health Care, Gop, Anger, Millennial Generation, Hispanics, Town Hall Debate, Obama Healthcare, Healthcare System, On-Death-and-Dying, GOP Debate, Universal Healthcare, Republican Leadership, Obama Town Hall, Healthcare Reform, Town Hall Meetings, Extreme Right Wing, Healthcare, Politics News
Michael Hais and Morley Winograd

Suffering from a series of unexpected and unexplainable defeats, Republicans are likely to go off on a prolonged period of silence and eventually die for lack of political support.

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The Language of Paying Respects: The English-Spanish Connection at a Chicago Business Who's Who

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 09.13.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Breakfast, Luis Gutierrez, Pat Quinn, Sonia Sotomayor, Alexi Giannoulias, Latinos, English Only, Hispanics, Hispanic Business Chicago, Chicago News
Esther J. Cepeda

I'm not a fan of pandering for pandering's sake, but someone addressing you with words they're unfamiliar and maybe a little uncomfortable with shows not only respect, but warmth.

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The Death and Possible Rebirth of Racial Profiling

Daniel Cubias | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, Racial Politics, Post-Racial Society, Cline Zinfandel, Racism, Snap Judgments, Beer Summit, Hispanics, Henry Louis Gates, Wine Shops, Racial Profiling, Politics News
Daniel Cubias

Now that the Beer Summit has resolved any lingering issues over the arrest of Henry Louis Gates, we can get back to our perfectly harmonious post-racial society. I, for one, am relieved.

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The GOP's 'Wise Latina' Problem

Dolores Huerta | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wise Latina, Supreme Court, Gop, Hispanics, Republican Party, Scotus, Sonia Sotomayor, Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Sotomayor Confirmation, Sotomayor Republicans, Politics News
Dolores Huerta

The Right never expressed disapproval over rulings by Scalia and other conservatives who concur with Sotomayor, underscoring how disingenuous attacks by the NRA and its allies have been.

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Mel Martinez and the Last Nail in the Republican Diversity Coffin

John Ridley | Posted 09.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tea Baggers, Sotomayor Confirmation, Mel Martinez, Sonia Sotomayor, Senator Mel Martinez, Mel Martinez Retiring, Hispanic Voters, Hispanics, Republican Party, Diversity, White Voters, Republicans, Politics News
John Ridley

Martínez's move can been seen as another accomplished person of color flipping a metaphorical middle finger at all the Republicans have devolved into: The party of the "angry white voter."

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Sotomayor and Our Changing Demography

Simon Rosenberg | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, GOP Race, Sotomayor Confirmation, Sonia Sotomayor, Hispanic Voters, Gop, Hispanics, Diversity, Politics News
Simon Rosenberg

Lack of diversity and a long history of racial intolerance has taken its toll on the Republican brand with the fastest growing non-white part of the population: Hispanics.

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