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Who Will Save Us Now? The Surprising Potential Saviors of the Economy

Daniel Cubias | Posted 04.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Latinos, Immigration, Unemployment, Hispanics, Unemployment Rate, Economy, Optimism, Economic Crisis, Business News
Daniel Cubias

Some reports indicate that the group hitting bottom the quickest may be the very same one that jumpstarts the economy. Yes, Latinos are the potential salvation to this financial cataclysm.

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An Industry Drunken with Profits

Javier Sierra | Posted 04.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Latinos, Energy, Double Hulls, Lobbying, Green, Obama, Clean Energy, Hispanics, Pollution, Shipping, Exxon Valdez, Oil Spill, Environment, Prince William Sound, Alaska, Oceans, Green News
Javier Sierra

Exxon has long ago turned the page on Valdez spill twenty years ago. However, for the Alaska residents, especially the fishermen, the nightmare continues.

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White-Collar Blues: A Continuing Lack of Diversity

Daniel Cubias | Posted 04.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Latinos, Dilbert, White-Collar Employment, Hispanics, Diversity, Living News
Daniel Cubias

"Are you Hispanic?" they'll ask in perplexity. And when I confirm it, they'll frown or shrug or cluck their tongues with the peevishness of the mildly deceived. They appear to want to follow up with "And when were you going to tell me this?"

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Mi Casa Es Su Casa... Until the Bank Forecloses on Mi Casa

Daniel Cubias | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, Subprime Mortgages, Yogi Berra, Hispanics, American Dream, Housing Crisis, Great Depression, Pew Hispanic Center, Politics News
Daniel Cubias

Latinos tend to spend more of their income on housing than other demographics do, and we are more likely to have firsthand experience with the horrific phrase, "subprime mortgage."

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An Antidote Called Hope

Javier Sierra | Posted 04.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Congress, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Green Jobs, President Obama, Spanish, Hispanics, Hispanics and the Environment, State of the Union, Address to Congress, Latinos and the Environment, Weatherization, Voters, Environment, New Energy, Stimulus Package, Solar Power, Green News
Javier Sierra

To the environmental movement, the first month and a half of the Obama presidency has been what the New York Times calls "an astonishing turnaround."

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Ryan Grim

GOP Outnumbered At Hispanic Chamber Of Commerce Convention

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Florida, Cuba, Right Wing News, Mother Jones, Mel Martinez, Lamar Alexander, Orrin Hatch, Sen. Johnny Isakson, Hispanic Voters, Mike Pence, Hispanics, Democrats, Politics News

It's not a good sign for the GOP when even an avowedly pro-business gathering is stocked with far more Democrats than Republicans. On Thursday mornin...

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Steele, the GOP and Confronting the Southern Strategy

Simon Rosenberg | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michael Steele, Hispanics, Gop, Immigration, Rnc, Republican National Committee, Michael Steele Rnc, Steele, Rnc Chair, Maryland, Politics News
Simon Rosenberg

That fact that Steele won the RNC chairmanship is a hopeful sign that the GOP has begun to confront its shameful exploitation of race as a national political strategy.

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Gillibrand May Change Position On Immigration

AP | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Kristen Gillibrand, Immigration Reform, Gillibrand Immigration, Illegal Immigrants, Hispanic Voters, Immigration, Kirsten Gillibrand Senate Seat, Hispanics, Kirsten Gillibrand, Gillibrand, Politics News

NEW YORK (AP) -- New York's new senator, Kirsten Gillibrand, who has drawn fire from Hispanics over her views on immigration and gun control, says she...

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Why the Youth Vote Is the Big Story -- For 2008 and for Decades to Come

Eric Greenberg and Karl Weber | Posted 02.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: The Internet, Jews, John McCain, Youth, Youth Vote, Barack Obama Youth Vote, Web, Hispanics, Facebook, Obama Young People, Barack Obama, Internet, Obama Youth Voters, Millenials, Obama Youth Vote, Voters, Obama Youth, Technology, African-Americans, Myspace, Politics News
Eric Greenberg and Karl Weber

We'd like to state the case for the youth vote as being crucial in understanding the Obama victory and what it means for the future. The youth vote deserves a lot of respect in its shaping of the electoral map.

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A Sort of Hajj: The Pull of Ancestral Homelands

Daniel Cubias | Posted 02.13.2009 | Living

Read More: El Salvador, Latinos, Travel, Immigration, Hispanics, Family History, Hajj, Motherland, Homeland, Political Activism, Ancestry, El Salvador Junta, Ancestral Heritage, Travel Destinations, Hitlist, Living News
Daniel Cubias

With all the dream destinations in the world that I have yet to conquer, why am I hung up on visiting a tiny country best known for warfare and which my family abandoned a generation ago?

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Hispanics Face Wave Of Foreclosures

Wall Street Journal | Susan Schmidt and Maurice Tamman | Posted 02.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Foreclosures, Hispanics, Hispanic Foreclosures, Hispanic Homeowners, Home Foreclosures, Business News

When the national housing market began unraveling, so did the fortunes of many of the new homeowners. National foreclosure statistics don't break out ...

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My Letter to the Other Santa Claus

Javier Sierra | Posted 01.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Latinos, Appalachia, Clean Slate, Solar Energy, Sierra Club, Wind Energy, Mountaintop Removal, Santa Claus, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Environment, Obama Transition, Obama, Geothermal Energy, Clean Energy, Hispanics, Green Energy, Power Plants, Coal, Global Warming, Sustainability, Green News
Javier Sierra

Dear President-Elect Obama: The legacy that awaits you under the White House chimney resembles more a lump of coal than a welcome present, which leads me to my first wish for you.

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Another Murdered: Pass the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act

Kety Esquivel | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, Law, Law Enforcement, Hate Crimes, Jose Sucuzhanay, Brooklyn, Obama Administration, Obama Administration Challenges, Congress, Hispanics, Race, Romel Sucuzhanay, New York, Death, Racial Epithet, Ecuador, Immigration Reform, Latino Politics, Nclr, Online, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Marcelo Lucero, National Council of La Raza, Hate Speech, Long Island, Immigration Debate, Immigration Policy, Politics News
Kety Esquivel

NCLR has joined other civil rights and Latino leaders to urge Congress and the new administration to make passage of the "Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act" a priority.

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It's Not An Alias: Why I Changed My Name

Daniel Cubias | Posted 01.07.2009 | Style

Read More: Latinos, Name Change, Hispanics, Change, Growing Up, Self-Confidence, Racial Identity, Confidence, Style News
Daniel Cubias

My birth name is Anglo, an English-Irish term that does not line up with my obviously, shall we say, ethnic appearance. I didn't like the name because it was too white. It didn't fit me.

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Victim of Racist Attack Awarded $2.5 Million

Kety Esquivel | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, Law, Law Enforcement, Hate Crimes, Kkk, Jordan Gruver, Lawsuits, Hispanics, Race, Ku Klux Klan Recruit, Racial Epithet, Immigration Reform, Latino Politics, Death Threat, Nclr, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Online, Kentucky, E-Mail, National Council of La Raza, Hate Speech, Bankrupt, Immigration Policy, Immigration Debate, Klansmen, Gruver, Politics News
Kety Esquivel

Gruver was attacked by Klansmen at a Kentucky fair in 2006. He was in line at a concession stand at the Meade County Fair when two Klansmen... threw whiskey in his face.

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Not So Fabuloso: Latinos and Proposition 8

Daniel Cubias | Posted 12.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Catholic Church, Latinos, Homosexuality, Proposition 8, Hispanics, Maricon, Prop 8, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Daniel Cubias

Is it possible that the old boogeyman, the Catholic Church, is somewhat responsible for the invincible strain of homophobia in Latino culture? To the surprise of absolutely no one, the answer is yes.

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What Does An Obama Administration Mean for Latinos?

Daniel Cubias | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, Latino Voters, 2008 Presidential Race, Hispanic Voters, Hispanics, American Dream Act, Barack Obama, Immigration Policy, Obama Latinos, Obama Transition, Politics News
Daniel Cubias

Did this salsa-flavored version of Obama-mania develop because we Latinos believe that the President-elect will be good for Hispanic interests?

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Channeling "Tito the Builder" in Miami

David Paul Appell | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama, Latino Voters, Barack Obama, Cuban Voters, Latin, Hugo Chavez, Lula, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Chavez, Obama Socialist Smear, Mccain Obama Socialist, Obama Socialist, Obama Racism, Barack Obama Racism, Tito the Builder Press, Joe the Plumber, Tito the Builder, Obama Hispanic Voters, Hispanics, Obama Hispanics, Hispanic Voters, Politics News
David Paul Appell

The media and the Democratic Party would have us believe that Dems will clean up down here at the Sunshine State's tip, and as NPR's "All Things Consi...

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Who Do You Love? -- Obama and McCain's Appeal to Hispanic Voters

Daniel Cubias | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Latino Vote, Hispanics, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Race, Immigration Issues, Minority Issues, Hispanic Voters, Minority Voters, Mccain Latino Vote, Politics News
Daniel Cubias

In all likelihood, Obama will still win the Latino vote in a couple of weeks, and commentators will trip over themselves explaining how the Latino population was the deciding factor in the election.

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A State of Disenchantment

Javier Sierra | Posted 11.24.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Latinos, Wind Power, Los Alamos, Nuclear Waste, Renewable Electricity Standard, Mccain, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Nuclear Power, Exxon Mobil, Renewable Energy, Hispanic Heritage, Nuclear Waste New Mexico, Hispanics, Nuclear, Albuquerque, Radioactive Waste, Renewable, Environment, Chevron, Carlsbad, Solar Power, Green News
Javier Sierra

Because of its extraordinary number of sun hours per year and its predominant winds, New Mexico could be turned into an El Dorado of clean, alternative, renewable energy.

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The Religious Left is As Big As The Religious Right

Steven Waldman | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hispanics, Religion, Immigration, Twelve Tribes, Latinos, Religious Right, Religious Left, Politics News
Steven Waldman

In 2004, it occurred to us at Beliefnet that most of the media viewed the religious-political landscape as having two groups: The Religious Right and ...

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Hispanics Went Missing in Denver

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Convention, Hispanic Democrats, Hispanics, Bill Richardson, Courting Hispanic Voters, Politics News
Amitai Etzioni

Hispanics are just beginning to find their political legs -- they must be won over if more of them are to vote for Obama.

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Summer Love, Fall Freak-Out: The Bradley Effect and Why Obama Will Lose Without Hillary

Rebecca Curtis | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Vice President, Hillary Clinton, Obama Race, Barack Obama, Obama Clinton Ticket, The Bradley Effect, Hispanics, Politics News
Rebecca Curtis

We must consider the Bradley Effect -- because if it hits Obama, then unless he does the one thing that would beat it, he will lose in November, and not by a little, but by a lot.

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Something Is Rotten at the EPA

Javier Sierra | Posted 09.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Latinos, Energy, Gas Prices, Environmental Protection Agency, Javier Sierra, Epa, Environment, Stephen Johnson, Renewable Energy, Henry Waxman, Hispanics, Sierra Club, Global Warming, Green News
Javier Sierra

The EPA is charged with keeping our communities safe from environmental degradation, something we Latinos know first hand. Sixty-six percent of us live dangerously close to a toxic site.

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McCain On Immigration Watchdogged By AZ Blogger

Posted 07.11.2008 | Home

Read More: Immigration Reform, Presidential Campaign 2008, John McCain, John Mccain Campaign 2008, Amnesty, Hispanics GOP, Immigration, Hispanics, Border Security, Richard Kimball, Home News

The conservative Arizona blog "Seeing Red AZ" ran a post this week referencing a Washington Times piece on, depending how you view it, either McCain's...

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