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The Economist goes “Hispanic Hollywood“: “For many media companies the 2010 census was a wake-up call: it showed that around 51m Americans, or 16% of the population, are Hispanic. Between 2000 and 2012 their numbers rose by around 55%, more than four times the growth rate for the general population. Hispanics are also younger on Read More
The more I read about it, the more profound it becomes: “White people will no longer make up a majority of Americans by 2043, according to new census projections. That’s part of a historic shift that already is reshaping the nation’s schools, workforce and electorate, and is redefining long-held notions of race. … America continues Read More
Professor George Ciccariello-Maher thinks post-Chávez Venezuela needs to be more like it is today: “Since [Chávez's] election, Venezuela has been fundamentally transformed. Poverty has been cut in half and extreme poverty by three-quarters, education and health care —once reserved for the wealthy— are now freely available to all Venezuelans. More important than these considerable improvements Read More
Two stories connected through nonsense: “From the small parishes with Latino church goers on the East Coast to the Los Angeles cathedral that houses the country’s largest Hispanic congregation, America on Wednesday will pay tribute to Mexico’s patron saint. The Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the New World, is a day Read More
Now here’s something you don’t see every day: “Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), the sole Republican co-sponsor of a bill to give binational same-sex couples equal rights to petition for immigrant visas, said Tuesday that she remains committed to getting the legislation passed, either on its own or as part of comprehensive immigration reform. Collins told Read More
Who knew bilingualism was a good thing? “Having command of Spanish and English means, for Latino women, a competitive advantage, several outstanding Hispanic figures from the political, activism and business spheres said Monday. ‘Being bilingual is an incredible opportunity. I have two children and I’m concerned for both to speak Spanish as well as English, Read More
Amidst unrelenting violence on the island of Puerto Rico, calls for peace. “Puerto Ricans on and off the island came together on Saturday night to show solidarity with their homeland, which is experiencing record-breaking levels of crime, in an event called ‘Un Abrazo Para Puerto Rico.’ With lit candles and signs reading ‘We are all Read More
Many Latinos may be feeling wooed the wrong way these days. “Looking to tap the wealth of U.S. Latinos, CNN is planning to introduce a Spanish-language programming service tailored for broadcast TV stations next year. The service, CNN Latino, is being designed as an eight-hour programming block featuring news, documentaries, talk shows and lifestyle programming. Read More
Undocumented immigrants and their allies are divided on how to move forward with immigration reform. From Huff Post Latino Voices: “Nearly 600 would-be Dream Act beneficiaries and their allies, who helped in a successful push earlier this year for relief for undocumented young people, gathered in Kansas City, Mo., this weekend to determine their path Read More
In Mexico — as with much of Latin America — power follows power, and after what must’ve felt like 12 long years, the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) is back in Los Pinos. Enrique Peña Nieto, the 46-year-old former governor of the state of Mexico, was inaugurated on the first of December amid massive protests both Read More