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Educated Latinos mean a better America

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A bit of good news for Latinos: “More Latinos are graduating from high school than they were nearly a decade ago, according to a new study by the U.S. Department of Education. According to the report done by the National Center for Education Statistics, Hispanic students graduated at a rate of 71 percent in 2010. That Read More

Romney believes in redistribution too [Video]

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Just when we thought we knew the president… we find out he said something that we knew he believed all along. “I think the trick is figuring out how do we structure government systems that pool resources and, hence, facilitate some redistribution, because I actually believe in redistribution — at least at a certain level Read More

Why wealth disparity matters to Latinos

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When they say the wealth gap is widening and that race and class are interchangeable terms in America, they’re not exaggerating. The good folks at Face the Facts USA have published an infographic highlighting the effects the Great Recession has had on wealth disparity in the United States. It shows that the median net worth Read More

A Latino and a Latina walk into a university…….

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The news broke her heart. Even though my cousin was well on her way to becoming the first person in our family to go to college, my aunt was dismayed that her youngest, my male cousin, had decided not to follow in his sister’s footsteps, but enter the workforce instead. He was lured, my aunt Read More