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The U.S. birth rate declined to a record low in 2011 and the drop was greatest among immigrant women. From 2007 to 2010, the number of births for women in the childbearing ages of 15 to 44 fell by 6 percent for U.S. born women, compared to 14 percent for foreign-born women. And births to Read More
In the next hour or so, I’ll head over to my polling place and vote. The candidates have been campaigning for months now — unless you go by Paul Ryan’s stopwatch — and I’ve heard enough to know which man I prefer steering the nation for the next four years. I doubt there are any Read More
In a YouTube video posted by The LIBRE Initiative on Monday, Executive Director Daniel Garza reminisces about his early life as a first-generation American in a family of Mexican immigrant farmers and entrepreneurs: “My parents were immigrants from Mexico with nothing but a fourth-grade education. We were so poor. My siblings and I would often Read More
A year ago, I wrote about how the Great Recession hit Latinos hard. At the time, I was hopeful that the worst was behind us. Perhaps that was my natural Latino tendency to be optimistic. After all, Latinos “are worse off, but they are still more positive about where the country is going” compared to Read More