Blogante Headlines for Sunday - September 30th, 2007

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Posted on: September 30th, 2007
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Top Stories –» view: excerpts | section

Horse slaughter ban has gruesome results - (warning: not pretty)

Vast US military base near border relies on Mexican labor - Fort Bliss - El Paso, Texas

Mr Gossip steps into the real world - Perez Hilton, scourge of celebrities, is now as famous as his blog’s targets. As he signs a series of megadeals, he tells why he relishes outrage

Robert Rodriguez - Elizabeth Avellan - Troublemaker Studios - The Marriage Is Over, but the Show Goes On

Taunts, threats as employer-sanctions law nears - against Hispanic in Arizona

Mel Martinez may quit GOP post

On the job with a port trucker

Contractor sued over alleged harassment of Hispanic workers - California

ICE Officers Detain 56 Illegal Workers in McDonald’s Immigration Sweep - Northern Nevada

Inside the Hispanic vote: Growing in numbers, growing in diversity


My Picks (Tomás’ handpicked highlights) –» view: excerpts | section

‘Saint Death’ comes to Chicago - Some Mexicans put their faith in the skeletal icon Santa Muerte. But Catholic clergy say their belief in the icon should die.

Valeant Eyes Hispanics With Mexican Vitamins

Visitors to Puerto Rico scoop up castoff dogs

Army recruiters faced with protesters in Puerto Rico

Composer Roberto Sierra is leading a Latino invasion of the classical world

Tomorrow, October 1st, is Hola Day

Read comments from an article about the TV show Cane from the Miami Herald

It’s a multilingual world, after all - (good read)

Oklahoma City doctor first Hispanic to head group - Doctor Tomas Patricio Owens (landed with only $6)

‘I didn’t want to live like that anymore’ - Young mom leaves danger, noise behind (of Little Village) - Chicago

Voces del Pueblo | Hispanic Voices - Washington DC

Hispanic Baptists telecast the Good News - “Llego la Hora” (The Time Has Arrived) - California’s Hispanic Southern Baptists via Telemundo.

Hispanic students out sick after ICE raids - Reno

Students creating brochure, DVD to reach Hispanic community - University of Southern Utah


Did You Know –» view: excerpts | section

Nearly 30,000 American horses were shipped to Mexican processing plants this year (2007), a 370 percent increase from the number recorded this time last year.

Pentagon statistics show 37 service members from the island (Puerto Rico) have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Anti-war groups say the figure exceeds 80, including Puerto Ricans based on the U.S. mainland.

Reno’s Hispanic population is estimated at nearly 19%


Quotes –» view: excerpts | section

“Why do less than half of Hispanic and African-American fourth graders have basic reading skills, as defined by the Nation’s Report Card? That’s 700,000 students who can barely read! And why do only half of minority students graduate from high school on time?” asked Spellings.

“Hispanic, Latina/Latino, Chicana/Chicano. The verbiage is a matter of interpretation or personal politics, but the heroes are everywhere.” - Barb Guy

“If you see the Hispanic community as a potential, you’re late,” Jose Arellano said. “The Hispanic community is an economic reality ”¦ It’s not something that will come, it’s already here.”

“I don’t think it’s really registered with people just how influential the Latino vote can be in some of these state primaries,” said NALEO’s executive director, Arturo Varga


Election 2008 –» view: excerpts | section

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