Blogante Headlines for Friday - October 5th, 2007

I just passed the 30,000 post mark! Wowza! This is more of a feat than you may imagine. Day after day of posting with only my passion to support me. But this is really only half the story. I came up with some facts recently dug up and calculated from US Census and Pew Hispanic numbers. This is why Hispanic/Latino news in English is essential to us. This is why day after day, I work on HispanicTips striving to bring you the best news I can in the most accesible ways possible. If I didn’t do this, who would? Thank you all of my readers, thank you. - Tomás (I have these stats, sources and more on my about page )

• 33.5 million (75%) of us speak only English or are bilingual.
• Of Hispanic Adults (18+)
  • 15.8 million (56%) use the internet.
  • 4.6 million (29%) get news from the internet.
  • 3.5 million (75% of 4.6m) get all of their news on the internet in English
  • 51% think English media does a poor job of providing relevant news - this jumps to 65% for English-only Hispanics
  • Advertising on a national Spanish news TV program would reach only 39% of Hispanic voters
• Where do Hispanic voters get their news?
  • 53% get all their news in English
  • 40% get their news from English and Spanish media
  • 6% get their all their news in Spanish

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Top Stories –» view: excerpts | section

Deportation fears reaching schools - Irving parents withdrawing kids, may keep them out - Texas

Clinton aims to cut Hispanic dropout rate by 50 percent

Nordstrom sued for racial harassment

America Ferrera named Hispanic Woman of the Year

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

Goodman Theatre Premieres Eduardo Machado’s The Cook - Chicago

Mana unleashes power - Pop-rock quartet has flown under the radar, but it won this year’s Latin rock Grammy and is drawing huge crowds

Ana Castillo’s ‘Guardians’ challenges the US-Mexico divide

A Chance to Tell Their Stories - Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Honors Latino Veterans

Deporting Parents of Dead Soldiers?

Habla el Discurso, Te lo Ruego - How goes the battle for bilingual actors?

More than an ugly face - It may be a funny, frothy sitcom, but Ugly Betty is actually pushing a subversive political agenda - (interesting read out of the UK - although I don’t like the use of subversive)

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Did You Know –» view: excerpts | section

Number of minority home buyers down in 2006 - Home buying among Hispanics declined 5.2% from 2005 to 2006, even though the group outpaced all minority groups in the number of home-purchase loans. Hispanics took out 692,014 home-purchase mortgages in 2006

Quotes –» view: excerpts | section

“I’ve played every stereotype except the pregnant teenager,” Tony Plana jokes. And paying gigs in Spanish? “Of course,” returns Plana. “I’ve been the voice of Toyota Tundra, Jeep Liberty, Chrysler Pacifica — mostly in Spanish. It’s allowed me to generate income using Spanish alone, so Spanish has been an asset, I think.”

“We need all of the children in this country to learn Spanish at an early age, not English only,” Kucinich said.

Election 2008 –» view: excerpts | section

MySpace and MTV Offer Real-Time Access for US Hispanics on Presidential Candidate Dialogues

Bill Richardson hits the Atlanta

Hillary’s Hispanic Agenda: Una Vida Mejor Para Todos

Hillary touts bill to unite illegals’ kin

QUOTE: “We need all of the children in this country to learn Spanish at an early age, not English only,” Kucinich said.

Clinton aims to cut Hispanic dropout rate by 50 percent

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