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- A federal judge has decided to let 10 women return to their homes in Guatemala or Mexico three months after they were swept up in an immigration raid in Postville. :: P :: en Español :: from www.desmoinesregister.com
- Denver law would take cars of illegal immigrants :: P :: en Español :: from www.kjct8.com
- Recession drives educated Puerto Ricans to South Florida – thousands of middle-class professionals who have fled Puerto Rico in the past two years, becoming what some people are calling “FloRicans.” :: P :: en Español :: from www.miamiherald.com
- Five years after arriving in Central Florida, El Nuevo Día Orlando, the region’s only daily Spanish-language newspaper, is closing. :: P :: en Español :: from www.orlandosentinel.com
- Illinois siblings swim for Puerto Rico – Kristina and Doug Lennox-Silva – Being Olympians together a helpful boost for both :: P :: en Español :: from chicagosports.chicagotribune.com
- Cuban Mijaín López: first gold for Latin America in Beijing :: P :: en Español :: from www.granma.cu
- The first sisters in Congress, Loretta and Linda Sanchez of California, say they had to fend off propositions and patronizing from men to get there and to stay. Their joint memoir, “Dream in Color: How the Sanchez Sisters Are Making History in Congress,” being published Sept. 2, traces their paths to Washington, where they found themselves a minority of a minority — Latina women in an institution still dominated by white men. :: P :: en Español :: from ap.google.com
- Census report sees minorities becoming majority by 2042 in the US :: P :: en Español :: from www.newsday.com
- Pew Hispanic Center Report: Hispanics and Health Care in the United States: Access, Information and Knowledge :: P :: en Español :: from pewhispanic.org
- Overweight Hispanic children are at higher risk for prediabetes — higher than normal blood glucose levels — University of Southern California researchers say. :: P :: en Español :: from www.upi.com
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- Mexico’s Olympics Coverage: My God, What Is This? – a hand puppet (El Compayito) shot up and started telling jokes about gymnastics. And the two correspondents started giggling. :: P :: en Español :: from joyvictory.wordpress.com
- University of Texas junior Susana Escobar wins her second Olympic swimming heat at the Beijing Olympics and places 18th in the 800m freestyle. :: P :: en Español :: from www.texassports.com
- Fragrant herb papalo a substitute for cilantro :: P :: en Español :: from www.silive.com
- Phoenix misses cut – Tucson named among top 10 cities for Hispanics – Architecture, opportunity for Latino entrepreneurs cited :: P :: en Español :: from www.tucsoncitizen.com
- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is giving its $1 million “access to learning award” to an organization in Mexico’s Veracruz state. :: P :: en Español :: from ap.google.com
- Roberto Clemente Park is the pride of Miami’s Puerto Rican population. But the park in the Wynwood neighborhood has languished despite a voter-approved initiative to improve city parks. :: P :: en Español :: from www.local10.com
- Hispanics to Comprise 30% of U.S. Population by 2050 :: P :: en Español :: from www.marketingymedios.com
- Cat fight brewing over San Juan’s feral felines :: P :: en Español :: from www.nydailynews.com
- Casa of Maryland got a $1.5 million shot in the arm Tuesday from the Venezuelan-owned oil giant Citgo, money that will support programs across the state and bolster a long-planned employment center in Langley Park that could open as early as October. :: P :: en Español :: from www.gazette.net
- NBC Coverage of Olympics leaves Puerto Ricans wanting :: P :: en Español :: from latinoinsurgent.blogspot.com
- Spanish Radio Rocks the Vote – Pasco, Washington – (interesting 1st line: “The higher the Hispanic population, the lower the voter turnout, according to statistics from the Washington Secretary of State’s office.”) :: P :: en Español :: from www.keprtv.com
- Voting process clear for Spanish speakers despite typos on sample ballots – Washoe County, Nevada :: P :: en Español :: from news.rgj.com
- Fifty-seven workers rounded up in Western North Carolina’s largest immigration raid face deportation in a complicated legal process, and they likely will have little representation, immigration experts and advocates said Wednesday. :: P :: en Español :: from www.citizen-times.com
- English-Only Trial: Day Two – Three families are suing Saint Anne Catholic School in Wichita for discrimination because of its “English-only” rule. :: P :: en Español :: from www.kake.com
- Minorities score higher on Suffolk Police exam – 94 of those “top tier” candidates scoring 92.5 percent or higher in the 2007 test were Hispanic and 24 were Asian. In 2003, no Hispanics or Asians achieved top scores. – New York :: P :: en Español :: from www.newsday.com
- Carolinas lead nation in Hispanic growth – South Carolina ranks first in Latino per capita growth from 2006 to 2007 :: P :: en Español :: from www.thestate.com
- A bone marrow transplant could save his life, but he is Hispanic, and the number of Hispanic donors is limited. In the world registry of 11 million marrow donors, 75% are Caucasian. :: P :: en Español :: from www.kfoxtv.com
- Orange County Democratic party chief Bill Robinson fired back at his Republican counterpart late Tuesday, saying that the local GOP’s slate of Hispanic candidates partly reflects an attempt to buy Latino names to put on the ballot – Florida :: P :: en Español :: from blogs.orlandosentinel.com
- Did You Know? According to National Priorities Project (a nonprofit research organization that analyzes federal data) 70 percent of Black recruits, 64 percent of Hispanic recruits and 57 percent of White recruits come from neighborhoods at or below the U.S. median household income. :: P :: en Español :: from www.easyreadernews.com
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