Essentials –»
In an effort to attract interested Latino applicants, the Wilmington Police Department is creating a television commercial for the department in Spanish. – Delaware :: from www.delawareonline.com
President-elect Barack Obama has named Cruz Reynoso, a former California Supreme Court justice, to one of his teams. Reynoso, a UC Davis law professor and internationally recognized civil rights leader, has been appointed to Obama’s Justice and Civil Rights Agency Review :: from www.sacbee.com
‘Mixed-Status’ Families Look to Obama :: from www.washingtonpost.com
Jorge Mettey, former news director and vice president of news at Univision KMEX-TV 34 in Los Angeles, filed a lawsuit Monday against his former employer, claiming he was wrongfully terminated after allegedly being pressured to cover news sponsored by advertisers. :: from www.tvweek.com
Study: Diabetes Costs America $218 Billion A Year – In case you didn’t know 2.4 million Hispanics have Diabetes and One in three Hispanic children in California will be diagnosed with diabetes by 2010 – (this is in my opinion one of the biggest problems we face along with education) :: from www.huffingtonpost.com
Cuba won’t let our kids leave, medical workers say – Former Cuban doctors are contemplating taking their quest to get their kids out of Cuba to an international court. :: from www.miamiherald.com
Joining President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team – Mario Molina, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at UCSD, will help spearhead a group looking at the nation’s science and technology policies. Molina won the 1995 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his research examining the threat posed by chlorofluorocarbon gases, or CFCs, to the Earth’s ozone layer. :: from www.signonsandiego.com
For More of Mexico’s Wealthy, Cost of Living Includes Guards :: from www.nytimes.com
En América Latina, cuanto más rico el país menos satisfecha la gente :: from voanews.com
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GOP needs to change its tune about Latinos :: from www.sfgate.com
Shredding Social Fabric – Company promoters “contaminate” communities in El Salvador :: from www.dominionpaper.ca
Concurring exhibits from two extraordinary photographers offer a rare and moving portrait of Latin America’s turmoil since the 1950s. “Cornell Capa: Concerned Photographer” sets off in 1953 in Guatemala and wraps up 20 years later in Honduras, while “Susan Meiselas: In History” focuses on her visits to three countries, including Nicaragua, where she has been photographing since 1978. Both are on view through Jan. 4 at the International Center of Photography – NYC :: from www.nydailynews.com
Identity Politics and the Latino Payback on Immigration :: from americas.irc-online.org
IPC Launches New Immigration Policy Blog – ImmigrationImpact.com aims to re-shape the immigration debate
CHARRO CLAUS AND THE TEJAS KID – A Great Book for Navidad :: from labloga.blogspot.com
Bullfighting in Peru is thriving amid growing protests by a younger generation demanding that the controversial blood sport be banned. :: from www.miamiherald.com
President-elect Barack Obama is expected to name two attorneys to his administration who helped return Elián González to Cuba, angering some Miami Republicans. – Eric Holder y Greg Craig :: from www.miamiherald.com
The Proud Indians of Chiapas :: from frugaltraveler.blogs.nytimes.com
Taxpayers will pay for former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ private attorney :: from www.mcclatchydc.com
Family reveals secret in 1958 Miami-Cuba hijacking :: from www.miamiherald.com
Adobo Turkey with Red-Chile Gravy :: from www.epicurious.com
Participará Mario Molina en el equipo de transición de Obama – El mexicano premio Nobel de Química participará como co-director del equipo de transición del gobierno del reciente presidente electo de EU. :: from www.milenio.com
La activista latina Silvia Campoy ha dedicado su vida a la defensa de los derechos de los menos favorecidos, primero con niña de origen mexicano segregada, luego como madre de una estudiante y ahora como líder de su comunidad. – Los Angeles :: from espanol.news.yahoo.com
El presidente electo de Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, llamó hoy por teléfono a la mandataria argentina, Cristina Fernández, con quien dialogó sobre la relación entre Washington y América Latina, informaron a Efe fuentes oficiales. :: from noticias.aol.com
Suma Lorena Ochoa 83 semanas consecutivas como líder de la LPGA :: from www.cronica.com.mx
El congresista Luis Gutiérrez (D-Ill) propondrá al Caucus Hispano del Congreso de los Estados Unidos que reclame al presidente electo Barack Obama una reforma migratoria inmediata. :: from espanol.news.yahoo.com
Entertainment –»
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‘Pepsi Musica’ highlights Latin Grammys – 5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 21 on the mun2 :: from www.ramiroburr.com
Juanes lanza La vida es un ratico… en vivo – El cantante colombiano presenta su nuevo álbum, con temas inéditos, grabados en concierto :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
Reunirá concierto en Miami a Alejandro Sanz, Chayanne y Albita :: from entretenimiento.aol.com
Festejará León Gieco su cumpleaños 57 con “Por partida triple”. El disco se divide en “Rock”, “Folklore” y “Rutas”. :: from entretenimiento.aol.com
El documental Timbiriche, La misma piedra de Carlos Marcovich, que narra varias anécdotas del grupo mexicano que se formó en la década de los 80, se estrenará el próximo 21 de noviembre a nivel nacional con 40 copias. “Más que recordar el éxito y la formación de la banda, quise dar a conocer la forma en cómo ellos conviven, así como el nerviosismo que padecían minutos antes de salir a cantar, dijo Marcovich, quien también realizó el largometraje ¿Quién diablos es Juliet? :: from www.cronica.com.mx
La esposa de José José se recupera tras derrame cerebral :: from www.informador.com.mx
Gloria Trevi no se siente segura en su natal México :: from www.impre.com
Penélope Cruz, rica y genorosa – Difunde una revista la lista de las propiedades inmobiliarias de la actriz española :: from www2.esmas.com
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CBeebies Set to Enchant Spanish-Speaking Children Across the United States
Hip Hop Latino Artist Vakero Releases New Album: Manuel – El Cantante de los Raperos
Exclusive Entrevista: LaLa :: from blogamole.mtvtr3s.com
El actor estadunidense Edward James Olmos afirmó a un vespertino chileno que con el virtual presidente electo estadunidense Barack Obama “todo va a ser difícil, aunque no tanto como lo fue con los anglosajones en los últimos 250 años”. :: from entretenimiento.aol.com
Ex timbiriches están por invadir la pantalla grande – La cinta abarca año y medio de sus conciertos :: from www.eluniversal.com.mx
La Federación Iberoamericana de Productores Cinematográficos y Audiovisuales (FIPCA) entregó hoy el Premio ‘Luis Buñuel’ al filme ‘La Hamaca paraguaya’, de la directora Paz Encina. :: from noticias.aol.com
Regresa Vicente Fernández Jr. a la escena musical con “Juramentos” . El cantante presentó su nuevo material discográfico . :: from entretenimiento.aol.com
Negocian actuación de Ricardo Arjona en Viña del Mar. :: from entretenimiento.aol.com
Eliminan a Mariana Seoane de El show de los sueños :: from www.eluniversal.com.mx
Bebo y Chucho Valdés concluirán gira por España :: from espanol.news.yahoo.com
El cantante mexicano Luis Miguel, quien llegó esta madrugada a Santiago para ofrecer cuatro conciertos a partir del próximo jueves, recibió hoy un tratamiento corporal con uvas chilenas, informó el vespertino “La Segunda”. :: from www.cronica.com.mx
Presenta Chayanne producción en vivo de concierto en Buenos Aires :: from entretenimiento.aol.com
Sale compilado “Simplemente lo mejor” con éxitos de Ricardo Arjona :: from entretenimiento.aol.com
“Queremos un Latin GRAMMY” – Alacranes Musical quiere su gramófono :: from www.univision.com
El fracaso de Thalía – Aceptó que su CD ‘Lunada’ no tuvo éxito :: from www.univision.com
Lanzan Los Tucanes de Tijuana dos producciones musicales en EU – “Soy todo tuyo” y “Propiedad privada” :: from entretenimiento.aol.com
Thalía abandona su disquera, EMI Music, para integrarse al sello de su esposo, Tommy Mottola, Casablanca Records, y preparar un disco con temas en inglés. :: from www.esmas.com
Beto Cuevas dice no temer a la muerte porque cree en la reencarnación :: from noticias.aol.com
La cantante mexicana Julieta Venegas presentará en Santo Domingo, el uno de diciembre, su concierto ‘El presente Unplugged’, tras recibir la semana pasada dos premios Grammy Latino. :: from actualidad.terra.es
La agrupación puertorriqueña de merengue Grupomanía y sus cantantes Alfred Cotto y los hermanos Banchy y Oscar Serrano sacan hoy al mercado su nueva producción, “15 años de corazón”, con la que esperan “conquistar al público joven”. :: from www.impre.com
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CBeebies Set to Enchant Spanish-Speaking Children Across the United States
By 2050 the Hispanic labor force is expected to more than double in the United States to 31 percent and the population of the group will make up 29 percent of the total population. :: from www.istockanalyst.com
BBC Worldwide Channels Launches Its First Spanish-language Channel in the U.S. on DISH Network(R)
Costa Rican companies producing an array of consumables — from cream liqueurs to processed cereals — are in Cleveland this week looking for a Midwestern beachhead. :: from blog.cleveland.com
More than 700 Hispanic entrepreneurs and business luminaries filled the Millennium Hotel in downtown Los Angeles on Nov. 6 for Hispanic Business Media´s 2008 EOY awards celebration. :: from www.hispanicbusiness.com
Hispanic Businesses Thrive In Detroit, Despite Poor Economy :: from www.wdet.org
Additional
Xoom.com Launches Money Transfer Service Directly to Any Banco Uno, Banco Cuscatlan (now Citibank) Account in Central America
DIRECTV Más unveils ‘Look Up’ Miami Campaign :: from hispanicad.com
RadioCadena Univision launches ‘Directo Al Blanco’ sports show :: from hispanicad.com
Colombia declares emergency over investment scams – The alleged pyramid schemes have sparked disturbances in 12 states. Police are closing financial firms’ offices and making arrests. :: from www.latimes.com
Shredding Social Fabric – Company promoters “contaminate” communities in El Salvador :: from www.dominionpaper.ca
Spain Business Brief – Wednesday November 19 2008 :: from www.typicallyspanish.com
Etronics Launches eBillme in Spanish Extending Cash Checkout to More Online Shoppers
Jorge Mettey, former news director and vice president of news at Univision KMEX-TV 34 in Los Angeles, filed a lawsuit Monday against his former employer, claiming he was wrongfully terminated after allegedly being pressured to cover news sponsored by advertisers. :: from www.tvweek.com
Sí TV Launches Multiplatform Effort Highlighting Latino Leaders :: from www.broadcastnewsroom.com
Immigrants play a valuable role in our economy :: from libn.com
Big Four ad agency Publicis is now buying in to Latin American digital advertising, acquiring Sao Paulo-based Tribal to add to its Digitas online ad group. :: from www.paidcontent.org
United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Endorses MillerCoors Urban Entrepreneurs Series
La Radio WRYM 840 AM cumple 40 años – Connecticut :: from www.identidadlatina.com
ContextWeb Launches New Spanish-Language Contextual Targeting
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R.I.P Carmen Rodriguez, 52, cancer epidemiologist – Atlanta :: from www.ajc.com
mmigrant rights’ groups in Wisconsin say they’ll try again next year to get Congress to pass state educational residency status for illegal immigrants. :: from www.newrichmond-news.com
Dick Cheney, Alberto Gonzales, GEO Group Indicted In South Texas :: from xicanopwr.com
Dick Cheney, Alberto Gonzales, GEO Group Indicted In South Texas :: from xicanopwr.com
Eduardo Díaz, who headed the city of San Antonio’s Office of Cultural Affairs for 10 years, has been named director of the Smithsonian Latino Center. :: from www.mysanantonio.com
Five New Cities Added to National Hispanic Family Literacy Program
Ohio Latino Affairs’ “Road Show” comes to Terra Community College :: from www.laprensatoledo.com
ICE Partners With San Diego County, Seeks Presence in 3,100 Jails :: from immigrationimpact.com
New Latino family gift guide arrives in time for the holidays
More than 150 area high school students and their counselors attended the Latino Leadership Summit last month at the University of Kansas. :: from www.infozine.com
Puerto Rico in political brawl about gays :: from southchicagoan.blogspot.com
Activists: Hispanics afraid to report hate crimes – Long Island :: from www.newsday.com
The director of Harvard’s Peabody Museum said Tuesday he wants to return about 50 ancient carved Mayan jade pieces to Mexico, almost a century after a U.S. consul dredged the artifacts from the sacred lake at the ruins of Chichen Itza. :: from www.washingtontimes.com
Sculptor Jesús Moroles was one of several figures honored with this year’s National Medals of the Arts and Humanities. :: from ourlatinamerica.blogspot.com
Puerto Rico: triunfo de Fortuño no es mandato de anexión :: from www.miamiherald.com
Orlando C. Manrique — who smuggled weapons into Cuba to try and overthrow the government, was later shot seven times in a failed 1957 coup and took part in the Bay of Pigs invasion — died Saturday. He was 84. :: from www.miamiherald.com
Triangle’s Largest Food Pantry & Hispanic Family Center Expands – North Carolina :: from wake.mync.com
El mural “América” de Rufino Tamayo, el único de cinco en Estados Unidos que estaba en manos privadas, se vendió el martes por casi siete millones de dólares en la subasta de arte latinoamericano de la casa Sotheby’s. :: from espanol.news.yahoo.com
Noticias en Español –»
¿Quién es Mario Molina? El científico mexicano es uno de los pioneros de la química de la capa de ozono de la estratósfera :: from www.eluniversal.com.mx
Juven García, el dueño de una pequeña empresa de copiadoras, dijo que presentará una solicitud para postularse como candidato para el Concejo de la Ciudad de Yakima. :: from elsoldeyakima.com
La ex Miss Mundo Mariasela Álvarez quiere ver más latinos en medios españoles :: from lainformacionrd.net
Participará Mario Molina en el equipo de transición de Obama – El mexicano premio Nobel de Química participará como co-director del equipo de transición del gobierno del reciente presidente electo de EU. :: from www.milenio.com
La activista latina Silvia Campoy ha dedicado su vida a la defensa de los derechos de los menos favorecidos, primero con niña de origen mexicano segregada, luego como madre de una estudiante y ahora como líder de su comunidad. – Los Angeles :: from espanol.news.yahoo.com
El presidente electo de Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, llamó hoy por teléfono a la mandataria argentina, Cristina Fernández, con quien dialogó sobre la relación entre Washington y América Latina, informaron a Efe fuentes oficiales. :: from noticias.aol.com
La Alianza de Inmigrantes de Long Island (Nueva York) pidió hoy un cambio en las políticas migratorias del condado de Suffolk, en donde hace diez días fue asesinado el inmigrante ecuatoriano Marcelo Lucero. :: from www.elcomercio.com
Puertorriqueños de Chicago tienen un “pedacito de patria” en el Paseo Boricua :: from espanol.news.yahoo.com
La Radio WRYM 840 AM cumple 40 años – Connecticut :: from www.identidadlatina.com
En América Latina, cuanto más rico el país menos satisfecha la gente :: from voanews.com
El congresista Luis Gutiérrez (D-Ill) propondrá al Caucus Hispano del Congreso de los Estados Unidos que reclame al presidente electo Barack Obama una reforma migratoria inmediata. :: from espanol.news.yahoo.com
International News :: English + Español –»
Colombia declares emergency over investment scams – The alleged pyramid schemes have sparked disturbances in 12 states. Police are closing financial firms’ offices and making arrests. :: from www.latimes.com
Moment of truth for Mexico’s soccer team, and coach – A loss at Honduras on Wednesday could lead to Mexico’s elimination from World Cup qualifying, which in turn could lead to the end of Sven-Goran Eriksson’s coaching tenure. :: from www.latimes.com
In Ecuador, Mass Mobilizations against Mining Confront President Correa :: from upsidedownworld.org
Shredding Social Fabric – Company promoters “contaminate” communities in El Salvador :: from www.dominionpaper.ca
Spain Papers Review – Wednesday November 19 2008 :: from www.typicallyspanish.com
Spain Business Brief – Wednesday November 19 2008 :: from www.typicallyspanish.com
Thousands of supporters of Nicaragua’s leftist ruling party armed with rocks tried to block an opposition march on the capital to protest alleged vote fraud, setting off clashes that injured at least five people on Tuesday. :: from www.miamiherald.com
Bullfighting in Peru is thriving amid growing protests by a younger generation demanding that the controversial blood sport be banned. :: from www.miamiherald.com
The Proud Indians of Chiapas :: from frugaltraveler.blogs.nytimes.com
Mexico City is giving out free Viagra and other impotence drugs to men 70 and older. :: from www.huffingtonpost.com
Juárez Mayor Jose Reyes Ferriz on Tuesday announced a citywide security program for schools following widespread extortion threats against teacher :: from www.elpasotimes.com
For More of Mexico’s Wealthy, Cost of Living Includes Guards :: from www.nytimes.com
En América Latina, cuanto más rico el país menos satisfecha la gente :: from voanews.com
La cantante mexicana Julieta Venegas presentará en Santo Domingo, el uno de diciembre, su concierto ‘El presente Unplugged’, tras recibir la semana pasada dos premios Grammy Latino. :: from actualidad.terra.es
Knowledge is Power and this page is just the start. Hispanics/Latinos are a growing diverse force in this country. Check out some of the 54,726 items found on this site below or dig into the Site Map
Best of the Rest
- November 20, 2009
- Police in Peru say gang members killed people to drain their fat for cosmetics
- Mexican authorities predict fewer Mexican immigrants will be back home for Christmas
- Interview with Aurora Anaya-Cerda, owner of La Casa Azul Bookstore – NYC
- We need an honest definition of who is a “real American”
- Immigration Reform: The Phone Call Heard Around the Country – On the call were Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill.; Nydia Velázquez, D-N.Y.; and Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D-Ariz. Immigrant rights advocates from various parts of the country also spoke.
- Digital out-of-home (DOOH) Effectively Reaches Latinos On The Go – few marketers truly utilized digital media when reaching out to the Hispanic community.
- A week after abruptly quitting his longtime job as a CNN television news host and commentator, Lou Dobbs said on Thursday he is considering career options including possible runs for the White House or U.S. Senate.
- ICE Assistant Secretary John Morton announces 1,000 new workplace audits to hold employers accountable for their hiring practices
- In Virtual Town Hall with Immigration Reform Activists, Gutierrez Promises Bill By December
- Economic Blame Game: U.S. Unemployment is Not Caused by Immigration
- November 19, 2009
- Shakira Refuses To Do Interviews In Spanish
- BMI Foundation Announces Opening of 7th Annual peermusic Latin Scholarship Competition
- Video: Sofia Vergara’s “Modern Family” Costar Trashes her on “Chelsea Lately”
- The Cuban band Septeto Nacional de Ignacio Piñeiro can legitimately claim to be inventors of salsa. But it last played in the United States when Franklin D. Roosevelt was president, and there was no telling when it might be able to return — until the very slightest hint of a thaw in cultural relations between the United States and Cuba quietly brought the band to New York early this month.
- Mexico’s Drug Violence Gives Rise To Vigilantism
- The wave of crime besetting Puerto Rico seems to be out of control with 800 murders being committed here so far this year, but the island’s top police official says the problem does not fall exclusively within his department.
- The University of Panama indefinitely suspended classes on Wednesday after confrontations between students and police during a protest against alleged U.S. involvement in plans to build new military installations.
- There are 16 million children in immigrant families in the United States
- Over the last 3 years, high schools that received the lowest marks from the city have been the ones with the highest percentages of poor, black and Hispanic students, despite an evaluation system that was meant to equalize differences among student bodies, according to an analysis by The New York Times of school grades released this week.
- Who seriously wants the Cuban trade embargo?
- A legislator from El Paso has criticized proposed history and social studies standards for public schools as being unfair to Hispanics. – Rep. Norma Chavez raised the issue Wednesday in Austin before the State Board of Education.
- Farewell to an icon: Artist who tore at racism is buried at 99 – R.I.P. José Cisneros
- November 18, 2009
- Hispanics are 9% of the Virginia’s schoolchildren, but 5% of gifted students.
- A New United Movement Stops Mexico for a Day
- Analysis reveals driving out undocumented immigrants doesn’t bode well for congressional representation
- After accidental deportation, critics say immigration officials making mistakes – After a Salvadoran man was mistakenly deported, immigration rights activists have complained about toughened enforcement by authorities.
- Governor Deval Patrick urged Massachusetts residents today to avoid getting mired in “the usual debate” over illegal immigration as he gave his cabinet 90 days to craft a plan for better integrating all foreign-born residents into the state’s daily fabric.
- More Americans are playing tennis – The biggest increases were among Hispanics, with 32% more playing the game.
- Mexico’s Juarez on path to anarchy
- Experts warned on Tuesday that the rise in health problems due to obesity among Mexican children, which is considered to be an epidemic, threatens “for the first time” to reduce life expectancy rates in the country.
- The estimated damage caused by the Nov. 7-8 floods and mudslides to El Salvador’s infrastructure has climbed to $880 million, the country’s public works minister said Tuesday.
- Trend Toward Smaller Families in Latin America – The number of people per household in Latin America will fall by 18 percent by 2020, according to a study released in this capital Tuesday by consulting firm Euromonitor International.
- A Woman’s Nation Spurred by LatinaTION
- Sosa Skin Lightening Fires Debate About Afro-Latino Heritage
- Congressman Raúl Grijalva talks to his daughter Marisa about his mother’s influence on his education. – new Historias from StoryCorp
- After two days of deliberations, on Oct. 14 the Mexican Supreme Court made public its decision that Ulises Ruiz Ortiz (governor of the state of Oaxaca) is culpable for the human rights violations that occurred in Oaxaca as a result of teacher protests and political and social unrest in May 2006-January 2007 and July of 2008.
- Organizations alarmed by the increased violence against women and others in Mexico are traveling by caravan to demand justice for the victims. – The national caravan, which began in Mexico City, is part of the international Mujeres de Negro (Women in Black) campaign to protest violence against women, children and other vulnerable groups.
- Colombia elige a su nueva reina y ya llueven las críticas – Natalia Navarro se convirtió en Miss Colombia y, aunque era favorita, a muchos no les gusta su lenguaje; en la coronación aseguró que es “cabezona” y “berraca”
- CNN was so sick of Lou Dobbs, it gave him an $8 million severance package to leave
- The Cuban ties that bind, 50 years on – Visiting her father’s homeland under newly relaxed travel restrictions is both invigorating and saddening.
Latest Essentials
- November 20, 2009
- Hispanic lawmakers say an old adversary, White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, has his fingerprints all over a push to prohibit illegal immigrants from buying health insurance plans in a new market for people who don’t get insurance through their employers.
- Some U.S. Democrats see momentum building for an overhaul of immigration laws that would legalize millions of undocumented workers, but analysts say a crowded agenda and struggling economy may once again sink hopes for reform next year.
- The current global crisis will cause the number of poor people in Latin America to rise by 9 million to 189 million this year, the U.N. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean said in a report presented on Thursday.
- Do Long Island Police Ignore Hate Crimes?
- Mexican migrants are spending more money on taxes in the United States than on the remittances they send home to relatives, according to a new study by Mexico’s largest bank, BBVA Bancomer.
- Ana Maria Perez Gonzalez, said to be the oldest woman in the world, died in Mexico this week. She was 119.
- Part of a Cuban blogger’s essay that advocates lifting the ban on U.S. travel to Cuba was read aloud at a House Foreign Affairs committee hearing. – Yoani Sánchez
- November 19, 2009
- TOP Ten reasons you should watch Lopez tonight not Conan
- Migration Policy Institute (MPI) Report Finds Immigrants Hit Harder During Economic Downturn than Native-Born Workers
- After a 3 year trial of producing regionalized news for several top 10 Hispanic market stations via the Telemundo Production Center in Dallas, the network is reverting to producing local news. Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Phoenix and San Jose will once again have locally produced news.
- Nacional Records Sampler 2009 | The New Sounds Of Latin Music – 21 FREE mp3s over at Amazon – (cool!)
- Ironically, Latinos should be greatful to former CNN blowhard Lou Dobbs – commentary by Albor Ruiz
- When White Writers Do “Latino” Issues – It was chaos this week in the LA Weekly’s virtual mailroom, which received a deluge of reactionary attitude in regard to Christine Pelisek’s cover story “Chaos in the Casitas: Lawless, south of the border–style speakeasies get a grip on L.A.”
- More Than 60,000 Americans in 45 States Organize for Immigration Reform
- New Report Shines Light on Detainee Rights Violations in Minnesota
- CIS Report Attempts to Erase 100 Years of Data on Immigrants and Crime
- Video: Senator Menendez Speaks on Behalf of Hispanic Farmers’ Discrimination Lawsuit + update
- November 18, 2009
- New Report: More Than 2 Million Hispanic Households With Children Face Hunger – Hispanic households with children experiencing very low food security up almost 50%
- On November 18 at 8:00 PM Eastern time/5:00 PM Pacific, all across the country people are hosting house parties with their families, friends, neighbors, churches, classmates and anyone else who supports comprehensive immigration reform for America.
- Video report of Latina forced to give birth while in chains in Maricopa County, AZ courtesy of Sheriff Joe Arpaio (en Español)
- California’s Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman told a group of supporters Tuesday that she is making an unprecedented effort to attract Latinos to the Republican party – in South El Monte
- Hundreds of defendants awaiting trial for violent crimes in Dallas County have been deported by federal immigration officials and then set free in their home countries. – The practice goes back to at least 1991 and includes the release of murder, kidnapping and child rape suspects.
- Environmentalists alarmed by Puerto Rico policies – Sweeping from lush mountain rain forests to pristine beaches, a corridor of land protected by Puerto Rico’s last governor hosts dozens of rare and endangered species and was championed by celebrities who helped fight off resort proposals. – Now new Gov. Luis Fortuno has revoked the reserve as part of a drive to bring jobs and investment for the U.S. territory’s struggling economy. And activists see a broader pattern of looser protection for the island’s environment.
- Deporting undocumented students affects the chances for legal return if Congress doesn’t address it in immigration reform bill
- Eleventh-hour criticism is arising over President Obama’s nomination for United States attorney in northern Iowa of a prosecutor who had a leading role in the criminal cases against hundreds of illegal immigrants arrested in a May 2008 raid at a meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa. – Stephanie Rose
- From a group calling themselves Electronic Civil Disobedience comes the Transborder Immigrant Tool, a simple mobile application intended to aid and abet border-crossers from Mexico to the United States by mapping the safest routes to take. – This GPS app is built to work on the cheapest cell phones available.
- Report from America’s Voice: The New Constituents… How Latinos Will Shape Congressional Apportionmention After the 2010 Census
- November 16, 2009
- 15th annual Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza in San Antonio – more than 1,000 professional & student musicians participating – 8-day festival of mariachi competitions, workshops, presentations, serenades & concerts attracts more than 15,000 visitors annually.
- Money Trickles North as Mexicans Help Relatives – reverse remittances from Mexico
- Scarlet “A” will dominate immigration reform rhetoric – Greg Tejeda on immigration reform & Janet Napolitano’s speech
- The first Texas Hispanic legislators didn’t want to go public when they organized some 40 years ago out of fear they might be considered “un-American.” – Today, the Mexican American Legislative Caucus (MALC) is growing in influence — and raising record amounts of money — as Texas’ population turns increasingly Hispanic.
- Supporters of tough U.S. sanctions against the Cuban government have given more than $10 million to congressional campaigns over the last seven years
- Oregon universities try to recruit more Latino students – In 2007, Latinos made up nearly 12% of the 12th-grade class and less than 6% of freshmen in the university system. About 20% of first-graders that year were Latino.
- The Obama administration will insist on measures to give legal status to an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants as it pushes early next year for legislation to overhaul the immigration system, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said on Friday.
- Authorities say a 7-year-old boy, three women and a university professor are among 15 people who were killed in a single day (this past Friday) in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez.
- Sonia Sotomayor unwittingly adds celebrity touch to Supreme Court
- One of the Republican Party’s most respected and relied-upon consultants has serious reservations about two the party’s biggest names. – Alex Castellanos, a conservative media strategist and regular presence on CNN, raised questions of Sarah Palin’s viability for office and took major swipes at Florida Senate candidate Charlie Crist
- November 13, 2009
- ASU, ALRE release major study on Arizona’s Latino population – (direct link to report & powerpoint)
- 10 Latino MLB ‘09 Season Highlights – (some cool stuff here)
- The ‘flea’ CNN’s Lou Dobbs couldn’t shake off – Interview with Roberto Lovato
