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A Latino inaugural ball? -there’s an effort to have an official Latino ball at a presidential Inauguration for the first time. Latino groups are excited about the prospect — but say they wish the inaugural committee would hurry up and decide. :: from www.politico.com
The New Electoral Landscape and What It Means for Immigration Reform – Immigration Policy Center
La exhibición de una película sobre Ernesto “Che” Guevara, protagonizada por el puertorriqueño Benicio Del Toro generó polémica y protestas en Miami, la capital del exilio cubano por considerarla una afrenta. :: from entretenimiento.aol.com
Border Patrol swells to more than 18,000 :: from www.elpasotimes.com
Pedro Espada will take office as majority leader of the New York State Senate in January. – 33rd Senate District – Bronx, NYC :: from westbronxnews.blogspot.com
A veteran spy catcher, Lt. Col. Chris Simmons, who publicly named people he claims are Cuban government agents, was sued Thursday in Miami federal court, where he was accused of malicious defamation by Silvia Wilhelm. :: from www.miamiherald.com
Juanes, Drexler, Fonsi y Luis Miguel, nominados a los Grammy :: from www.google.com
Going Home to Guatemala – The aftermath of an immigration raid. – (the Postville, Iowa raid) :: from www.slate.com
Ricardo Romo, president of the University of Texas at San Antonio, has been appointed by President George W. Bush to serve on a 23-member commission charged with exploring options for creating a national museum dedicated to American Latinos. :: from www.bizjournals.com
On Wednesday, Republican congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen got a call from President-elect Barack Obama, didn’t believe it was him, and hung up on him. Twice. :: from news.yahoo.com
Hoping to boost Latino representation in President-elect Barack Obama’s administration, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus pushed a slate of candidates for Cabinet and agency posts Wednesday. :: from www.mysanantonio.com
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New England Border Patrol chief charged with hiring illegals :: from www.boston.com
The weekly Spanish-language newspaper Hoy, which means today, has ceased publication with its final issue being published this week. The paper was a product of Landmark Communications, based in Shelbyville, and was one of 19 Landmark publications in Kentucky. :: from www.courier-journal.com
Obama ignored Latinos for top posts – Navarrette :: from www.cnn.com
European origin may up Latinas’ breast cancer risk :: from in.reuters.com
Napolitano’s immigration strategy was largely defense – Republicans, Democrats say she was reluctant to take lead on issue :: from www.azcapitoltimes.com
Cuauhtémoc Blanco’s homecoming is legendary :: from sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Oregon Suspends Use of Aprenda–a Spanish-Language Test :: from blogs.edweek.org
Mexican men ask for an end to violence against women :: from latimesblogs.latimes.com
Media advertising campaign targets violence against journalists in Mexico :: from latimesblogs.latimes.com
A Spanish-language version of an educational guide aimed at confronting anti-Semitism was made available by a Jewish group fighting anti-Semitism in the world. :: from www.ejpress.org
Unemployment Jumps to 6.7% in November; 8.6% for Hispanics :: from www.hispanicbusiness.com
Denver Broncos practice squad has Mexican flavor :: from www.rockymountainnews.com
Estará Shakira en toma de posesión de Obama – Fue invitada a actuar en el evento del próximo enero; es la única latina considerada para el acto :: from www.eluniversal.com.mx
Pain and Protest on the Day of the Butterflies: Violence Persists Against Women in Mexico :: from americas.irc-online.org
Traditionally pro-Chavez slum turns to opposition – The barrio of Petare, one of the biggest slums in Latin America :: from www.miamiherald.com
México presentó su primera denuncia penal por el cultivo ilegal de maíz modificado genéticamente en la tierra ancestral del grano, informó el secretario de Agricultura Alberto Cárdenas :: from www.miamiherald.com
Tamale tidbits to savor :: from www.mydesert.com
President-elect Barack Obama’s pick for commerce secretary, Bill Richardson, got a warm welcome Thursday during a visit to Mexico, where government officials said they doubted Obama would follow through on a campaign pledge to re-negotiate NAFTA. :: from www.miamiherald.com
A federal judge ordered a Puerto Rican lawmaker, Sen. Jorge de Castro Font, to be jailed ahead of his corruption trial, ruling Thursday that he violated his bail by contacting a government witness. :: from www.miamiherald.com
Nearly 1,000 attended the Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus conference in Rosemont Thursday. :: from abclocal.go.com
El Paso to Obama: Tear Down That Wall :: from southchicagoan.blogspot.com
A federal court has dismissed a lawsuit by the Hispanic Achievers alleging the state discriminated against the organization because the required sampling method for specialty license tags would prevent it from getting a Hispanic-themed plate. – Florida :: from www.news-journalonline.com
Hispanic Caucus pushes Rep. Rick Noreiga for Cabinet spot State lawmaker from Houston is touted to head Veterans Affairs :: from www.chron.com
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Shakira To Play Barack Obama’s Inauguration? The Guessing Game Continues :: from newsroom.mtv.com
Dulce María, integrante de RBD inició las grabaciones de la telenovela “Verano de Amor”, su primer proyecto que seguirá realizando tras la separación del grupo, en la ciudad de Tlacotalpan, en el estado mexicano de Veracruz. :: from www.esmas.com
Victoria Ruffo revela que Luismi y Aracely Arámbula ¡esperan niña! :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
RBD defiende a Anahí tras desairar a sus fans – Los integrantes expresaron su apoyo a la rubia tras la polémica generada por no llevarse consigo unos obsequios que le dieron en Venezuela :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
Who is Señor Coconut? The godfather of Latin electronic music releases new CD and classic reissue :: from latinola.com
Curumin among the best of the new Brazil :: from www.nydailynews.com
La exhibición de una película sobre Ernesto “Che” Guevara, protagonizada por el puertorriqueño Benicio Del Toro generó polémica y protestas en Miami, la capital del exilio cubano por considerarla una afrenta. :: from entretenimiento.aol.com
Penélope Cruz, mejor actriz secundaria para los críticos de EE.UU :: from www2.elnuevodiario.com.do
Estará Shakira en toma de posesión de Obama – Fue invitada a actuar en el evento del próximo enero; es la única latina considerada para el acto :: from www.eluniversal.com.mx
Kepa Junkera tantea a latinoamericanos – El músico vasco quiere grabar un disco con artistas internacionales en eusquera :: from www.impre.com
Los nietos de Verónica Castro la conocen :: from www.exonline.com.mx
Luis Fonsi cierra año de éxito con postulación a Grammy :: from www.nydailynews.com
El actor español Antonio Banderas confirmó que está muy cerca de encarnar al pintor Salvador Dalí en una nueva película del director británico Simon West. :: from www.terra.com.mx
Juanes, Drexler, Fonsi y Luis Miguel, nominados a los Grammy :: from www.google.com
Grupo mexicano Motel quiere a Dräco Rosa y Calle 13 en su próximo disco :: from noticias.aol.com
La popular orquesta Van Van festeja 39 años con la presentación de su primer DVD, que contiene un concierto en el cual se antologaron sus canciones con mayor aceptación entre el público. :: from espanol.news.yahoo.com
Hablará Jenni Rivera sobre video íntimo en “El show de Cristina”. :: from entretenimiento.aol.com
Poncho Sanchez is ready for a break :: from www.recordnet.com
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Benicio Del Toro tells Simon Hattenstone about his latest role – Che Guevara :: from sfluxe.com
Navidad en America – Mariachi Sol De Mexico de Jose Hernandez releases Christmas album :: from latinola.com
Latino Music Superstar Daddy Yankee Honored by Museo Alameda and City of San Antonio
El cantautor chileno Beto Cuevas se reencontró con sus fans mexicanos en un “showcase” que organizó una estación de radio en esta capital, en el que interpretó los temas de su disco Miedo Escénico, así como algunos éxitos de La Ley. :: from www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx
Érik Estrada convertido en oficial de la policía :: from www.peopleenespanol.com
Aventura conquista a Puerto Rico :: from entretenimiento.aol.com
Debuta Mariana Ochoa en la obra teatral “Chicas católicas” :: from entretenimiento.aol.com
Nombran al cantante José José como Campeón de la Salud :: from entretenimiento.aol.com
Conquistó el cantautor Jorge Villamizar al público ecuatoriano :: from entretenimiento.aol.com
Kate del Castillo regresa :: from www.informador.com.mx
Festival Cine español en una butaca neoyorquina – Arranca el Spanish Cinema Now en el Lincoln Center :: from www.impre.com
Ninel Conde hace frente a la adversidad :: from www.nydailynews.com
Asistirá Benicio del Toro al Festival del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano – Cuba :: from entretenimiento.aol.com
Antonio Banderas entra en el Consejo Asesor del Instituto Cervantes de N.York :: from noticias.aol.com
El cantautor puertorriqueño Tommy Torres confirmó que contrajo nupcias en una ceremonia íntima, el fin de semana pasado en Las Vegas, Nevada, con la actriz Karla Monroig. :: from entretenimiento.aol.com
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The weekly Spanish-language newspaper Hoy, which means today, has ceased publication with its final issue being published this week. The paper was a product of Landmark Communications, based in Shelbyville, and was one of 19 Landmark publications in Kentucky. :: from www.courier-journal.com
Latin American stocks dive on US unemployment :: from www.google.com
Reaching out to furniture buyers on Spanish-language TV :: from www.furniturestyle.com
Unemployment Jumps to 6.7% in November; 8.6% for Hispanics :: from www.hispanicbusiness.com
Companies eye Hispanic market with holiday-season campaigns :: from www.prweekus.com
Argentina unveils $3.9 bln economic stimulus plan :: from www.miamiherald.com
President-elect Barack Obama’s pick for commerce secretary, Bill Richardson, got a warm welcome Thursday during a visit to Mexico, where government officials said they doubted Obama would follow through on a campaign pledge to re-negotiate NAFTA. :: from www.miamiherald.com
New Targeting Methods For Reaching U.S. Hispanics :: from www.mediapost.com
Captura Group Names Renowned Hispanic Marketing Expert Felipe Korzenny, Ph. D. Senior Strategy Consultant :: from www.capturagroup.com
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Azteca America Spot Sales and Hispanic Independent Television Sales (HITS) continue to operate, but owner-to-be Hispanic Independent Television Sales LLC has been responsible for paying the bills since Monday. :: from www.rbr.com
Grupo Gallegos announced the hiring of Teresa Elston as Managing Director :: from hispanicad.com
Olga Echeverri named GM at GenTV :: from hispanicad.com
Entravision Communications Corporation to Present at UBS’ 36th Annual Global Media and Communication
Quepasa.com’s Steady Traffic Growth Helps Position the Company as the Second Largest U.S.-based Latino Site*: Financial News – Yahoo! Finance
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It’s looking less likely that Los Angeles voters will consider sweeping changes to the Los Angeles Police Department policy on dealing with illegal immigrants suspected of crimes. :: from latimesblogs.latimes.com
Twenty-one Guatemalan immigrants told authorities they were abducted from a Texas smuggler’s safehouse and threatened, beaten and in some cases raped. :: from www.google.com
Minnesota’s Latino Population Smoking Less Than General Population :: from www.emaxhealth.com
AARP Tax-Aide Seeks Bilingual Volunteers For 2009
The Galaxy has relaunched its Spanish-language website. The new lagalaxyfutbol.com will be the “online hub” for the the club’s Spanish-language news and information. :: from latimesblogs.latimes.com
Smoking Research Hispanic versus White Female Smokers :: from hispanicad.com
Mexico hosts its first human rights film festival :: from latimesblogs.latimes.com
Hispanics Less Likely to Enter Journalism at Arizona State University Than Other Programs :: from www.evliving.com
Oscar De La Hoya’s legacy now at stake :: from www.bostonherald.com
Rep. Raúl Grijalva has necessary experience for Interior :: from www.eastvalleytribune.com
Hispanic advocates in New York called on the governor Thursday to consider more Latinos for critical government positions. Members of the National Latino Officers Association gathered outside the Governor David Paterson’s office in Murray Hill Thursday afternoon. :: from www.ny1.com
Hot rhetoric fuels Latino hate crimes :: from blogs.usatoday.com
Alex Rodríguez puede jugar con equipo dominicano en Clásico Mundial béisbol :: from www2.elnuevodiario.com.do
Some in Mexico want the death penalty reinstated – The increase in slayings and kidnappings related to the nation’s war on drug traffickers has created a climate of fear. Legal experts see too many obstacles to restoring capital punishment. :: from www.latimes.com
Latino caucus features advice from nearly 100 panelists – Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus :: from www.dailyherald.com
Mexico is sending illegal Cuban migrants home for the first time under a new accord aimed at cutting off an increasingly violent human-trafficking route to the United States, an official said Thursday. :: from www.nydailynews.com
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus is lobbying for the selection of Colorado’s congressman John Salazar to be the next agriculture secretary. :: from entretenimiento.aol.com
New Mexico leaders comment on Gov. Bill Richardson’s appointment :: from www.lcsun-news.com
An Alameda-based nonprofit group that has spent nearly 20 years educating Asian communities about the need for bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cell donors Wednesday launched a similar program geared toward Latino communities. :: from www.thecalifornian.com
Latino Arts flourish this weekend with Rodriguez and Conde – Milwaukee :: from onmilwaukee.com
The Conga Room at L.A. Live is thinking big :: from www.latimes.com
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Oscar De La Hoya y México, una tormentosa relación de amor y odio :: from www.elnuevoherald.com
La cruz y la cara de Richardson – La importancia de la Secretaría de Comercio en los planes de Obama no debe ser minusvalorada :: from www.lne.es
Luis Gutiérrez: Obama debe aprobar la reforma :: from www.impre.com
Luis Gutiérrez quiere ser senador :: from www.impre.com
Bill Richardson, el hiperactivo :: from www.eluniversal.com.mx
Inmigrantes tienen menor acceso a vivienda en Nueva York :: from www.nydailynews.com
Alan García respalda postulación de Betancourt a Premio Nobel :: from www.miamiherald.com
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Latin American stocks dive on US unemployment :: from www.google.com
Mexican men ask for an end to violence against women :: from latimesblogs.latimes.com
Media advertising campaign targets violence against journalists in Mexico :: from latimesblogs.latimes.com
Adentro Barrio Adentro: An American Medical Student in Venezuela :: from upsidedownworld.org
Pain and Protest on the Day of the Butterflies: Violence Persists Against Women in Mexico :: from americas.irc-online.org
Traditionally pro-Chavez slum turns to opposition – The barrio of Petare, one of the biggest slums in Latin America :: from www.miamiherald.com
México presentó su primera denuncia penal por el cultivo ilegal de maíz modificado genéticamente en la tierra ancestral del grano, informó el secretario de Agricultura Alberto Cárdenas :: from www.miamiherald.com
Asistirá Benicio del Toro al Festival del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano – Cuba :: from entretenimiento.aol.com
Schools become latest targets in violence-plagued Ciudad Juarez :: from www.latimes.com
Argentina unveils $3.9 bln economic stimulus plan :: from www.miamiherald.com
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- November 7, 2009
- WCVI Study Finds Disproportionate Foreclosures in Latino, Black Communities
- A small Dominican Republic town plagued by birth defects wants to know if a U.S. power company is to blame.
- In pictures: Yucatan wonders – (wow some amazing photos)
- George Mason University Study Shows Deep Anti-Immigration Sentiment in Pockets of Prince William County
- CNN’s Rick Sanchez Interviews Juanita Castro: “While you were still in Cuba and your brother was beginning a Marxist revolution, you were not only cooperating with the CIA, but you were protecting CIA agents who were inside Cuba at the time.”
- Report on Women’s Human Rights Violations Shows Systematic Attack on Women Under Honduran Coup
- Would Mass Deportation Mean More Jobs for U.S. Workers?
- November 6, 2009
- The closing immigration window
- THE LEGALIZATION SOLUTION – IPC Reports Highlight Gains Made From Legalization Programs Past and Explore Future Legalization Proposals
- Activists Push for Immigration Reform on Anniversary of Long Island Hate Crime – Marcelo Lucero
- Miami sports agent who aided in defections freed from jail – Juan Ignacio Hernández Nodar, a Miami sports agent who served 13 years for trying to help Cuban baseball stars defect, will fly home Friday.
- Like California’s 30 years ago, Oregon’s growing Latino population is reaching a tipping point: A critical mass of Latino professionals is starting to organize and influence state and local politics. – dubbed Latino Agenda for Action
- The memory of Marcelo Lucero’s death still horrifies but the atmosphere that created it still exists
- One of Marcelo Lucero’s Attackers Pleads Guilty
- A third woman has filed a paternity claim against Paraguay’s Roman Catholic bishop-turned- president, her lawyer confirmed Thursday – President Fernando Lugo
- November 5, 2009
- AZ GOP Committeman: Ask “Brown People” About Crime in Tucson
- Francisco Ayala, honored Spanish author, dies at 103
- Mixed impressions inside the poll numbers – Texans on immigration
- Hispanic women snap up brands that boost their behinds- Colombian jeans celebrate women’s curves
- In Mexico, fears of a ‘lost generation’ – Violence among young soars as drug cartels recruit more minors
- They’ll (the NBA) take our money, but do they want us in the stands?
- Geraldo Rivera faces tough critics – a pair of abuelitas
- Remembering Marcelo Lucero : One Year Later, The List of Hate Crimes Grows Longer
- Guest Columnist: Sergio Troncoso. Is the Texas Library Association excluding Latino writers?
- The Prevention Research Center (PRC) in St. Louis is launching a multinational research project focused on preventing the leading causes of death in Hispanics in the United States and Latin America. – will conduct a four-year, $2.8 million effort to apply and adapt evidence-based strategies for preventing heart disease, cancer, diabetes and obesity in the United States, Mexico and Brazil
- Hispanic Voter Turnout Remains Low – voter turnout rate of just 21% in Yakima, WA
- Dr. Luther Castillo — Voice of the Voiceless in Honduras
- FIU to develop model programs to keep Hispanics in college – Although 57% of non-Hispanic white students nationwide graduate within six years; only 46 % of Hispanics do so.
- Dominican-born judge wins bench in N.Y. State Supreme Court – Diccia Pineda-Kirwan
- Deal to restore Manuel Zelaya in Honduras at risk – Supporters of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya say lawmakers are stalling efforts to bring him back to office before a Nov. 29 election.
- November 4, 2009
- Study finds Lehigh Valley’s Hispanic students are progressing – But struggles persist in areas such as reading. Valley area review is called ‘eye-opening’ – Pennsylvania
- Hispanic Women Run for Nevada Office – Several candidates hope to alter the composition of the Nevada State Legislature. There are currently no Hispanic women serving in the legislature, but four have already announced they will run next year
- Reid Gets No GOP Support For Resolution Honoring Hispanic Media
- A soldier every 3 feet on the US/Mexico border = 6,930,880 soldiers – Immigration Anecdotes
- Stop the Deportation of the Mejia-Perez Family; Parents of a Dreamer
- In these times, cities need to do more to help day laborers
- ICE gives voice to victims of human trafficking in the United States
- Board of Immigration Appeals Rules Not to Reopen Old Deportation Cases
- Hispanics urged to make census count – Cities plan outreach to allay fears of government probing that could limit federal dollars – Chicago area
- November 2, 2009
- The 287(g) policy has become a perverted version of its original intent in Tennessee
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- November 7, 2009
- MARISA TREVIÑO: She’s one blogging Latina lista to be reckoned with!
- Honduras leadership in limbo as accord dissolves
- BLS: Unemployment Rate Rose to 10.2% in October; Hispanic Unemployment at 13.1%
- November 6, 2009
- Carmen Ortiz has been confirmed as the U.S. attorney for Massachusetts, becoming the first Hispanic and the first woman to hold the state’s top federal prosecutor’s job.
- A Mix of Flash and Idealism at the Latin Grammys – Glitz and heart-on-sleeve emotionality mingled, every so often, with political and social messages at the 10th annual Latin Grammy Awards.
- Native American corporations, particularly an array of Alaska Native Corporations, have become major defense and homeland security contractors – responsible for a wide range of national security operations, including electronic surveillance on the border, running immigrant detention centers, and supplying security and other services in U.S. overseas wars and energy exploitation.
- Latin Grammys: Calle 13 dominates with 5 awards – “Other than Calle 13, there were no other major winners. ” – Mercedes Sosa won the prize for Best Folk Album.
- Senate Democrats Thursday blocked a GOP attempt to require next year’s census forms to ask people whether they are U.S. citizens – Vitter’s attempts fail
- November 5, 2009
- TOP Ten Latino-themed Caskets for Sale at Wal-Mart
- Low Latino voter turnout in NJ and VA elections reveal a return to the old ways
- Grassroots Effort to Oust Lou Dobbs Now 100,000 Strong – Latino leaders and their allies who are part of BastaDobbs.com vow to continue online campaign putting pressure on CNN to drop Dobbs
- Latin Grammys honors Mexican icon Juan Gabriel – The Latin music world celebrated 100 million records sold, 1,500 songs written and 30 years of recording, all by one artist, Mexico’s beloved Juan Gabriel.
- Calle 13: With the people, without a map – Calle 13 hit it big in a hurry. Unsettled by fame, MC Rene Perez set out to connect on a personal level with Latin America.
- For immigrants, illness can bring a death sentence
- The U.S. Supreme Court has indicated it is interested in hearing an appeal from business groups that, for the past two years, have been trying to have Arizona’s controversial employer-sanctions law thrown out. – The sanctions law, which punishes companies for hiring illegal immigrants and requires all Arizona employers to use a federal electronic system to verify the work status of employees, has been upheld by two lower courts.
- Cuban Tomas Regalado was elected mayor of Miami with a pledge to control spending, limit property-tax increases and curtail development
- A top Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) official confirmed that officers were conducting a training exercise at CSUN that involved members of Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA) earlier this semester. – Members said they were targeted and profiled by LAPD officers during their first meeting on Sept. 2. & that they were followed, harassed and intimidated by “undercover police officers” during a ceremony to welcome first-time freshmen to their organization.
- November 4, 2009
- Walking a mile in an immigrant’s moccasins – Ben Reed married Deyanira Escalona in Mexico after she was deported at LAX while en route to their planned wedding in Idaho. They live in Mexico now. “I’ve been radicalized by the whole experience,” Reed says.
- Half of American kids will live in households receiving food stamps before age 20, according to a study reported Monday in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
- Friendly Fire? CNN’s Lou Dobbs Gets Called Out By CNN’s Reliable Sources
- Native Americans Profit from Abusive Immigrant Detention and Billions of Dollars in National Security Contracts
- Miriam Flores is a 42-year-old Mexican immigrant who has taken the cause of English as a second language to the nation’s highest courts.
- Child welfare workers too quick to remove Latino children from their families
- Latin Grammys aim to bring Latin music to the mainstream – After a decade, Latin music’s most important awards show still falls short of its original goals — bringing greater visibility to Latin artists and musical styles.
- The debate over health care for illegal immigrants continues to percolate in Congress despite the Obama administration’s efforts to put it to rest, with lawmakers in both houses also wrangling over how much coverage to provide for immigrants who have settled in the country legally.
- Lawrence elects Massachusetts’ first Latino mayor – William Lantigua
- November 2, 2009
- Latinos need more than lip service – Families are being torn apart by America’s broken immigration system. President Obama needs to show leadership and fix it – (the view from England)
- The Newest Face in the Late-Night Party – The arrival of “Lopez Tonight” on TBS is breaking up what Jay Leno likes to call “the parade of nine white men” on the late-night talk shows.
- A little more than 1 million people work in the illegal drug trade including “around 200,000” women, according to the COCyP association of peasant organizations, based on police estimates.
- The Strange Bedfellows of the Census Boycott
- Top 10 Reasons Not To Wear A Culturally Appropriating Halloween Costume
- ‘Drop Lou Dobbs’ Campaign Nearing 100,000 Signature Goal – need 30k more!
- Rights activists in the northern Mexican border city of Tijuana have hung 5,100 small white crosses on the fence straddling the U.S. frontier to commemorate migrants who have died trying to cross.
- Immigrant Jail Tests U.S. View of Legal Access – City Bar Justice Center is calling for all immigrant detainees to be provided with counsel.
- The Hispanic Market Is Set to Soar – The 2010 Census will radically alter the demographic map and the rules of engagement between Hispanic and general-market shops
- October 30, 2009
- Song banned, band pulls out of Luna Awards TV show – Los Tigres del Norte is initially barred from playing its latest drug-trade lyrics. – “La Granja”
- Mexican emigrants sent home $16.4 billion during the first nine months of this year, down 13.4% from the same period in 2008
- Sanchez sisters eyed by House ethics panel for alleged collusion – Linda and Loretta CA Democrats
- U.S. May Be Open to Asylum for Spouse Abuse – Immigration lawyers said the administration had taken a major step toward clarifying a murky area of asylum law and defining the legal grounds on which battered and sexually abused women in foreign countries could seek protection here.
- Did a resolution honoring Hispanic media trigger a silent boycott among the GOP?
