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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)
Honduras leadership in limbo as accord dissolves
George Mason University Study Shows Deep Anti-Immigration Sentiment in Pockets of Prince William County
BLS: Unemployment Rate Rose to 10.2% in October; Hispanic Unemployment at 13.1%
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
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.
The closing immigration window
THE LEGALIZATION SOLUTION – IPC Reports Highlight Gains Made From Legalization Programs Past and Explore Future Legalization Proposals
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.
Activists Push for Immigration Reform on Anniversary of Long Island Hate Crime – Marcelo Lucero
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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
TOP Ten Latino-themed Caskets for Sale at Wal-Mart
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?
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
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
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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
Child welfare workers too quick to remove Latino children from their families
ICE gives voice to victims of human trafficking in the United States
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.
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
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 287(g) policy has become a perverted version of its original intent in Tennessee
“Day of the Dead” one of those concepts often misunderstood
FBI investigating Joe Arpaio for using deputies to intimidate critics
In Latin America, weapons buying spreads mistrust – Weapons purchases in Latin America are soaring as nations cast a wary eye on their neighbors.
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.
More than 200 bodies recovered at Arizona/Sonora border
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.
Texas needs Spanish-speaking social workers
Zelaya, Micheletti Beginning to Disagree About Crisis-Ending Accord
Mexico reaches record 100 extraditions to US
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
Questions Surrounding Dobbs’ Gunfire Incident Cast Doubt on CNN’s Credibility
Joe Arpaio Cries Wolf, Links Self to Lou Dobbs Threat, Slanders Activists
A costume dubbed “Mexican Man” has offended Latino shoppers and community groups after being discovered at a Halloween chain store.
Detained immigrant’s death leaves far-reaching questions – the case of Dominican Pedro Tavarez in Massachusetts
Puerto Rico lawmakers have voted to adopt one of the world’s lowest legal limits for drunk driving.
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”
Study Emphasizes “Economic Value” of Spanish in U.S., Brazil – salaries of bilingual Hispanics in US are 2.7% higher on average than those for Hispanics who only speak English.
Mexican emigrants sent home $16.4 billion during the first nine months of this year, down 13.4% from the same period in 2008
Senator Reid States He Is Keeping Anti-Immigrant Vitter Amendment From the Senate Floor
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?
San Francisco mayor vetoes new city sanctuary law
15% of the U.S. population is of Latino descent, but Latinos remain underrepresented on English-language television. Only 4% of on-camera talent is Latino
October 29, 2009
Lou Dobbs Ad to Air in Markets across the U.S. – (since CNN wouldn’t air it)
Patient Medical Home Linked to Reducing Health Disparities – Studies Find Chronic Disease Awareness Lacking Among US Latinos without Usual Source of Care
Not a healthy state for all Latinos in the US – Undocumented foreign-born Latinos face serious financial and language barriers to quality health care
Special Issue of Medical Journal Explores Latino Health and Healthcare – New Facts Uncovered to Advance Healthcare Systems and Policy for US Latinos
Health Insurance Status Among US Latinos Affects Perception of Quality of Health Care – Researchers Link Socioeconomic and Other Factors to Health Insurance Coverage
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