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November 20, 2009
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.
Economic Blame Game: U.S. Unemployment is Not Caused by Immigration
November 19, 2009
TOP Ten reasons you should watch Lopez tonight not Conan
BMI Foundation Announces Opening of 7th Annual peermusic Latin Scholarship Competition
Nacional Records Sampler 2009 | The New Sounds Of Latin Music – 21 FREE mp3s over at Amazon – (cool!)
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.
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
Analysis reveals driving out undocumented immigrants doesn’t bode well for congressional representation
A Woman’s Nation Spurred by LatinaTION
Congressman Raúl Grijalva talks to his daughter Marisa about his mother’s influence on his education. – new Historias from StoryCorp
The Cuban ties that bind, 50 years on – Visiting her father’s homeland under newly relaxed travel restrictions is both invigorating and saddening.
Immigrant Advocates Welcome Napolitano Statement, Will Hold House Parties This Week to Support Reform
Deporting undocumented students affects the chances for legal return if Congress doesn’t address it in immigration reform bill
Remembering mail art in Mexico
Immigrants and Health Care – The Real Numbers and Policy Implications
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.
Google Translate Now Talks and Translates in Real-time
The Pro-Immigrant Movement: Fighting On, Despite All The Obstacles
November 16, 2009
Hispanic College Fund Opens Applications for $2 Million in 2010 Scholarships
‘The African Presence in México’ – Anacostia museum mounts border-crossing mission
Scarlet “A” will dominate immigration reform rhetoric – Greg Tejeda on immigration reform & Janet Napolitano’s speech
Hispanic Graduate Students Benefit from Online Education Grant – University of St. Thomas in Houston strives to improve retention and graduation rates for Hispanic graduate students. UST received a $2.8 million education grant to offer two options
Actress and humanitarian activist Eva Longoria Parker has been named Philanthropist of the Year by The Hollywood Reporter.
Keila Cosme, a native of Puerto Rico – The first Hispanic named to an Ohio appellate court
José Cisneros 1910-2009 – Iconic El Paso artist dies at age 99
Protesters picket at Taos hotel where owner told employees to Anglicize Hispanic names
Magnet States for Hispanics in 2008: Marketing Implications – Felipe Korzenny
Hundreds of young people demonstrated on Friday inside city hall to ask for an end to the deporting of undocumented immigrants, in particular a young Mexican man attending the University of Illinois at Chicago. – Rigo Padilla
Interview with Sofía Quintero – A self-proclaimed “Ivy League homegirl,” a writer, activist, educator, speaker and comedienne, was born into a working-class Puerto Rican-Dominican family in the Bronx.
Sonia Sotomayor unwittingly adds celebrity touch to Supreme Court
November 13, 2009
Tacos Al Pastor: Lebanon’s Gift to Mexico
The ‘flea’ CNN’s Lou Dobbs couldn’t shake off – Interview with Roberto Lovato
Reflections on Lou Dobbs’ Turbulent Departure – (good quote) – “I believe free speech includes the right to be heard, but not everyone has a right to his or her own television show.”
Western New York Native Thomas Perez has earned a high post in the U.S. Justice Department. – Friday, Perez will be sworn in as head of the department’s Civil Rights Division. He’ll report directly to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.
HNBA Commends the Confirmation of Ignacia S. Moreno as the Assistant Attorney for the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the United States Department of Justice
Hispanic Organizations Unite To Address Major Problems with Health Care Legislation – Ten national Hispanic groups sent a joint letter to Congress about the devastating impact of the health care legislation on Hispanic small businesses, seniors and families.
Juliet V. Garcia, the president of University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, has been named one of TIME Magazine’s Ten Best College Presidents of 2009
Longtime Rutgers Professor, Community Activist, Gay-Rights Pioneer Hilda Hidalgo Loses Cancer Fight
“El Gringo” Meddling Spurs Hispanic Revolt – Chicago politics
A “Day of Happiness”: Immigration Activists, Hispanic Press Relish Dobbs’ Exit From CNN
Five People We’d Rather See Replace Lou Dobbs Than John King
Lou Dobbs Is Gone from CNN: Now What?
Dobbs’ CNN departure leaves me cold – (Gregory Tejeda’s insightful post – good read)
GOP should take a cue from Lou Dobbs and resign their attack strategy on illegal immigration
Stop the deportation of Rigo Padilla
More than 1,200 students are registered to attend the 10th Annual Latino Youth Conference hosted by the Latin American Association in Atlanta.
America’s Enduring Exceptionalism
U.S. Deports Lou Dobbs – CNN Host Had Been Living Illegally In Country Since 1961 – (satire from the Onion – the photo made me laugh)
November 12, 2009
TOP Ten reasons Latino Sammy Sosa went from Black to White
Tito x 2: Celebrating The Kings Of Mambo Again – Tito Rodriguez’s greatest-hits disc El Inolvidable is a singer’s paradise, with everything from smoking mambos to creamy boleros. Better yet, Rodriguez fronted a band with some of the best chops in Latin music.
Mario Solis-Marich: Cyber-Deported! My Personal Tragic True Story of Being Rejected by the Tancredo Campaign
New bill recognizes families’ military sacrifices not tied to citizenship status
Dallas-Fort Worth programs helping Hispanic mothers find teaching moments
It’s Dobbs last night on CNN as employee, but not as subject of controversy
AFTER THIRTY YEARS, Lou Dobbs is pushed off CNN. “Strong winds of change have begun buffeting this country,” he says on his last night, “affecting all of us.” Adios, Lou.
Goodbye to an anti-hispanic – After months of pressure, Lou Dobbs’ departure from CNN is not only a sign that the network is interested in restoring its credibility but also that immigrants and Latinos will stand up firmly to hate mongering.
Lou Dobbs resigns from CNN – The outspoken newsman says he has been urged ‘to go beyond my role here.’ Is politics in his future?
November 11, 2009
Veterans Day: Saluting a Forgotten Force –
Millions of Latinos are proud of their history of military service to our nation. To discover they have defended the USA against all enemies, from the Revolutionary War to the current conflicts in Afghanistan, one must cull through volumes of research, academic dissertations, or tomes of Spanish-language and Latino literature, because this history is not common knowledge.
All aboard for a tour of Little Tokyo and East L.A. Next stop: foodie nirvana
Tex-Mex chicken and dumplings recipe
Mexico and the Crisis of a Dependent Economy – The well-known 19th century Mexican saying—”poor Mexico, so far from God and so close to the United States”—has become more poignant today than ever in the context of the global economic crisis.
Internet users can now take a virtual pilgrimage on Spain’s Road to Santiago, or Way of St. James, thanks to Google’s Street View service.
Wondering What ‘Real Latinos’ are Watching on TV? – (Laura Martinez isn’t 2 sarcastic, is she – funny video clip)
“Silent” immigration raid in Minneapolis is more humane but still traumatic for mixed-status families
Literanista: “25 Books Every Latina Should Read” Challenge
Al Horford, the Hispanic ALtanta Hawk that everyone loves – father, Tito, was the first Dominican-born player to play in the NBA
Sammy Sosa: Lighten up folks, it’s just facial cream – (this sure has gotten a lot of press)
November 10, 2009
Juan Misael Gonzalez-Montañez, 8, of Sacramento used crayon and watercolors to create his winning entry in an artwork competition sponsored by the government of Mexico. He was one of 15 top winners out of 6,266 entries worldwide for the official 2010 Mexican calendar.
Greater civic engagement will make Latinos a political force – This year’s elections in key Massachusetts cities have marked some important milestones for Latinos.
Heroic Texas Latino officer says policewoman at Fort Hood ‘erased a lot of prejudice’ – (interesting)
Honoring Ourselves, As We Honor Our Veterans – Fighting racism is one of the many battles our Veterans have fought and died for
U.S. officials wrong in celebrating fall of the Berlin Wall as work continues on our own border wall
Lack of info — not fear — hurts census
Cuba’s blogosphere has taken on a decidedly harsher face in recent months, an act of online defiance in the face of government retribution.
Mastering English is the key to achievement for Hispanic children – (I am not agreeing or disagreeing but interesting)
Roberto Rodriguez: Beaten by police and running to victory – November 7 marks 30 years since he won his first police brutality trial in East L.A.
November 9, 2009
Essential to the Fight: Immigrants in the U.S. Military
Up next: A Latino president? – who will be the nation’s first Latino president?
Remembering Marcelo Lucero : Images and Thoughts from Vigil in Patchogue, Long Island
Many illegal immigrants deported in ‘a cloud of uncertainty’
Iraq war veteran’s wife spared deportation – Frances Barrios, who was brought to the U.S. illegally as a child, receives humanitarian parole and can stay in Los Angeles and apply for a green card. Her husband suffers from post-traumatic stress.
Hispanics Dodge a Bullet – Hispanics would have been hurt in critical ways by the proposed change to the census
Traditional Healers Choose to Fight H1N1 Naturally
Pro-Immigrant Demonstrators and Hispanic Media Confront Sheriff Arpaio on Visit to Southern California
November 7, 2009
MARISA TREVIÑO: She’s one blogging Latina lista to be reckoned with!
In pictures: Yucatan wonders – (wow some amazing photos)
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
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
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
November 5, 2009
Mixed impressions inside the poll numbers – Texans on immigration
TOP Ten Latino-themed Caskets for Sale at Wal-Mart
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