HispanicTips » Tomás’ Picks http://www.hispanictips.com Essential Hispanic & Latino News :: Relevant, Trusted, Comprehensive and Useful Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:53:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 It is Better to “Spic”? When Were Ricans Ever the Model Minority? http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/23/it-is-better-to-%e2%80%9cspic%e2%80%9d-when-were-ricans-ever-the-model-minority/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/23/it-is-better-to-%e2%80%9cspic%e2%80%9d-when-were-ricans-ever-the-model-minority/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:08:37 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=68234 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=68234 0 Al Carlos sits down with Nancy De Los Santos, writer. Period. http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/23/al-carlos-sits-down-with-nancy-de-los-santos-writer-period/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/23/al-carlos-sits-down-with-nancy-de-los-santos-writer-period/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:52:39 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=68216 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=68216 0 Guapa, it’s your genetic ancestry I love – study of DNA found that within Mexican populations, people tended to pick partners with similar proportions of Native American and European ancestry, while in Puerto Rican populations couples had paired up based on their shared balance of European and African ancestry. http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/23/guapa-its-your-genetic-ancestry-i-love/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/23/guapa-its-your-genetic-ancestry-i-love/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:49:17 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/23/guapa-its-your-genetic-ancestry-i-love/ HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=68213 0 Marco Rubio, A Crossover Success – (good read) http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/21/marco-rubio-a-crossover-success-good-read/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/21/marco-rubio-a-crossover-success-good-read/#comments Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:56:55 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=68194 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=68194 0 Miguel H. Díaz is first Hispanic to represent U.S. at Vatican http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/21/miguel-h-diaz-is-first-hispanic-to-represent-u-s-at-vatican/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/21/miguel-h-diaz-is-first-hispanic-to-represent-u-s-at-vatican/#comments Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:44:50 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=68171 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=68171 0 Lalo Alcaraz on Lou Dobbs (departure from CNN) http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/21/lalo-alcaraz-on-lou-dobbs-departure-from-cnn/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/21/lalo-alcaraz-on-lou-dobbs-departure-from-cnn/#comments Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:19:27 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=68154 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=68154 0 “They” Are “Us”: The Devastating Effects of Broken Immigration Policy on Children in Immigrant Families http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/21/%e2%80%9cthey%e2%80%9d-are-%e2%80%9cus%e2%80%9d-the-devastating-effects-of-broken-immigration-policy-on-children-in-immigrant-families/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/21/%e2%80%9cthey%e2%80%9d-are-%e2%80%9cus%e2%80%9d-the-devastating-effects-of-broken-immigration-policy-on-children-in-immigrant-families/#comments Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:53:31 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/21/%e2%80%9cthey%e2%80%9d-are-%e2%80%9cus%e2%80%9d-the-devastating-effects-of-broken-immigration-policy-on-children-in-immigrant-families/ HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=68151 0 Interview with Aurora Anaya-Cerda, owner of La Casa Azul Bookstore – NYC http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/20/interview-with-aurora-anaya-cerda-owner-of-la-casa-azul-bookstore-nyc/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/20/interview-with-aurora-anaya-cerda-owner-of-la-casa-azul-bookstore-nyc/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:47:29 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=68096 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=68096 0 We need an honest definition of who is a “real American” http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/20/we-need-an-honest-definition-of-who-is-a-%e2%80%9creal-american%e2%80%9d/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/20/we-need-an-honest-definition-of-who-is-a-%e2%80%9creal-american%e2%80%9d/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:08:18 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=68058 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=68058 0 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. http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/20/immigration-reform-the-phone-call-heard-around-the-country-on-the-call-were-rep-luis-gutierrez-d-ill-nydia-velazquez-d-n-y-and-rep-raul-grijalva-d-ariz-immigrant-rights-advocates-from-var/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/20/immigration-reform-the-phone-call-heard-around-the-country-on-the-call-were-rep-luis-gutierrez-d-ill-nydia-velazquez-d-n-y-and-rep-raul-grijalva-d-ariz-immigrant-rights-advocates-from-var/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:59:49 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=68039 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=68039 0 Digital out-of-home (DOOH) Effectively Reaches Latinos On The Go – few marketers truly utilized digital media when reaching out to the Hispanic community. http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/20/digital-out-of-home-dooh-effectively-reaches-latinos-on-the-go-few-marketers-truly-utilized-digital-media-when-reaching-out-to-the-hispanic-community/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/20/digital-out-of-home-dooh-effectively-reaches-latinos-on-the-go-few-marketers-truly-utilized-digital-media-when-reaching-out-to-the-hispanic-community/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:58:57 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=68040 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=68040 0 Economic Blame Game: U.S. Unemployment is Not Caused by Immigration http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/20/economic-blame-game-u-s-unemployment-is-not-caused-by-immigration/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/20/economic-blame-game-u-s-unemployment-is-not-caused-by-immigration/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:12:24 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=67998 Aggregated by HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=67998 0 TOP Ten reasons you should watch Lopez tonight not Conan http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/19/top-ten-reasons-you-should-watch-lopez-tonight-not-conan/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/19/top-ten-reasons-you-should-watch-lopez-tonight-not-conan/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:05:01 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=67981 Aggregated by HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=67981 0 BMI Foundation Announces Opening of 7th Annual peermusic Latin Scholarship Competition http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/19/bmi-foundation-announces-opening-of-7th-annual-peermusic-latin-scholarship-competition/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/19/bmi-foundation-announces-opening-of-7th-annual-peermusic-latin-scholarship-competition/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:57:29 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=67907 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=67907 0 Nacional Records Sampler 2009 | The New Sounds Of Latin Music – 21 FREE mp3s over at Amazon – (cool!) http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/19/nacional-records-sampler-2009-the-new-sounds-of-latin-music-21-free-mp3s-over-at-amazon-cool/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/19/nacional-records-sampler-2009-the-new-sounds-of-latin-music-21-free-mp3s-over-at-amazon-cool/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:56:39 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=67916 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=67916 0 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. http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/19/the-cuban-band-septeto-nacional-de-ignacio-pineiro-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-t/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/19/the-cuban-band-septeto-nacional-de-ignacio-pineiro-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-t/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:51:02 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/19/the-cuban-band-septeto-nacional-de-ignacio-pineiro-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-t/ HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=67908 0 Who seriously wants the Cuban trade embargo? http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/19/who-seriously-wants-the-cuban-trade-embargo/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/19/who-seriously-wants-the-cuban-trade-embargo/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:54:16 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=67838 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=67838 0 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. http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/19/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/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/19/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/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:42:31 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=67832 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=67832 0 Farewell to an icon: Artist who tore at racism is buried at 99 – R.I.P. José Cisneros http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/19/farewell-to-an-icon-artist-who-tore-at-racism-is-buried-at-99-r-i-p-jose-cisneros/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/19/farewell-to-an-icon-artist-who-tore-at-racism-is-buried-at-99-r-i-p-jose-cisneros/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:41:45 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=67830 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=67830 0 Analysis reveals driving out undocumented immigrants doesn’t bode well for congressional representation http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/18/analysis-reveals-driving-out-undocumented-immigrants-doesnt-bode-well-for-congressional-representation/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/18/analysis-reveals-driving-out-undocumented-immigrants-doesnt-bode-well-for-congressional-representation/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:20:20 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=67743 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=67743 0