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November 18, 2009
The Center for Comparative Immigration Studies announces the publication of the first fieldwork-based study of the impacts of the U.S. economic crisis on Mexican migration to the United States
Report from America’s Voice: The New Constituents… How Latinos Will Shape Congressional Apportionmention After the 2010 Census
November 16, 2009
Founded in 1973, the Mexican American Legislative Caucus is a 501(c)(6) non-profit, non-partisan organization composed of 44 members of the Texas House of Representatives committed to addressing the issues that Latinos face across the state of Texas.
November 13, 2009
ASU, ALRE release major study on Arizona’s Latino population – (direct link to report & powerpoint)
November 10, 2009
Workshops for Latino immigrants focus on preventing foreclosure in Sacramento – Preserving and protecting that investment is the focus of a pilot program launched this week to help Mexican and other Latino immigrants in Sacramento and the northern San Joaquin Valley avoid foreclosure
October 28, 2009
Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States
October 27, 2009
Domestic Violence and Latina Immigrants: Seven Reasons Why Some Are Reluctant to Seek Help
Q&A With Monica C. Roldan, MSW Manager of Community Outreach and Supervising Supervisor Sanctuary for Families
October 2009 NALAC eBoletin is Now Online – Día de los Muertos Issue – (lots of great content)
October 17, 2009
Country of Origin Profiles: Browse detailed demographic and economic profiles of Hispanics in the United States by their countries of origin.
October 9, 2009
LATINA VOTER INTERNET AND NEW MEDIA USAGE: Groundbreaking Poll Shows Internet & New Media Usage Vital for Engaging Latinas
Manhattan Institute Report: Measuring Immigrant Assimilation in the United States – How has the recession impacted immigrants and where they choose to live? Do immigrants learn English more quickly now than one hundred years ago? What impact have hurdles on the path to citizenship had on naturalization rates?
October 7, 2009
The Burden of Immigration Laws on Business
Pew Hispanic Report: Latinos and Education: Explaining the Attainment Gap
October 5, 2009
Immigrants & Health Care: MPI Analyzes Health Reform Eligibility, Verification Issues and Provides New Estimates of Coverage by Legal Status, Poverty, Firm Size and for Select States
October 2, 2009
Literanista: Bill of Rights for People of Mixed Heritage
September 28, 2009
How Smart Growth Disadvatages African-Americans & Hispanics
September 21, 2009
Sources of information for E-Verify
September 17, 2009
Data and Resources: Country of Origin Profiles – Pew Hispanic Center
September 2, 2009
Southern Poverty Law Center: Climate of Fear – Latino Immigrants in Suffolk County, N.Y.
New GAO Report: Border Patrol: Checkpoints Contribute to Border Patrol’s Mission, but More Consistent Data Collection and Performance Measurement Could Improve Effectiveness
August 25, 2009
US Census 2009 Hispanic Fact Sheet :: Hispanic Heritage Month Sept. 15 – Oct. 15
August 24, 2009
Whitehouse’s Healthcare reform page in Spanish
August 21, 2009
Latino Policy Coalition August 2009 Polls
August 19, 2009
Data Table: Hispanic 2006 Health Insurance Coverage Status (Uninsured Only) by State
August 11, 2009
The Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research (AHRQ), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has just published six new free consumer health guides in Spanish. – information on antidepressants, rheumatoid arthritis, prostate cancer and other conditions
August 6, 2009
New Book – Hispanic Families at Risk: The New Economy, Work, and the Welfare State (Hardcover)
Christian Serratos on IMDB – Twilight starlet Angela Weber
August 3, 2009
“Unequal Lives: Health Care Discrimination Harms Communities of Color” explains how the nation’s more than 103 million people of color suffer disproportionately in our health care system. (great resource)
July 29, 2009
Immigrant Detainee Rights Are Routinely, Systematically Violated, New Report by National Immigration Law Center Finds “A Broken System” is based on 18,000 pages of previously confidential ICE, ABA, and UNHCR reviews of detention centers
July 27, 2009
As Lines Continue to Blur, Some of Today’s Top Hispanic Shops Aren’t Hispanic After All – Ad Age’s Hispanic Fact Pack Ranks Agencies and Uncovers Latino Trends
July 23, 2009
Brookings has released a new immigration series of reports. Experts on each stage of the immigration process—from the broad political view to judicial concerns—are analyzing the immigration debate in an ongoing “Brookings Immigration Series.”
June 24, 2009
The End of the American Dream for Blacks and Latinos: How the Home Mortgage Crisis is Destroying Black and Latino Wealth, Jeopardizing America’s Future Prosperity and How to Fix It
LatinoEducators.com is a social portal for educators and parents to share, inspire and communicate about Spanish language education.
The U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission has announced that obesity and diabetes are its top priorities for 2009-2010. – Approximately 1.5 million adults in the border region are overweight or obese and another 1.2 million have been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes
June 22, 2009
Who’s Hispanic? According to the Census: Anyone who says they are. And nobody who says they aren’t. – (I missed this Pew Report back in late May still relevant)
June 19, 2009
Illegal Entry At A 36 Year Low, But Comprehensive Immigration Reform Still a Must
June 18, 2009
Scholarships for Hispanic and Latino Students – Nice Resource
June 16, 2009
Hispanic Businesses in Baltimore – A Fact Sheet
June 3, 2009
List of Peruvian restaurants across Southern California
May 29, 2009
A new report about Latina teen pregnancy doesn’t just examine the issue but, for the first time, breaks down the differences found among Latino families and how they contribute to Latina teens having the highest rates of teen pregnancies and births.
April 27, 2009
New Southern Poverty Law Center Report Finds Low-Income Latinos in South Targeted for Abuse, Discrimination
April 2, 2009
Growth in Hispanic students at Long Island colleges – (nice data)
March 19, 2009
Chicago’s Latino Landscape 2008: a statistical portrait of Chi-Town Hispanics – (great resource)
March 17, 2009
NASA’s Hispanic Astronauts Fact Sheet
March 11, 2009
Awesome interactive map on US immigration from the NY Times
February 16, 2009
Twitter for Business (En español) – Usando Twitter para los Negocios
February 1, 2009
Texas lawyer, university professors discuss Hispanic immigration impact – Hispanic Heresy: What is the Impact of America’s Largest Population of Immigrants?
January 21, 2009
Mashable en Español
January 16, 2009
Hispanics and the Economic Downturn: Housing Woes and Remittance Cuts – Pew Hispanic Report
January 15, 2009
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health aim to help U.S. Hispanic diabetics enjoy traditional food, officials say. A guide, Mas que comida, es vida — “It′s more than food, it′s life”
December 22, 2008
The Latino Education Crisis: The Consequences of Failed Social Policies, just published by Harvard University Press, is a scholarly attempt to focus on one fast-growing ethnic group. The authors are Patricia Gándara, professor of education at the University of California at Los Angeles, and Frances Contreras, professor of education at the University of Washington. The book primarily deals with elementary and secondary education, but a major chapter focuses on higher education.
December 17, 2008
Latino Workers in the Ongoing Recession: 2007 to 2008 – A small but significant decline has occurred during the current recession in the share of Latino immigrants active in the U.S. labor force
December 5, 2008
The New Electoral Landscape and What It Means for Immigration Reform – Immigration Policy Center
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.
Texas Institutions Along Border Lead State, Nation In Latino Enrollment and Degree Completion – Thirty Percent of Degrees and Certificates Earned by Latinos in Texas Awarded by Community Colleges and Universities on U.S./Mexico Border
December 3, 2008
Work-Related Injury Deaths Among Hispanics—United States, 1992-2006
Mel Martinez biography
December 2, 2008
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has released two new checklists to help Spanish-speaking men and women older than age 50 keep track of when they should have potentially life-saving screening exams done.
November 25, 2008
Strangers in a Strange Land: Health Care Experiences for Recent Latino Immigrants in Midwest Communities – Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved – Volume 19, Number 4, November 2008, pp. 1350-1367
November 3, 2008
Hispanics and the economy: Economic stagnation for Hispanic American workers, throughout the 2000s
October 29, 2008
List of US Hispanic & Latino Chambers of Commerce
October 21, 2008
The National Hispanic Council on Aging (NHCOA) is the premier non-profit organization in the nation, advocating on behalf of Hispanic older adults.
October 17, 2008
A Portrait of Latina/o College Freshmen at Four-Year Institutions, 1975-2006 :: Official Research Brief (pdf)
September 18, 2008
Pew Hispanic Center Report: 2008 National Survey of Latinos: Hispanics See Their Situation in U.S. Deteriorating; Oppose Key Immigration Enforcement Measures
September 17, 2008
Spanish-language resources for Latinos living with paralysis
Latino Entrepreneurial Network of Southeastern Wisconsin, a grass-roots, nonprofit entrepreneurial club that provides coaching, technical assistance and networking opportunities to Hispanic and other bilingual entrepreneurs.
New Book Offers Distressed Homeowners Advice for Avoiding Foreclosure Scams – Published in partnership with the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP)
September 16, 2008
Free Online Resources at Thinkfinity.org Help Educators Bring National Hispanic Heritage Month Lessons to Life
September 10, 2008
The “common Latino” has arrived on the political scene packing their own PAC
September 8, 2008
Separating Fact from Fiction: Refugees, Immigrants and Public Benefits Immigration OnPoint: Facts at Your Fingertips for Frequently Asked Immigration Questions
September 4, 2008
Republican National Hispanic Assembly (RNHA)
August 28, 2008
National Hispanic Leadership Agenda – 2008 Hispanic Public Policy Agenda – Download Here
August 24, 2008
Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC)
August 11, 2008
The Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (HOLA)
August 7, 2008
To help Spanish speakers understand and counteract common misconceptions about Israel and the Arab-Israeli conflict, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) produced a Spanish-language edition of its Israel advocacy guide.
July 30, 2008
Senator Ken Salazar, Representative Michael Honda, and other congressional leaders joined high-ranking corporate representatives to speak on the importance of achieving greater integration of Hispanics within the United States. Speakers echoed themes emphasized in the new AS/COA white paper on Hispanic integration and the role of the private sector. Integration is both a challenge and an opportunity. Above all, it is a pressing issue for the U.S. economy, society and politics.
An Invitation to Build Bridges in Your Community – Construyendo Puentes en Estados Unidos
July 28, 2008
The Hispanic Fact Pack – What’s Up (and Down) in the U.S. Hispanic Market | Download the Fifth Annual Guide
June 5, 2008
Pew Hispanic Center Report: Latino Labor Report, 2008: Construction Reverses Job Growth for Latinos
A look at South Carolina’s new illegal immigration law
June 4, 2008
Transitions Optical and Wal-Mart Team Up to Distribute Free Educational Bilingual Booklet on Eye Diseases and Healthy Sight
New Mexico State Forestry has published its fire preparedness guide, “Living with Fire,” in Spanish for the first time.
April 27, 2008
website: Latinovoterstube.com
April 8, 2008
Social Security information available in Spanish
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