Top Stories + Language Issues Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)

October 29, 2009

STUDY FINDS ACADEMIC BENEFITS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS WHO TRANSITION INTO MAINSTREAM CLASSROOMS – Nearly 30% of Los Angeles Unified School District students aren’t reclassified by the 8th grade, according to the Tomás Rivera Policy Institute

October 26, 2009

New Mexican Hotel owner tells Hispanic workers to change names (to Anglicize)

In Dallas, Drivers Ticketed for Inability to Habla Ingles – over the past three years, wrongly ticketed at least 39 drivers for not speaking English

October 7, 2009

Adios, Juan and Juanita: Latin Names Trend Down

September 28, 2009

Latinos bank on bilingual census form to aid count

August 27, 2009

Can the U.S. government take a woman’s baby from her because she doesn’t speak English? That’s the latest question to arise in the hothouse debate over illegal immigration, as an undocumented woman from impoverished rural Mexico — who speaks only an obscure indigenous language — fights in a Mississippi court to regain custody of her infant daughter.

August 4, 2009

She Made ‘Hispanic’ Official – A Conversation With Grace Flores-Hughes, Hispanic wordsmith

July 21, 2009

Unraveling how children become bilingual so easily

June 19, 2009

Speak English well, or get a ticket by federal law – Truckers face hefty fine for breaking law that says they must be able to talk with police. – Authorities last year issued 25,230 tickets nationwide for violations

Iowa researchers found significant disparities in several aspects of children’s health-care between those who speak primarily Spanish and those who speak English.

June 2, 2009

Census uses foreign language to get numbers, ease fears – Jencarlos Canela, from left, Gaby Espino and Miguel Varoni star in a new Spanish-language novela that will weave a Census worker into the plotline, aimed at reducing the reluctance among some Latinos to participate in the 2010 Census.

April 10, 2009

New York will soon have a new daily Spanish-language newspaper. On April 20, NY Al Día will be launched

April 6, 2009

NASA reaches out to Hispanics — en espanol (o Español) – 4-year-old effort to reach out to Hispanics, in America and abroad

January 23, 2009

Los niños pequeños bilingües tienen alto riesgo de tartamudear, así como también menos posibilidades de recuperarse que los tartamudos monolingües, según los resultados de un estudio.

Nashville voters rejected a proposal on Thursday that would have made it the largest U.S. city to require that all government business be done in English

December 9, 2008

Census: More Hispanics in USA fluent in English – The drop in the percentage who struggle with English is most noticeable in some of the largest counties and cities that have attracted immigrants for decades.

October 20, 2008

‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’ Now Available to Hispanic Audiences in Spanish Major Markets Launch Spanish Programming through SAP and Closed Captioning

September 22, 2008

Speaking Spanish Limits Access to Health Care – Poverty and lack of insurance are the real barriers, experts say

September 19, 2008

AdWatch: Spanish-language ads are short on facts – Apparently both presidential campaigns feel less constrained by the facts when they’re speaking in Spanish.

September 5, 2008

Under increasing criticism, the LPGA Tour on Friday backed off plans to suspend players who cannot speak English well enough to be understood at pro-ams, in interviews or in making acceptance speeches at tournaments.

September 3, 2008

Professor Shows Relationship Between Lower Wages and Poor English is Larger than Previously Shown – Arthur H. Goldsmith, Jackson T. Stephens Professor of Economics at W&L, has co-authored an article on “Measuring the Wage Costs of Limited English”

August 29, 2008

Can the Republican Party unite a divided country? The signs aren’t good – there are two issues Republican delegates are grappling with that specifically impact the Latino community — illegal immigration and making English the official language

August 10, 2008

Measure Limiting English Learning to Cost Oregonians a Quarter of a Billion Dollars

July 29, 2008

Texas will probably appeal a court ruling mandating a new language program for an estimated 140,000 junior high and high school students who don’t have command of the English language, state officials said Monday.

July 13, 2008

McCain and Obama Speak Off the Cuff, and Trouble Quickly Follows – Obama said “you need to make sure your child can speak Spanish” – (video included)

June 30, 2008

Primer Impacto: How Spanish-Language Ads Could Decide The Election

June 24, 2008

People who are bicultural and speak two languages may actually shift their personalities when they switch from one language to another

May 29, 2008

In Miami, Spanish is becoming the primary language

May 27, 2008

A Washington town confronts its language barrier – In a program seen as a bellwether, the Justice Department steps in with a formal plan to bridge the English-Spanish divide in Mattawa.

April 21, 2008

Multilingual workplace can translate into opportunities

April 14, 2008

Hablan español at City Hall – Los Angeles council members are learning to speak to a growing constituency. Sometimes the efforts can be embarrassing (but not embarazada).

March 28, 2008

Judge rules: Learn English or go to jail – The three will have to pass test in a year — or serve two years if they fail – Pennsylvania

March 5, 2008

The Spanish spoken today by bilingual Hispanics in South Florida has become watered down through the generations

February 14, 2008

A Chicago parents group says forcing students who are still learning English to take the same state achievement test as native English-speakers is unfair.

February 13, 2008

Wooing Hispanics, With Spanish – Clinton y Obama

January 28, 2008

Presidential Candidates Make Limited Use of the Web to Target Hispanic Voters

January 24, 2008

GOP candidates talk tough on learning English, but also advertise in Spanish – Are hopefuls trying to have it both ways? They say it’s not a contradiction.

January 17, 2008

New York Spanish, a New Dialect, Rises

A Republican state senator from Fairfax County has introduced a proposal that would allow a boss to fire employees who don’t speak English in the workplace, which would make them ineligible for unemployment benefits. – Virginia

January 14, 2008

California and national nursing shortages could be addressed by hiring from Mexico, but English proficiency is one of many hurdles potential applicants face

January 11, 2008

Mexican education comes to U.S. – Adult immigrants can complete their basic education in Spanish at one of 13 centers across L.A. County.

January 4, 2008

Spanish-Language Papers Sending Reporters On Campaign Trail

December 13, 2007

Saying ‘Adios’ To Spanglish – Growing up, I wanted nothing to do with my heritage. My kids made me see how wrong that was.

December 11, 2007

Suits fuel debate over English-only rules at work

December 5, 2007

Angry Hispanic Democrats Confront House Leaders

November 30, 2007

English study may fall on deaf ears

Pew Hispanic Center Report: English Usage Among Hispanics in the United States – Nearly all Hispanic adults born in the United States of immigrant parents report they are fluent in English.

November 28, 2007

Learning the Language: Presidential Candidates’ Views on Bilingual Education

English-Only Showdown – (should charities and other employers be protected from federal lawsuits over their English-only policies? – EEOC related)

November 14, 2007

Man Eegee – The Word “Illegal” is NOT a Noun

November 13, 2007

Biding their tongues – Cuban-born Maria Carreira is a professor at Cal State Long Beach. She has a finely honed sense of Spanish-English etiquette that leads her to use Spanish sparingly in public, unless she is approached in that language.

November 4, 2007

Language barrier plagues Mesa police – Arizona

October 30, 2007

Grupo Salinas and Fundacion Azteca America Sign Landmark English-as-a-Second- Language Agreement With the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) to Benefit US Latinos

October 24, 2007

Crossover appeal could make Juanes a worldwide star

October 23, 2007

Fuego in San Diego: Very Little Information in Spanish

October 17, 2007

New Jersey is promoting Spanish language

October 11, 2007

Language often barrier in parent-teacher talks – Clarke County, Georgia – (need more than 100 volunteer translators this year to ensure all the county’s 2,300 Hispanic students can make the schedule)

October 8, 2007

Poll: Spanish Spoken Here — and Two-thirds Don’t Mind – Fewer Admit Feeling Prejudice Toward Hispanics than Toward Arabs, Overweight People

September 23, 2007

Hispanic parents are frustrated because children won’t learn Spanish – South Florida

August 16, 2007

Spanglish Offers Stepping-Stone to English, Professor Says

August 2, 2007

Immigrants to Georgia are among those needing lessons the most in nation, report says.

August 1, 2007

English Instruction Touted for Immigrants

July 23, 2007

Immigrant parents struggle to keep their children bilingual

June 25, 2007

Spanglish is a growing language for immigrants

June 21, 2007

English-Only Resolution Passes In Carpentersville – Illinois (40% Hispanic population)

Alabama court weighs English only suit over drivers exams

June 17, 2007

2 US presidential candidates protest Spanish-language TV networks debate required English

Governor’s bilingual ads queried after his Spanish media comments

Latinos reject governor’s English-immersion advice

June 14, 2007

Schwarzenegger: Avoid Spanish-language media to learn English

June 4, 2007

Why Marketers Are Teaming With an Online English Class

April 26, 2007

Nevada Senate Passes “English Only” Bill, Despite 23% Population is Hispanic

April 9, 2007

Santa Ana chamber pushing residents to learn English – California

January 14, 2007

IN PLAIN ENGLISH, HISPANICS LOSE AGAIN – Cochecton, New York