Community + Research Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
November 19, 2009
Over the last 3 years, high schools that received the lowest marks from the city have been the ones with the highest percentages of poor, black and Hispanic students, despite an evaluation system that was meant to equalize differences among student bodies, according to an analysis by The New York Times of school grades released this week.
November 13, 2009
ASU, ALRE release major study on Arizona’s Latino population – (direct link to report & powerpoint)
November 7, 2009
George Mason University Study Shows Deep Anti-Immigration Sentiment in Pockets of Prince William County
October 28, 2009
University of Illinois at Chicago sociologists have received a $420,000 National Science Foundation grant to study how local communities respond to the issue of immigration.
September 24, 2009
Hodges University is gathering statistics about Hispanic residents of Lee and Collier counties. – The report aggregates data mined from federal census activities. It’s the precursor to the university’s Hispanic Institute “moving toward filling in the gaps, by doing our own research,” said Aysegul Timur, professor in business administration.
September 21, 2009
Diabetes is killing Latinos in Ventura County, CA at twice the rate it is claiming lives in other racial and ethnic groups. – Nearly 6% of Latinos who died in Ventura County in 2005 and 2006 were killed by diabetes
September 17, 2009
New Study Finds Local Enforcement of Immigration Laws Led to Racial Profiling – UC Berkeley
September 2, 2009
Southern Poverty Law Center: Climate of Fear – Latino Immigrants in Suffolk County, N.Y.
August 12, 2009
Immigrants Are ‘Greening’ our Cities, How About Giving them a Break?
July 20, 2009
Book tells stories of Hispanic population growth – “Voices from the Nueva Frontera: Latino Immigration in Dalton, Georgia”
November 18, 2008
Report says El Paso is heavy human trafficking area
November 12, 2008
Third of El Pasoans get medical care in Cuidad Juárez
October 15, 2008
Immigrants integral to Nebraska state economy, UNO study finds – If immigrants vanished and weren’t replaced in three of its key industries, Nebraska would lose 78,000 jobs, including some filled by U.S.-born workers. Production throughout the state would drop nearly 9 percent, or by $13.5 billion.
July 30, 2008
70% of Houstonians over the age of 60 are Anglo. 75% of Houstonians under the age of 30 are non-Anglo, mostly Hispanic. The conclusion is obvious. In a few years Houston will be a predominantly Hispanic city. Further, if Hispanics don’t prosper, Houston won’t prosper.
July 24, 2008
Wanting to identify issues important to Houston’s growing Latino population, the Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce is launching a campaign to raise $10 million to fund its own research foundation.
July 17, 2008
New Report from Migration Policy Institute – Hometown Associations: An untapped resource for immigrant integration?
June 26, 2008
County Must Help Improve Latino Health, Report Says – Montgomery County, Maryland
June 9, 2008
Varying data leave incomplete picture of immigrants’ progress – Dallas schools
May 14, 2008
UAMS Study: More Hispanics in Arkansas Population in 12 Years
April 30, 2008
Annual study finds Houstonians’ attitudes sour toward immigration
March 24, 2008
Did You Know? The Hispanic population in Green Bay could reach 30 percent of the population by 2032, according to a Wisconsin think thank that studied recent demographic trends.
November 25, 2007
Latino task force to launch new study – Boulder County, Colorado
November 19, 2007
Survey: More see immigration as cultural threat – Most of region’s whites also want those who hire undocumented workers punished – Houston
August 16, 2007
Yankton County Among South Dakota Leaders In Hispanic Population
August 13, 2007
DPS tracked troopers encounters with illegal immigrants – Dallas
August 10, 2007
Denver’s Latino growth is kid-driven
Northwest Indiana Latino population continues to grow
July 26, 2007
Crime data fails to address Hispanic population – Lee County, Florida
July 9, 2007
Hispanic population thrives in Vance – Alabama
February 16, 2007
US Census releaseses new 26 page report – The American Community Survey — Hispanics: 2004
January 29, 2007
Growing number of Hispanics add to elder ranks
January 25, 2007
As poor families migrate, can aid keep up? – Chicago
December 15, 2006
National Council of La Raza to Release Report on Hunger and Food Insecurty in the Latino Community
