Top Stories + Research Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
November 23, 2009
New Study: U.S. Hate Crimes Fall Slightly In ‘08; But Data Is Limited
November 20, 2009
Mexican migrants are spending more money on taxes in the United States than on the remittances they send home to relatives, according to a new study by Mexico’s largest bank, BBVA Bancomer.
November 19, 2009
Migration Policy Institute (MPI) Report Finds Immigrants Hit Harder During Economic Downturn than Native-Born Workers
November 18, 2009
New Study Demonstrates Hidden Credit Card Fees Take From the Poor and Give to the Rich – The report found that through imposing swipe fees on every transaction paid by plastic and requiring those fees to be buried in prices to consumers, the credit card industry ensures that the top 10% of Americans get $354 million in frills while the bottom tier pays $669 million more than they should.
Report from America’s Voice: The New Constituents… How Latinos Will Shape Congressional Apportionmention After the 2010 Census
November 13, 2009
ASU, ALRE release major study on Arizona’s Latino population – (direct link to report & powerpoint)
October 26, 2009
Latinos lag in skills as toddlers, studies show – Poor, immigrant Latinas have healthy babies but by age 2 or 3, their toddlers begin to lag behind white middle-class children in vocabulary, listening and problem-solving skills, according to two new studies.
Millions of children in the US suffer from suboptimal levels of vitamin D – 80% of Hispanic children tested!!!
October 9, 2009
LATINA VOTER INTERNET AND NEW MEDIA USAGE: Groundbreaking Poll Shows Internet & New Media Usage Vital for Engaging Latinas
September 28, 2009
Report: Hispanic Achievement Gap Persists – Hispanics 2 to 3 times less likely than Whites to receive baccalaureate degree (link to report at permalink)
Hispanics, Health Insurance and Health Care Access – Pew Hispanic Report – 60% Hispanic adults living in the United States who are not citizens or legal permanent residents lack health insurance.
September 24, 2009
Half of New Latino Immigrants to U.S. Send Money Abroad :: U.S.-born Latinos are much less likely to send remittances, unless they report being religious
Study: Minorities underrepresented in games – USC researcher surveys 150 best-selling games, finds zero Hispanic or Native American protagonists; women, children, and the elderly also disproportionately rare.
Most Mexicans See Better Life in U.S. – one in three would immigrate to the United States if they could – new Pew Research report
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 3, 2009
New NCLR Report: Latino Worker Deaths Sound the Alarm for Declining Standards in America’s Workplaces
September 2, 2009
Southern Poverty Law Center: Climate of Fear – Latino Immigrants in Suffolk County, N.Y.
August 24, 2009
Study: Immigration judge as stressed out as emergency room doctors, prison wardens
August 21, 2009
It’s official: Political survey shows Latinos overall don’t trust Republicans for nada
August 20, 2009
Labor report: Hispanic workplace deaths decline – Fatal injury rate for Hispanics per 100,000 decreased from 5.3 deaths to 4
August 17, 2009
New Cato Report Highlights Economic Benefits of Legalizing Immigrants – Reform that Includes Legalization Would Yield a Net Benefit of $180 Billion Over 10 Years, While Enforcement Efforts Alone Would Incur $80 Billion in Losses
August 10, 2009
Americans Return to Tougher Immigration Stance – More want immigration decreased than kept the same or increased
July 22, 2009
Mexican Immigrants: How Many Come? How Many Leave?
July 20, 2009
Latino-owned Businesses: Potential Boon For Economy – Study commissioned by newly-formed Latino Business Chamber shows Latino businesses are positioned to grow – Strengthening Latino Businesses in Greater Los Angeles
July 15, 2009
Patients in Puerto Rico die at statistically higher rates from heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia than those admitted to mainland hospitals, a USA TODAY analysis of new government data shows.
June 24, 2009
Latino Teens Happier, Healthier If Families Embrace Biculturalism: Report
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.
May 28, 2009
Hispanics now make up 22% of all children under the age of 18 in the United States–up from 9% in 1980–and as their numbers have grown, their demographic profile has changed. A majority (52%) of the nation’s 16 million Hispanic children are now “second generation,” meaning they are the U.S.-born sons or daughters of at least one foreign-born parent, typically someone who came to this country in the immigration wave from Mexico, Central America and South America that began around 1980. Some 11% of Latino children are “first generation”–meaning they themselves are foreign-born. And 37% are “third generation or higher”–meaning they are the U.S.-born children of U.S.-born parents.
April 27, 2009
New Southern Poverty Law Center Report Finds Low-Income Latinos in South Targeted for Abuse, Discrimination
April 10, 2009
At a time when Latinos are interacting more than ever with police, courts and prisons, their confidence in the U.S. criminal justice system is closer to the low levels expressed by blacks than to the high levels expressed by whites, according to a pair of nationwide surveys by the Pew Research Center.
March 9, 2009
Striking new research shows dying blacks and Hispanics have much steeper treatment costs than whites, sobering evidence that racial health-care differences continue right up until death.
February 4, 2009
Research shows Hispanic women get breast cancer treatment late
February 1, 2009
The military and Congress want the ranks to roughly mirror the racial and ethnic makeup of America. But the services can’t seem to recruit enough Hispanics — even though that community tends to view the military positively. – according to new study by Rand Corp.
January 26, 2009
Some 300 women held at immigration detention centers in Arizona face dangerous delays in health care and widespread mistreatment, according to a new study by the University of Arizona, the latest report to criticize conditions at such centers throughout the United States.
January 16, 2009
Hispanics and the New Administration – Immigration Slips as a Top Priority – Pew Hispanic Report
Hispanics and the Economic Downturn: Housing Woes and Remittance Cuts – Pew Hispanic Report
January 2, 2009
Vatican view of Hispanic immigration to U.S. – Prepared by FIDES, the Vatican information service, the historical and economic origins of Latino immigration and the U.S. response are summarized. The position of the Catholic bishops in the U.S. is also reviewed.
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.
November 17, 2008
Children caught trying to slip illegally into the U.S. are mistreated while in custody, transported home unsafely and denied access to representation, a study released Thursday contends. The Austin-based think tank Center for Public Policy Priorities outlined a series of what they said were shortcomings by the federal government in dealing with unaccompanied illegal immigrant children taken into custody.
November 3, 2008
Hispanics and the economy: Economic stagnation for Hispanic American workers, throughout the 2000s
October 23, 2008
Pew Hispanic Center Publication: Latinos Account for Half of U.S. Population Growth Since 2000 (great map)
October 20, 2008
Immigrants contribute $10.6 billion a year to Long Island’s economy by increasing productivity, generating new business and paying taxes, according to a study to be released Monday by Adelphi University’s Center for Social Innovation.
Una encuesta exclusiva realizada para El Tiempo Latino revela que la tendencia del voto hispano en el área favorece al candidato demócrata Barack Obama para las elecciones presidenciales del 4 de noviembre. De los 502 latinos entrevistados, el 85,2% dijo que votaría a Obama y el 14,8% al republicano John McCain.
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.
October 7, 2008
New Survey Shows Significant Numbers of Latino Voters Still Persuadable in Battleground States
October 2, 2008
Pew Hispanic Center Report: Sharp Decline in Income for Non-Citizen Immigrant Households, 2006-2007
Flow of illegal immigrants slows, Pew Center finds
September 22, 2008
Speaking Spanish Limits Access to Health Care – Poverty and lack of insurance are the real barriers, experts say
September 18, 2008
Democrats and Barack Obama enjoy increasingly strong support with Hispanic voters, according to a new survey released Thursday. The study, released by the Pew Hispanic Center, shows 65 percent of Latino registered voters identify with or lean toward the Democratic Party, while 26 percent identify with or lean toward the GOP.
Pew Hispanic Center Report: 2008 National Survey of Latinos: Hispanics See Their Situation in U.S. Deteriorating; Oppose Key Immigration Enforcement Measures
September 10, 2008
Polls: Latinos favor Obama in 3 important battleground states
September 5, 2008
Guest Voz: Academic researchers discover the lack of comprehensive immigration reform increases disparities and limits future progress of Latinos nationwide – Dr. María del Carmen Salazar of the University of Denver
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 14, 2008
Pew Hispanic Center Report: Hispanics and Health Care in the United States: Access, Information and Knowledge
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 29, 2008
Many African-American and Latino Families in Danger of Falling Out of Middle Class, According To New Report – 80% of Latino middle-class families are on shaky financial ground
July 24, 2008
Hispanic registered voters support Democrat Barack Obama for president over Republican John McCain by 66% to 23%, according to a nationwide survey of 2,015 Latinos conducted by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center, from June 9 through July 13, 2008.
July 17, 2008
Whites May Exaggerate Black-Hispanic Tensions – Most blacks and Hispanics say relations between the two groups are good
June 30, 2008
Pew Hispanic Center Report: The Role of Schools in the English Language Learner Achievement Gap
June 20, 2008
CDC finds mostly foreign-born farm workers had rate 20 times higher than general work force
June 5, 2008
Pew Hispanic Center Report: Latino Labor Report, 2008: Construction Reverses Job Growth for Latinos
May 22, 2008
Fear and Loathing in Prime Time: Immigration Myths and Cable News
May 20, 2008
Study: Loss of illegal immigrants would cripple economy
May 9, 2008
Pew Hispanic Center Factsheet: Hispanic Women in the United States, 2007
May 1, 2008
U.S. Hispanic population hits 45.5 million – more than 15% of population now
April 30, 2008
Fewer Latino Immigrants Sending Money Home – Only 50 percent of some 18.9 million Latino immigrants in this country now send money regularly to relatives in their home countries, compared with 73 percent two years ago, the survey found.
April 29, 2008
Jump in Fatalities of Latino Workers, Reports New AFL-CIO Death on the Job Study
April 28, 2008
New study builds on old one to track Mexican American progress – After finding questionnaires from a 1965 survey in a UCLA basement, two professors followed up with about 700 of the participants and their children. The news is good and bad.
April 24, 2008
Poll Finds Deep Concern Among Hispanics – (for the environment)
April 15, 2008
Depression Varies Among Hispanic Cultures
April 7, 2008
Study: California falls short on number of Latino, African-American doctors
March 11, 2008
Survey: Problems in Latino health care
Health care for Hispanics is criticized- A study finds elderly patients are usually treated at inferior sites
February 26, 2008
Hispanics strengthen Catholic Church – Study: Immigrants buoy attendance while other denominations decline.
Immigrants, crime premise is debunked – (local incarceration rates differ from federal)
February 25, 2008
Pew Hispanic Center Report: The Hispanic Vote in the 2008 Democratic Presidential Primaries
February 21, 2008
Hispanics worry most about health care, study shows
February 19, 2008
Child obesity seen as fueled by Spanish language tv ads
February 12, 2008
U.S. Latino Population Projected To Soar – Forecast Predicts Tripling by 2050
January 30, 2008
Group Links Gang Activity in Virginia to Illegal Immigrants – (the biased think tank, The Center for Immigration Studies, is at is again)
January 28, 2008
THINKING AHEAD ABOUT OUR IMMIGRANT FUTURE: New Trends and Mutual Benefits in Our Aging Society
The State of Latinos in the Union – (awesome one page resource)
January 10, 2008
The ChamberPost: Economic Impact of Immigration – (Arizona studies)
January 8, 2008
Voter I.D. Requirements Reduce Political Participation, Study Finds
December 11, 2007
Immigration poll finds ‘fault line’ in support for children versus adults – Wisconsin
December 6, 2007
Pew Hispanic Center Report: Hispanics and the 2008 Election: A Swing Vote?
December 5, 2007
1 in 3 would deny illegal immigrants social services – 60% — favors allowing illegal immigrants who have not committed crimes to become citizens if they pay fines, learn English and meet other requirements.
November 30, 2007
SPLCenter.org: Immigration Backlash: Violence Engulfs Latinos – (I know I have posted this before but..)
Report details Mass. healthcare disparities – Perils high among Hispanics, blacks – Massachusetts – (among the findings: Hispanics living on the western edge of Massachusetts are the most likely to die from AIDS, with a death rate 10 times above the state average)
November 28, 2007
Arizonans generally support the concept of local police officers enforcing federal immigration laws, but their support is fractured deeply along political and racial lines.
November 26, 2007
Undocumented Latinos Visit Physicians Less Often Than U.S.-Born Counterparts
Immigrants Create Almost a Quarter of New York State Economic Output ($229 billion) – Fiscal Policy Institute Report: Immigrants in New York State
November 19, 2007
Survey: More see immigration as cultural threat – Most of region’s whites also want those who hire undocumented workers punished – Houston
November 15, 2007
Study finds brutal, corrupt police patrol black, Latino neighborhoods – Chicago
November 5, 2007
Facts show immigrants don’t deserve crime blame
November 4, 2007
Census figures show 70 percent of California’s Mexican population are U.S. citizens
October 31, 2007
Study: Kids of immigration raid arrestees face mental problems
October 26, 2007
Report says illegal workers not so hard on Iowa economy
October 17, 2007
In Shift, 40% of Immigrants Move Directly to Suburbs
October 10, 2007
Report criticizes Hazleton immigrant crackdown
October 9, 2007
Regional, language differences affect Hispanics’ health-care experiences
October 3, 2007
Immigrants tipping congressional scales – (very interesting report)
September 26, 2007
Immigrant cost study officially received by county board – San Diego – $101.5 million in 2006-07 fiscal year
September 24, 2007
Children of immigrants form ethnic identity at early age
September 18, 2007
Misreading the Poverty Data
September 16, 2007
The Big Caveat on Census Hispanic Numbers – (New Jersey centric but very interesting. What do you think?)
September 9, 2007
Report estimates San Diego county’s illegal immigrant cost at $256 million in 2006 (the study “must be viewed with a certain amount of caution” because its estimates were based on anecdotal evidence.)
August 9, 2007
U.S. jobs are scarcer for migrants, study shows
More Than 300 Counties Now “Majority-Minority”
August 2, 2007
Stereotypes dominate U.S. views of Latinos
July 12, 2007
Migrantless Arizona economic output would drop 8.2%
May 10, 2007
Latin migration studied
May 9, 2007
Study: Latinos have net benefit on Long Island
April 30, 2007
POLICE STOP WHITE, BLACK AND HISPANIC DRIVERS AT SIMILAR RATES ACCORDING TO DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REPORT
April 26, 2007
Forrester Research: Half Of Online Hispanics Prefer Spanish-Language Web Sites (Doesn’t that mean half prefer English-Language Web Sites?)
Hispanic Attitudes Toward Jews Assessed in New AJC Report
April 25, 2007
Pew Hispanic Center Report: Changing Faiths: Latinos and the Transformation of American Religion
April 19, 2007
78% in poll call for giving illegal immigrants path to citizenship
April 16, 2007
More Hispanics in U.S. Abandon Religion
April 5, 2007
Immigrants fill void as Americans leave cities
Study: Half of immigrant population in Arkansas undocumented, fuel economy
April 3, 2007
Survey: Many Latino Voters Think Iraq War A Mistake
March 27, 2007
Edgy mun2 Campaign Gets Mixed Results From Young Latinos
March 21, 2007
Report Examines Arrests of Blacks and Latinos in San Jose – California
March 15, 2007
New Study by UCLA Researcher Examines Needs of English Learners in California Schools
Pew Hispanic Center Report: Latinos Online
March 13, 2007
Undocumented Immigrants Childbirth Is Top Emergency Medicaid Expense
March 9, 2007
U.S. Wants Citizenship for Illegal Immigrants (according to newe poll)
March 8, 2007
Pew Hispanic Center Factsheet: Construction Jobs Expand for Latinos Despite Slump in Housing Market
March 5, 2007
Hispanic Women’s Hearts at High Risk: Study
March 2, 2007
Few Primary Care Practitioners Offer HIV Tests to Hispanic Patients in Los Angeles, New UCLA AIDS Institute Study Finds
February 28, 2007
Immigrant Influx Raises Wages of Native Workers in California
February 22, 2007
IU Study: Indiana Struggles to Integrate Latinos Into Communities
February 12, 2007
Barriers to college for Mexican-Americans
January 25, 2007
Study: Wealthier minorities get high-cost loans – Massachusetts – (this is unacceptable and wrong!)
As poor families migrate, can aid keep up? – Chicago
January 17, 2007
Salsa fights depression – (dancing salsa that is – I have no idea how I find these things)
December 20, 2006
Study Predicts Foreclosure for 1 in 5 Subprime Loans
Significant Food Insecurity in Latino Community Can Be Stemmed by Strengthening Food Assistance Programs, NCLR Report Says
December 11, 2006
New Survey Paints Vivid Portrait of U.S. Latinos
December 8, 2006
Maternal weight, glucose tolerance affect Mexican-American newborns
December 7, 2006
Ethnic divide for diabetes – City’s Puerto Ricans far more likely to die of illness, study says – Chicago, Illinois
December 6, 2006
Lack of U.S. immigration reform forcing states to act, study says
Class finds Washington Hispanics lack political representation
1 in 7 Mexican workers employed in the U.S.
November 30, 2006
Study: Whites get majority of acting jobs (Is anyone surprised by these findings?)
November 15, 2006
Study: Policies, media keep minority men down
November 14, 2006
Study: Construction, service workers drive Hispanic population boom – Atlanta, Georgia
