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AZ Loses $605M, Has A $31B Latino Market
Okay, these are the facts. Arizona passed SB 1070. About 100,000 Latinos left the state. Lots of people, like celebrities and professional organizations, called for a boycott of the state. The result...
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Minorities Dream, Work Hard With Different Outcomes
If you’ve ever wondered, what is this world coming to? Check out my neighborhood. It’s a model of new residential integration. My neighbors to the right are ethnic-Palestinian, from Jordan. To the left...
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One Recession, “Two Societies”
By Ralph De La Cruz, Florida Center for Investigative Reporting Everybody’s hurting. But, as usual, the level of hurt isn’t quite equal. Last week, the Pew Research Center released a study that looked...
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Latinos Have The Highest Poverty Rate In The U.S.
The Pew Hispanic Center reported on data from the Census Bureau yesterday that highlights that Latinos have the highest percentage of people living in poverty than any other group. If you recall, we...
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DOJ Finds Latinos Targeted For Sub-Prime Loans
This is one of those stories that gets lost in the holiday shuffle; it made a few headline waves in specific industry websites right before Christmas Eve. But the story itself has been a long time in...
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Bien Hecho: White House Honors Latino Housing Counselors
This Thursday, March 1, the White House will honor Ruben Andrade Jr. and Stella Matadama as part of the administration’s Champions of Change initiative. This week, Andrade and Matadama will join nine...
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Latino Influence & the Politics of Immigration in the 2014 U.S. Senate Elections
*Good piece, as always, from Latino Decisions. It’s a good read if you’re into political minutiae – x’s and o’s. Cutting to the chase, Damore says Latinos didn’t have a significant impact on the 2014...
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The Number of Latino Construction Business Owners Rises in Every Age Group
The number of business owners in the construction industry (firms involved in the construction of buildings, heavy/civil engineering construction, or specialty trade contractors) declined 8% from 2.3...
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