Tomás' Picks of Hispanic y Latino News (Noticias)

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November 20, 2009

Interview with Aurora Anaya-Cerda, owner of La Casa Azul Bookstore – NYC

We need an honest definition of who is a “real American”

Immigration Reform: The Phone Call Heard Around the Country – On the call were Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill.; Nydia Velázquez, D-N.Y.; and Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D-Ariz. Immigrant rights advocates from various parts of the country also spoke.

Digital out-of-home (DOOH) Effectively Reaches Latinos On The Go – few marketers truly utilized digital media when reaching out to the Hispanic community.

Economic Blame Game: U.S. Unemployment is Not Caused by Immigration

November 19, 2009

TOP Ten reasons you should watch Lopez tonight not Conan

BMI Foundation Announces Opening of 7th Annual peermusic Latin Scholarship Competition

Nacional Records Sampler 2009 | The New Sounds Of Latin Music – 21 FREE mp3s over at Amazon – (cool!)

The Cuban band Septeto Nacional de Ignacio Piñeiro can legitimately claim to be inventors of salsa. But it last played in the United States when Franklin D. Roosevelt was president, and there was no telling when it might be able to return — until the very slightest hint of a thaw in cultural relations between the United States and Cuba quietly brought the band to New York early this month.

Who seriously wants the Cuban trade embargo?

A legislator from El Paso has criticized proposed history and social studies standards for public schools as being unfair to Hispanics. – Rep. Norma Chavez raised the issue Wednesday in Austin before the State Board of Education.

Farewell to an icon: Artist who tore at racism is buried at 99 – R.I.P. José Cisneros

November 18, 2009

Analysis reveals driving out undocumented immigrants doesn’t bode well for congressional representation

A Woman’s Nation Spurred by LatinaTION

Congressman Raúl Grijalva talks to his daughter Marisa about his mother’s influence on his education. – new Historias from StoryCorp

The Cuban ties that bind, 50 years on – Visiting her father’s homeland under newly relaxed travel restrictions is both invigorating and saddening.

Immigrant Advocates Welcome Napolitano Statement, Will Hold House Parties This Week to Support Reform

Deporting undocumented students affects the chances for legal return if Congress doesn’t address it in immigration reform bill

Remembering mail art in Mexico

Immigrants and Health Care – The Real Numbers and Policy Implications

From a group calling themselves Electronic Civil Disobedience comes the Transborder Immigrant Tool, a simple mobile application intended to aid and abet border-crossers from Mexico to the United States by mapping the safest routes to take. – This GPS app is built to work on the cheapest cell phones available.

Google Translate Now Talks and Translates in Real-time

The Pro-Immigrant Movement: Fighting On, Despite All The Obstacles

November 16, 2009

Hispanic College Fund Opens Applications for $2 Million in 2010 Scholarships

‘The African Presence in México’ – Anacostia museum mounts border-crossing mission

Scarlet “A” will dominate immigration reform rhetoric – Greg Tejeda on immigration reform & Janet Napolitano’s speech

Hispanic Graduate Students Benefit from Online Education Grant – University of St. Thomas in Houston strives to improve retention and graduation rates for Hispanic graduate students. UST received a $2.8 million education grant to offer two options

Actress and humanitarian activist Eva Longoria Parker has been named Philanthropist of the Year by The Hollywood Reporter.

Keila Cosme, a native of Puerto Rico – The first Hispanic named to an Ohio appellate court

José Cisneros 1910-2009 – Iconic El Paso artist dies at age 99

Protesters picket at Taos hotel where owner told employees to Anglicize Hispanic names

Magnet States for Hispanics in 2008: Marketing Implications – Felipe Korzenny

Hundreds of young people demonstrated on Friday inside city hall to ask for an end to the deporting of undocumented immigrants, in particular a young Mexican man attending the University of Illinois at Chicago. – Rigo Padilla

Interview with Sofía Quintero – A self-proclaimed “Ivy League homegirl,” a writer, activist, educator, speaker and comedienne, was born into a working-class Puerto Rican-Dominican family in the Bronx.

Sonia Sotomayor unwittingly adds celebrity touch to Supreme Court

November 13, 2009

Tacos Al Pastor: Lebanon’s Gift to Mexico

The ‘flea’ CNN’s Lou Dobbs couldn’t shake off – Interview with Roberto Lovato

Reflections on Lou Dobbs’ Turbulent Departure – (good quote) – “I believe free speech includes the right to be heard, but not everyone has a right to his or her own television show.”

Western New York Native Thomas Perez has earned a high post in the U.S. Justice Department. – Friday, Perez will be sworn in as head of the department’s Civil Rights Division. He’ll report directly to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.

HNBA Commends the Confirmation of Ignacia S. Moreno as the Assistant Attorney for the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the United States Department of Justice

Hispanic Organizations Unite To Address Major Problems with Health Care Legislation – Ten national Hispanic groups sent a joint letter to Congress about the devastating impact of the health care legislation on Hispanic small businesses, seniors and families.

Juliet V. Garcia, the president of University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, has been named one of TIME Magazine’s Ten Best College Presidents of 2009

Longtime Rutgers Professor, Community Activist, Gay-Rights Pioneer Hilda Hidalgo Loses Cancer Fight

“El Gringo” Meddling Spurs Hispanic Revolt – Chicago politics

A “Day of Happiness”: Immigration Activists, Hispanic Press Relish Dobbs’ Exit From CNN

Five People We’d Rather See Replace Lou Dobbs Than John King

Lou Dobbs Is Gone from CNN: Now What?

Dobbs’ CNN departure leaves me cold – (Gregory Tejeda’s insightful post – good read)

GOP should take a cue from Lou Dobbs and resign their attack strategy on illegal immigration

Stop the deportation of Rigo Padilla

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