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July 2, 2009
New Latin Music Crosses Borders At Will - California is America’s main immigrant magnet. As people move to and from — and within — the state and the U.S., the music produced by this shifting population is changing. The stories of musicians living and working in Oakland and Los Angeles give a sense of how the future of Latin music might sound.
July 1, 2009
Feds begin immigration crackdown at 625 companies
The Arizona House has defeated a bill that would have made it the only state in the nation to criminalize the presence of illegal immigrants by expanding its trespassing law.
OAS: Honduras Must Restore President Manuel Zelaya In 3 Days Or Risk Suspension
June 30, 2009
Honduran Coup Turns Violent, Sanctions Imposed - Thousands of Hondurans are now in the streets to protest the coup d’etat in their country.
Striking a nerve on racism - The time has come to fight hate speech against Latinos as we have against blacks.
Bank of America is accused of exploiting Latino immigrant customers - Ex-employees, backed by SEIU, say working-class and immigrant clients are urged to sign up for multiple services that carry high interest rates and fees. BofA denies any wrongdoing.
June 29, 2009
Honduras coup is a blow to democracy
Obama Threaded the Moral Needle of Latino Evangelicals in ‘08
Latino Democrats in the House and Senate officially endorsed Judge Sonia Sotomayor on Friday saying the appellate court judge and former prosecutor should be confirmed to sit as the first Hispanic on the U.S. Supreme Court.
June 26, 2009
The number of Hispanics in Nevada who filed jobless claims from May 2006 to May 2009 jumped 662.3%, from 2,389 to 18,211 - Construction slowdown
Video: President Obama vowed on Thursday to immediately begin negotiations to craft comprehensive immigration reform , with the goal of passing legislation in Congress later this year or early next year.
June 25, 2009
Voto Latino interview with Robert Cantu (warning: mid video has violent footage) - Noosing victim in Ohio
Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez not running for governor of California
Veteran Latino-rights advocate charged with voter fraud - Nativo V. Lopez
The Who, What, When, Where, Why and How of Today’s White House Meeting on Immigration Reform
Hispanics make up majorities at 7 Cleveland public schools, prompting call for special help
MetroPCS is First North American Carrier to Offer Unlimited International Calling for $5 per Month - including Mexico and South America
June 24, 2009
Latino Teens Happier, Healthier If Families Embrace Biculturalism: Report
Republicans drop niceties, go on attack on Sotomayor
SENATORS URGE SETTLEMENT IN USDA DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT BY HISPANIC FARMERS - Senators applaud settlement of similar suit by black farmers, say it is time to settle with Hispanic farmers
The U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission has announced that obesity and diabetes are its top priorities for 2009-2010. - Approximately 1.5 million adults in the border region are overweight or obese and another 1.2 million have been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes
June 23, 2009
Mexican Cartels Lure American Teens as Killers
Top Obama Administration Officials to Engage Latino Leaders on Critical Policy Issues in Los Angeles This Week - NALEO Conference June 25-27
Mexico moves quietly to decriminalize minor drug use - President Calderon is set to sign the law, but some fear that letting off users caught with limited amounts of drugs will increase drug use and encourage ‘drug tourists’ from the U.S.
Sotomayor Nomination Close To A Done Deal, 70 Votes Predicted
June 22, 2009
More than 100 U.S.-born children sue the Obama administration over their parents’ deportations
A rising force in Hispanic Chicago UNO works within system, gets $98 million for charter schools
June 21, 2009
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s future, once bright, looks dimmer now
June 20, 2009
New U.S. border czar Alan Bersin tours domain in Arizona
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.
Illegal Entry At A 36 Year Low, But Comprehensive Immigration Reform Still a Must
President Barack Obama says he is committed to a comprehensive immigration overhaul that includes a way that illegal immigrants can become U.S. citizens - at the Esperanza National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast and Conference.
June 18, 2009
Nearly three years after the Justice Department found that the nation’s immigration courts were seriously overburdened and recommended hiring 40 new judges, only a few hirings have taken place and the case backlog is at its highest point in a decade
June 17, 2009
2 teens get jail time in Mexican’s beating death - received 7 to 23 months for their roles in the beating death of 25-year-old Luis Ramirez
Watch :: NBC’s Kerry Sanders looks at the Hispanic influence on American pop culture as part of TODAY’s special “We the People” series
Hate crimes against Hispanics increased by almost 40 percent between 2003 and 2007, according to a report released Tuesday by the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund.
June 16, 2009
Cautious Optimism Despite Another Delay in White House Immigration Reform Talks
Mexico report: 9,758 migrants mainly Central American were abducted in just 6 months
June 15, 2009
So The Time Isn’t Now Then? : Obama Postpones Immigration Reform Meeting…..Again
Computer ‘raid’ in Vernon leaves factory workers devastated - No immigration agents descended on Overhill Farms, a major food-processing plant in Vernon. No one was arrested or deported. There were no frantic scenes of desperate workers fleeing la migra through the gritty streets of the industrial suburb southeast of downtown Los Angeles. For more than 200 Overhill workers, however, the effect was devastating: All lost steady jobs last month
Jason Bush, Shawna Forde, and Albert Gaxiola of the Minutemen American Defense group have been charged with two counts each of first-degree murder and other charges. The three are said to have murdered Raul Junior Flores, his 9 year old daughter, Brisenia, and injured her mother during a home invasion attack on May 30th in the Arizona border town of Arivaca.
President Barack Obama has selected far more Hispanics for his administration than any previous U.S. president, a stark reminder of the increasing clout of the nation’s fast-growing and largest minority group.
Hispanic foods moving out of the ethnic aisle - Grocers expand offerings, chains typically in Latino communities expand
The president of Texas A&M has resigned — the day before a meeting of school regents to discuss her job. Elsa Murano, the school’s first female and first Hispanic president, announced her resignation in a statement Sunday
June 11, 2009
30 Years of Hispanic Business Media: From Newsletter to Multimedia - HispanicBusiness Magazine hits 30 years
Latino-Black Rivalry Helped Fuel G.O.P.’s Takeover of New York State Senate - re: Pedro Espada Jr. new president of the Senate and Hiram Monserrate
June 9, 2009
17,000+ kids left their homes by themselves in Mexico in 2009 to look for work in the US according to this article from El Universal and Mexico’s Foreign Ministry :: 17 mil niños migraron solos a EU en 2008 Miles de menores de edad arriesgan su vida al cruzar de manera ilegal a EU cada año, no por la necesidad de ir al reencuentro con sus padres, sino por trabajar, menciona un informe de Relaciones Exteriores
June 8, 2009
Puerto Rico en la Marcha : Over 100,000 March Against Layoffs, Form New Coalition
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