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• AMERICA: ROACH MOTEL

  
  brianlee — Authority: 136
  An archived article from http://www.anncoulter.com/ when W was president that explains why the current groundswell wasnt there then or in the 2008 elections. Hopefully in 2012 there is a better candidate to support! :) For more on this click ...
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• Sotomayor Was Only the Beginning: Obama Appoints Historic Numbers of Latinos

  
  Pensito Review — Authority: 576
  That Pres. Obama has nominated more Hispanic or Latino appointees than any of his predecessors might indicate more about how well and broadly this group has assimilated in American society than about his commitment to diversity. Not that he’s not committed to diversity, mind you, just that it might be an easy ...
  3 hours ago

• Obama naming Hispanics to top posts at record pace

  
  The Political Carnival — Authority: 649
  Under the radar and unheralded. By LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ MIAMI -- President Barack Obama is on track to name more Hispanics to top posts than any of his predecessors, drawing appointees from a wide range of the nations Latino communities, including Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Dominicans and Colombians. (snip) ...
  21 hours ago

• Congressman Grayson gets funding for Latino projects

  
  Hispanosphere — Authority: 422
  Congressman Grayson talks during a healthcare reform rally on Aug. 29, 2009. (Photo: Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda / Orlando Sentinel) Orlando Congressman Alan Grayson said today that he obtained $700,000 in funding for two Orlando-area Hispanic projects, out of a $13 million package of federal appropriations that he ...
  23 hours ago

• Orange schools struggle to help Hispanic students

  
  Hispanosphere — Authority: 422
  By Erika Hobbs, Orlando Sentinel December 20, 2009 Kevin Alonzo’s eyes dart from his teacher to his paper. She points to the upper-right corner of her sheet, so he takes the cue and pencils in his name. She circles her finger inside a box of letters, so he traces circles on his worksheet, too. When she walks ...
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• Lucymar carved niche as Spanish-language radio diva

  
  Hispanosphere — Authority: 422
        ON THE AIR. Lucymar during the live broadcast of her "Las Mañanitas" radio show one recent morning. (Photo: Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel). By Victor Manuel Ramos Orlando Sentinel December 19, 2009       The phone call from an elderly woman came one morning about 10 years ago as Lucymar ...
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• You are a gifted individual. And if the institution or university decides that you are a qualified applicant, then that is only the time that you can enjoy the benefits of being a scholar. You may not pass in all of them, but at least you have other optio

  
  College Education — Authority: 147
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• Two Big House Bills You Might Have Missed

  
  race42008.com — Authority: 613
  Last week, a financial reform bill passed the House of Representatives and an immigration bill was introduced in the House of Representatives. Given the health care debacle on the Senate side of things, these bills have gotten little notice. My latter point is not a critique of our media- there has been a lot ...
  4 days ago

• Where Can You Find Hispanics? Not in Mainstream News, Study Says

  
  Mediaite — Authority: 781
  How often are Hispanics portrayed in major media outlets? Not remotely close to their 15% of the U.S. population , a new study from the Pew Hispanic Center argues. The study found that only 645 out of 34,452 news stories appeared between February and August 2009 – that is, a mere 1.87% – contained ...
  4 days ago

• Raise your hand if youre a Jewminicana!

  
  Memoirs of a Jewminicana: Aliza Hausman — Authority: 521
  The OU finally put up a piece that I sold to them about a year ago. It will probably piss off some potato kugel aficionados and for that, I apologize. Id probably be upset if someone wrote "plantains (yuck!)." Perhaps, I should have talked up my life of good gelfite fish and matzah ball soup? In any case, heres ...
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• Census 2010: Latinos need to stand and be counted

  
  Hispanosphere — Authority: 422
  Guest Writer: Wade Henderson Henderson is the president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR) and counselor to the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund (LCCREF).  The LCCR is a civil and human rights coalition.  Henderson advocates on a variety of issues, including civil ...
  4 days ago

• 10 Biggest Facing South Stories of 2009 (including some you might have missed)

  
  Facing South — Authority: 605
  Thank you, dear readers, for another great year at Facing South! Just last November, after the heady days of the 2008 elections, FS made the jump from a rather homely little blog to the snappily-designed online magazine you see today. Thanks to you, I think we can say the launch of Facing South online magazine ...
  5 days ago

• Whites Expected to be America’s Future Minority

  
  Jacky Jasper's Diary of a Hollywood Street King — Authority: 145
  Tweet This Story! A recent Census Bureau study has projected whites to be the country’s minority population by the turn of the century. Right now, non-Hispanic whites account for almost two-thirds of the nation’s population. But, that number is expected to drop, ranking whites as America’s minority group ...
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• A Chihuahua holiday message of hope and happiness

  
  "600 words by Esther J. Cepeda" — Authority: 111
  "600 Words by Esther J. Cepeda" Oh but such sad, sad news on the Chihuahua front! This from today’s New York Times : Chihuahua Tale (published: December 14, 2009) Animal shelters across California are juggling Chihuahuas. A rising tide of abandonment has led the little dogs to now rival pit bulls for ...
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• Latino Leadership looking forward to 2010 events

  
  Hispanosphere — Authority: 422
  President Marytza Sanz and vice-president Marucci Beard during Latino Leaderships year-end presentation. (Photo: Víctor Manuel Ramos/Orlando Sentinel). There was a point within the last couple of years when Latino Leadership’s bank account was down to its last $1,000 and the organization’s officers were ...
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• Congressman Gutierrez Introduces Immigration Reform

  
  La Frontera Times — Authority: 439
  December 15 2009. Congressman Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) today introduced his much anticipated immigration reform bill. The Bill, with the memorable title of Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America’s Security and Prosperity Act of 2009 (CIR ASAP) was presented today in a press conference that included members of ...
  6 days ago

• Obama administration delving into Puerto Rico issues

  
  Hispanosphere — Authority: 422
  Copy of an old map of the island of Puerto Rico at the Fortín Conde Mirasol, Vieques. (Photo: Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda / Orlando Sentinel) The White House announced today that the President’s Task Force on Puerto Rico’s Status had its first meeting under the Obama administration, as it seeks to examine and report ...
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• Posters urging Hispanics on census raise eyebrows among evangelicals

  
  The Washington Post — Authority: 948
  A poster showing Mary and Joseph heading to Bethlehem for a census and the birth of Christ is raising eyebrows among some evangelicals who consider it an inappropriate use of Christian symbolism for the secular headcount the government will conduct next year.
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• Latinas are the eighth wonder of the world?

  
  Memoirs of a Jewminicana: Aliza Hausman — Authority: 521
  "Latinas are the eighth wonder of the world?" Que? Que? This statement brings a whole new meaning to the sexy Latina stereotype. Just how many stereotypes about Latinas can you count in "From Salsa to the Chuppah: Some Southland Israeli men look To Latinas as the perfect partner" ? Latinas, according to one ...
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• The Christmas/Holiday/Chanuka Spirit? (NOT!)

  
  The Moderate Voice — Authority: 678
  The month of December is always a special one. The thrust of Christmas and other holidays is that it’s a time to start thinking about the fact that we need to love others, are interconnected and perhaps focus deeper things than real and politically accentuated divisions divisions. People are — at least for the ...
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