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Obama Holds Three High-Profile Meetings to Discuss Immigration, Hispanic Issues

March 11, 2010 · Leave a Comment

On Thursday, President Obama met with immigration activists to discuss the possibilities of passing comprehensive immigration legislation this year. President Obama has been dedicating effort to solving this pressing issue despite being faced with what is undoubtedly a full political plate at the moment. The lunch meeting came in advance of a much anticipated reunion on the same afternoon with Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) who are seeking to forge a bill to tackle the country’s dysfunctional immigration system this year. Later in the evening, Obama will have... [Read the full story]

Guest Blogger

GUEST BLOGGER: Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez “Women in the Military”

March 5, 2010 · 2 Comments

In the spirit of National Women’s History Month, Latinovations would like to acknowledge the great accomplishments of Latina women and thank Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez for her contribution to La Plaza As the highest-ranking female member on the House Armed Services Committee, I have the opportunity to see first-hand the significant contributions of our women in uniform. Women of all races and ages have served in every military conflict since the Revolutionary War, including our current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But despite their many accomplishments, female servicemembers are... [Read the full story]

News Makers

White House takes on Immigration Reform despite Challenges

March 9, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Despite the political hurdles that the White House is facing as it attempts to push through its health care reform agenda, President Obama has not abandoned his efforts to overhaul the country’s immigration system as well. This week, the president will meet with his Domestic Policy Task Force and Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Charles Schumer (D-NY), both of whom – in a rare display of bipartisanship – have been working together to craft an immigration bill. According to sources familiar with the meeting, the White House may push for a blueprint from Graham and Schumer that... [Read the full story]

Research

Report Finds Economic Conditions Decline for Minorities and Women

January 27, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Based on its analysis of government economic data, The Opportunity Agenda, a public interest group based out of New York, has released a report that finds that economic conditions declined faster for minorities and women during that past several years than for white Americans. The report, titled The State of Opportunity in America, finds unequal barriers and unequal opportunity for minority groups. Released on the eve of President Obama’s first State of the Union speech, the report calls on government officials to address racial and gender disparities in opportunity, and to closely track... [Read the full story]

Politics

Minorities will soon be the Majority

March 11, 2010 · Leave a Comment

According to a new demographic report, minorities make up nearly half the children born in the U.S. This is part of a historic trend in which whites of European descent are expected to become the minority of the U.S. population over the next 40 years. “Census projections suggest America may become a minority-majority country by the middle of the century. For America’s children, the future is now,” said Kenneth Johnson, a sociology professor at the University of New Hampshire who researched many of the racial trends in a paper being released Wednesday. Demographers expect that... [Read the full story]