The latest news relating to the political world as it impacts the US Latino community.
A study released by the California Immigrant Policy Center shows that 84 percent of Latino and Asian immigrant men of working age are employed compared with 78 percent of U.S.-born Latino and Asian men. Immigrant women were less likely to be employed than their U.S.-born counterparts.
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 [...]
Forms for the 2010 U.S. Census will be mailed out in March, and there is a push being made for everyone to complete their forms, especially Latinos. In a recent survey (link) released by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, Latinos were shown to be less likely to participate in the [...]
Latinovations would like to thank Arturo A. Valenzuela, Assistant Secretary, Western Hemisphere Affairs, of the Department of State for his contribution to La Plaza Throughout the past two weeks, Americans, and the whole world indeed, have been following closely the rescue and relief efforts underway in Haiti in the aftermath of the earthquake. Last week [...]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHS08aX79hI] Maria Cardona, head of the Dewey Square Group’s Latinovations practice, served as the moderator for the 2010 Latino State of the Union: Third Annual Roundtable on Law, Policy and Civil Rights, sponsored by the Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund. The event drew more than 300 community leaders on a number of critical [...]
The hotly contested Republican primary for Florida’s senatorial race is rattling the party and dividing the loyalties of its apparatchiks as well as its constituents. What was once a presumed nomination for Governor Charlie Crist has become a tight and controversial race between the governor and the former Speaker of the Florida State House, Marco [...]
After much popular demand we are launching a new point counterpoint series on a variety of topics that have opposing views. This series is called ” Punto Contra Punto”. This week’s topic is on broadband access for the Latino community. Latinovations would like to thank our contributors from the National Hispanic Media Coalition & Media [...]
On Thursday, January 21, the Center for American Progress hosted a panel of experts to discuss the importance of passing a comprehensive immigration reform bill. President Obama and his administration have repeatedly promised to prioritize the overhauling of U.S. immigration policy, and it was this promise of comprehensive immigration reform that led many Latino voters [...]
Comentarios from Maria Cardona: The State of the Union
As featured in Politico’s The Arena: Spectacular speech. The President faced his most important moment in his presidency last night and he did it with ease, decorum humor, self deprecation, while he stood firm on an agenda that puts America’s middle class families and small businesses first. He surpassed expectations by cutting through the clutter [...]