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Linda Chavez-Thompson “What it means when the last bookstore closes…”

March 12, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Laredo, Texas, with a population of 250,000 now has the distinction of being the largest city in the nation without a bookstore. B. Dalton’s bookstore shut its doors for good on January 16th. Put another tombstone in the predominantly Hispanic south side of San Antonio now that Waldenbooks has left, leaving no bookstore for miles. We’re not looking for pity here in Texas, but we are waiting for Republican leaders to recognize that this is an economic crisis of our own making. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, by the year 2014, 2 million jobs will be created in the fields of science,... [Read the full story]

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Linda Chavez-Thompson “What it means when the last bookstore closes…”

March 12, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Laredo, Texas, with a population of 250,000 now has the distinction of being the largest city in the nation without a bookstore. B. Dalton’s bookstore shut its doors for good on January 16th. Put another tombstone in the predominantly Hispanic south side of San Antonio now that Waldenbooks has left, leaving no bookstore for miles. We’re not looking for pity here in Texas, but we are waiting for Republican leaders to recognize that this is an economic crisis of our own making. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, by the year 2014, 2 million jobs will be created in the fields of science,... [Read the full story]

News Makers

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]

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]

2010 Census

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]