Arizona Latinos flex growing economic muscle
Hispanics represent $40 billion of purchasing power in Arizona, a state where Latinos have been buffeted by the effects of harsh laws targeting undocumented immigrants.
Hispanic voters hold key to 2012 Electoral College map
A Pew Research Center poll found the president leading Romney among Hispanics 67 percent to 27 percent.
Hispanics must make banking & financial planning part of their American dream
Though Hispanics represent 52 million consumers in this country and the majority of population growth, when it comes to financial planning, or even every day banking and insurance needs, we as a group are still in the minority.
MPAA’s Dodd: Hollywood needs Hispanic audiences
MPAA chief Chris Dodd argued on Tuesday that Hollywood is ignoring the Hispanic population at its own peril.
US Hispanics big business, says Nielsen report
U.S. companies have been pursuing emerging markets in Latin America in recent years, but a new Nielsen report says Hispanics at home also are an important market that shouldn't be neglected.
Jose Godinez-Samperio, undocumented immigrant, passes bar exam but may not be able to practice
Jose Godinez-Samperio, 25, graduated at the top of his class at Florida State University’s College of Law. But the aspiring lawyer may not get to practice what he worked so hard to achieve.
And environmental justice for all
With Hispanics increasingly living and working in polluted places, Latino environmental justice activists are going beyond protests to harness political power in the fight for healthier neighborhoods and workplaces.
Study challenges anti-gay perception about Latinos
A study released this week shows that support for gay equality among Hispanics is at least on par with that of the general population.
Undocumented student publishes how-to guide for peers on finding jobs after college
A California doctoral student who's an undocumented immigrant has published a free how-to guide on the Internet instructing similar immigrants on finding employment after college.
Hispanics more likely to be parents, says study
Hispanic men and women are more likely to be parents, according to a new study released by the Centers for Disease Control.
Hispanics in U.S. more diverse, study shows
A new report from the Pew Hispanic Center says a lot both good and bad about the assimilation of the nation’s largest minority group, Hispanics.
Latinos and race: How racial identity varies by generation
A recent Pew Hispanic Center study indicates that a majority of people described by the Hispanic/Latino label still prefer to identify according to their family’s country of origin.
Latinos rank education a top voter issue for 2012 election
A new survey finds Latinos are among the groups who place the most emphasis on education as they weigh candidates and issues in November’s elections.
Latinos accused of voter fraud feeling the Willie Horton Ill effect
Republicans are ramming photo voter ID laws down states’ throats by drumming up fake scares about “voter fraud” caused by “illegal aliens.”