Hispanic and Latino Issues

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White House celebrates Hispanic musical heritage

AP News 40 days ago

White House becomes La Casa Blanca, celebrates Hispanic musical heritage with outdoor concert The White House became "La Casa Blanca" on Tuesday, celebrating Hispanic musical heritage with a South Lawn concert and such guests as Gloria Estefan, George Lopez, the Bachata music ...

Minority kids less apt to take asthma meds

Reuters US Online Report Health News 41 days ago

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Black and Hispanic children with asthma are less likely than their white counterparts to be taking daily medication meant to prevent asthma attacks, a U.S. study shows. The findings, published in the medical journal Chest, suggest one ...

CommunityÕs involvement has Hispanic leaders excited

Las Vegas Sun 45 days ago

Breakfast at Dona Maria Tamales Restaurant has been the setting for many a turn of the wheel as politics has followed population for the Las Vegas ValleyÕs Hispanics, and Wednesday was no exception. For 14 years the group Hispanics in Politics has ...

Boy Scouts launch campaign to attract Hispanics

AP News 45 days ago

Boy Scouts, en espanol: Scouts launch campaign, handbook in Spanish to attract Hispanics The Boy Scouts are making their debut "en espanol," with an advertising campaign launched Thursday and a soon-to-come Spanish-language Scout Handbook intended to draw Latinos to the ranks of ...

Vegas figures prominently in HispanicsÕ growing clout

Las Vegas Sun 46 days ago

CNN and a federal agency director looked west for input on a burgeoning segment of U.S. population Two very different gatherings happened within 24 hours last week in Las Vegas, each at high levels in their respective worlds, each involving Hispanics. In ...

Halt to gov't raids not an option to boost census

AP News 52 days ago

Commerce Department rules out seeking halt to immigration raids to try to improve census count With the 2010 census six months away, the Commerce Department said Thursday it won't seek a halt to immigration raids as it did in the previous census ...

Cuban exiles changed tune on Havana concert: poll

Reuters US Online Report Entertainment News 53 days ago

MIAMI (Reuters) - Cuban exiles, who had previously opposed a concert last month in Havana by Colombian singer Juanes, ended up mostly backing the event after Juanes spoke out in favor of uniting Cubans, a new poll showed. Juanes, who has a ...

Saenz Newsmaker

AP News 58 days ago

Thomas Saenz, president of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund is interviewed by The Associated Press in Washington, Friday, Sept. 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Copyright 2009 AP News

AP Interview: Leader has back-up immigration plan

AP News 58 days ago

AP Interview: Latino leader wants immigration reform in parts if Congress delays full bill The head of the nation's leading Latino legal advocacy group said if comprehensive immigration legislation seems unlikely in 2010, Congress should make down payments by passing smaller-scale reforms. ...

U.S. Hispanics lag in health insurance: study

Reuters US Online Report Health News 59 days ago

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Six out of 10 U.S. Hispanic illegal immigrants lack health insurance, more than twice the rate for legal Latino residents and citizens and three times the average for the population as a whole, a study released on Friday showed. ...

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