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News & Current Affairs

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A Run-down of Iowa’s Brown – Black Forum
Debunking the Myth that Latinos Elected Obama
Do Latinos Hold the 2008 Trump Card?
Everyone's Expert on the Latino Vote, Except Latinos
Immigrant Groups Strategize for Presidential Campaign
It's Immigration, Stupid
LAPD Blinks in Face-off with Immigrants
LAPD Opens Dangerous Front in Immigrant Movement
Latino families spending more on housing
Not Black President Obama
Oil Billions Fuel Chávez’ 'Petro Power' Socialist Dream
Racial Idealism vs Realism: Obama's Effort To Bridge the Divide and the DLC
Some random notes and quotes on Obama’s victory as it relates to Latinos
Study Shows How to Increase Low-Income and Ethnic Voter Turnout
The implications of a latina on the Court
The Sad, Comical Journey of Alberto Gonzales
The Unseen Victims of California's Wildfires
Univisión Republicans Court Latinos
Where Do Latinos Go Now
Your Weekly Horoscope by Minerva, AP @ IMDiversity.com

Arts, Culture & Media

Love Unlimited: Faizon Love interview with Kam Williams
Va-Va-Vanessa (Hudgens)!
Soledad and her community
The Garden: Latinos vs. Landlord in Oscar-Nominated Documentary
Jellyfish: A serendipitous feminist adventure flick from Israel
Maria Bethania: Music Is Perfume
How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer
Zooming in on Zoë
Why Wao’s Pulitzer Matters
DVD Review: Love in the Time of Cholera
Voto Latino: Way Cool—Will It Get Out The Vote?
Latino Youth Talk About the Real 'O.C.' by G Arellano
Eureka! Dominicans on the Beauty Trail
Patato Valdez, Latin music’s unsung melodist*
The Importance of Being Evo (Morales)
Univisión Debate Reveals Latinos’ Power
Descant on el Cantante
J-Lo on Playing Puchi and Producing Her First Picture: The El Cantante Interview
El Cantante
Drama/Mex
Ethnic Media Keep a Worried Eye on Katrina's Wake
Vanity Fair Apology for Dame Edna Racist Column
Open Borders Solve Border Crises, Says Author
The WTC's Aftermath and its Affect on Latinos
The Passing of Piedro Pietri
Elizabeth Vargas Picked to Co-anchor ABC’s Nightly News
Secuestro Express: New Film Opens Dialogue on Kidnappings in Latin America
Pan's Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno)
CHECKING OUT THE CRAFTY CHICA, Or, “The Future’s So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades”
Mexican Filmmakers Say 'Hola Oscar'
Powerful Documentary: The Invisible Mexicans of Deer Canyon
Weighing In
Everybody Throw Your L's Up -- Reggaeton Brings Out Latino Pride
The Next Generation of Hispanic TV is in English
In the Year 2104, Americans Will Speak a New Kind of English by F Schurmann
Breaching Borders: Skinhead Culture in Mexico City
White Fear in Wartime -- Samuel Huntington Brings His 'Clash of Civilizations' Home
Women on War
Made in Miami: New Telenovelas Tackle Expatriate Life
Latino Media, Politicians React to Governor's Praise of 'Minutemen'
Señorita Extraviada--Missing Young Woman
More Latinas Lighting Up: The Health Effects of Acculturation
'Wassup Rockers' A Revealing Look at Latino Punk Skateboarders
Ethnic Media Try to Defuse Ethnic Tensions in L.A.
Remembering Che and the Guevaras by M Ballve
Immigration Raids in California Test Spanish-Language Media
Reports of Declining Reading Rate Trouble Latino Press
Outsourcing Ethnic Media: Knight Ridder Closes Nuevo Mundo
Latino Editorial Cartoonist Takes His Message Mainstream with 'La Cucaracha'
Hispanic Radio Stations Go Spanglish
Hispanic Media Split on May 1 Boycott
Ray Barretto — Profile
Crossing Over: A Mexican Family on the Migrant Trail

Careers, Business, Workplace

Fearful of job loss, workers ignore abuse
Managing Your Career
Gaddi Vasquez: Diplomat for Desperate, Poor
Latinos and the Recession—It’s bleak, but all is not lost
Black/Brown Coalition Fueled Big Union Win
Economic woes force black and Latino retirees back into the job market
An Interview with Neuroscience Professor Adrián Rodríguez-Contreras
Ethnic Doctors Take Leadership in the Fight Against Healthcare Disparities
Report: Diversity gap found growing in UC med schools
Maria Alborz: Diversifying Public Relations—a Q and A
Dems look into minority-owned businesses
Shrinking Newsrooms Cause Ethnic Media to Scramble
Dialog on career counseling and Latino/a student needs
HR and the New Hispanic Workforce—a Review
Careers Q&A: Enrique A. Santiago, Systems Engineer
Review: The Complete Job Search Guide for Latinos
Lawsuit Targets Homeland Security 'No Match' Rule
Study Finds Latino Immigrants are Best Commuters
English-Only Latinos Face 'The Shame' of Not Speaking Spanish
Blacks, Latinos Unite in Drive to Unionize
To get ahead in the US, aprenda español
La Cocina cooks up successful women entrepreneurs
Evo Morales Stakes Bolivia's Future on China
Latin-American Intellectuals 'Ideologically Excluded' from the US
NAFTA's Failures Fuel Unauthorized Immigration
Hispanic American Village Jobs for US Opportunities Center
Interview: Carmen Medina - Associate Deputy Director for Intelligence at the CIA
Do Mentors Hold the Corporate Keys for Latinas?
HAV Workplace News Digest
Latinos Feel Brunt of Job-Based Insurance Drop
The Military: What's in it for Latinos/as?

Career Q&A: Finding The Right Career Coach
HR and the New Hispanic Workforce—a Review
San Jose Mexican Heritage Plaza Gets New Leader
La Cocina cooks up successful women entrepreneurs
Profile: Business and Diversity Consultant Ana Duran
Hundreds of Mexican Miners Fired for Striking
Hispanic PR Wire Introduces 'Inteligente Release'
Helping M.B.A.s Promote Peace
Mexican American Doll Sparks Community Anger in Chicago
CAFTA's Promise of Security Gives Central Americans the Chills
Globalization Transforming How Poor Peruvians Shop and Live by A Tapia
Keepin' It Real?: Corporate Sponsorship of Urban Culture
CAFTA: More Free Trade for the Americas
Growing Industry: Sending Bodies of Deceased Migrants Back to Mexico

Community and Family

Under Construction

Poll says recession hits aging Latinos and blacks the most
Diana Campoamor uses philanthropy as catalyst for change
Hispanics Don't Seek Online Cancer Info
English-Only Latinos Face 'The Shame' of Not Speaking Spanish
Latino families spending more on housing
After Immigration Raid, Laurel's Inter-Racial Bonds Still Strong
Linguistic Isolation Carries a Heavy Cost
Ethnic Doctors Take Leadership in the Fight Against Healthcare Disparities
From a Memoir of a Farmworker's Daughter: Migrant Souls
To Live and Let Live in South L.A.
Family, Fatherhood, and a Woman's Choice: Two Youth Views on Abortion

Civil, Human and Equal Rights

Women Lead the Way in Immigration Movement
Mexico Welcomed Fugitive Slaves and African-American Job-Seekers
L.A. Mayor Villaraigosa talks about schools, student protesters, and race
Who You Calling 'Wetback'? -- A Chicano Walks in the Immigrant's Shoes

Dialogue, Opinion, and Letters

Adios, Lou Dobbs
Lou Dobbs is gone from CNN: Now what?
Nightmare of a Dream Student
Students participate in a 120-mile run for ethnic studies
Time for immigration reform is now
Sotomayor and the long march of Puerto Rican history
The Terrible Cost of Being Tagged a Reverse Racist
Sotomayor's confirmation hearings to test GOP
Latinas and their Work: A Roundtable Chat
The implications of a latina on the Court
Obama Can End Illegal Immigration—Bail Out Mexico
Race Drives the War on Universal Health Care
Mexico, on the Brink, Needs Immigration and Economic Reforms
Winds of Change Blow Across Cuba
Immigration Reform Debate Must Regain a Moral Compass
Debunking the Myth that Latinos Elected Obama
After Bush: Let's Put an End to Punitive Immigration Policies
Some random notes and quotes on Obama’s victory as it relates to Latinos
Not Black President Obama
Three Strikes and We're Out
How the GOP will suppress black and Latino votes on Nov. 4
A Peruvian Journey -- And Quest
Obama on Immigration: Friend or Foe?
Obama Can’t Afford to Neglect Latin America
Candidates wobble on affirmative action
Transborder Mexican middle class a rising force to reckon with
McCain and Obama Ignore Abuses in Colombia and Mexico
Obama and McCain on Immigration: Life vs. Death
The Media’s Got the Latino Vote Wrong Again
Dr King’s Legacy to Latinos
Deporting Parents of Dead Soldiers is a Callous Measure
The Sad, Comical Journey of Alberto Gonzales
The STRIVE Act is a false promise
When the Earth Shakes Back Home
President Richardson, or Latino President Richardson?
NAFTA made a Mexican the world’s richest man
Gonzales Appointment Latest Step in Browning of Justice
Commentary: Why I Am Not an Environmentalist
Commentary: Time for a Non-European Pope
Suzie Peña Killing Should Unite, Not Divide, Blacks and Latinos
Dear L.A.: Wait and See About Your New Latino Mayor
Commentary: All the President's Hombres
Why blacks march against illegal immigration—and why they shouldn’t
Dear Arnold: Immigrants Do Want to Learn English
LAPD Opens Dangerous Front in Immigrant Movement
LAPD Blinks in Face-off with Immigrants
ALPHA GIRLS:  Is Today’s Perfect Seriously Flawed?
Some Thoughts On Women’s History Month And The Candidacy Of Hillary Clinton
The Hidden Downside to a Guest Worker Program
Temporary Workers Must Be Included
Whose Apocalypto?
Apocalypto ascribes thirst for blood to wrong people
Bill Richardson: Candidate (?) with portfolio
English-Only Laws Don't Work, and Bush Knows It
My Magic Apron
Latino Backlash Could Doom GOP
Family, Fatherhood, and a Woman's Choice: Two Youth Views on Abortion
White Fear in Wartime -- Samuel Huntington Brings His 'Clash of Civilizations' Home
Sagging Arnold Wants to Pump You Up With Diversionary Issue
Killing of Puerto Rican Nationalist Adds 'State Terror' to Terrorism's Crimes
TIME Magazine Gives Its Take on "25 Most Influential Hispanics"
L.A.’s Black-Brown Divisions Deepen: Is There Hope for Change?
Discrimination Spoken Here
Mexican President Fox Blew it with NAACP Snub
Explorations in Black and Tan
Who You Calling 'Wetback'? -- A Chicano Walks in the Immigrant's Shoes
Youth Commentary: "Knowing What to Fix in Oakland"
Giving Up the Digits: Letting Someone Use My Social Security Number
Right and Left Both Have the Color Line at the Center by R Lovato
Watching the Border Watchers: What the Minutemen Look Like From the Streets of Oaxaca
Officials Are Blind to Abuse Heaped on Gulf Day Laborers
Interpreting 'Dreams': Green Card Bill Would Hurt Latinos by J Mariscal
Mexican Officials Must Come Clean on Racism
America Is Me, and So Is My Accent by A Luna
I Refute You!
CAFTA's Promise of Security Gives Central Americans the Chills

Education, Academia, Study

Linguistic Isolation Carries a Heavy Cost
Students to get a boost from the stimulus
How To Achieve in Community College
An Interview with Neuroscience Professor Adrián Rodríguez-Contreras
Report: Diversity gap found growing in UC med schools
Latino Students Dream Bigger than DREAM Act
CA Test Scores are Up, but Minority Students Still Lag
Navigating Higher Ed for Latinos Part II: HSIs
Q&A: Professor Rick Lopez, Amherst College
Navigating Higher Ed for Latinos: Part I
High (And Low) Expectations -- Racist Assumptions Widen Achievement Gap
Juan Flores — Defining Latino Studies at CUNY
Border High School Excels by Embracing Bilingualism
Helping M.B.A.s Promote Peace
Why Mexico's Young and Wealthy Support Left-Wing Obrador
Reports of Declining Reading Rate Trouble Latino Press

Latino Lifestyles

Under Construction

History & Heritage

>2005 Introduction: Latino/Hispanic Heritage Month
Hispanic Heritage Month 2009
Beyond Pacquaio-De La Hoya, a Cultural History
Latino/Hispanic American Heritage Month Quiz 2008
Latino Heritage Month in this Crucial Election Year, 2008
San Jose Mexican Heritage Plaza Gets New Leader
San Jose Mexican Heritage Plaza Gets New Leader
Latino/Hispanic Heritage Month 2006
>Considerations on Latino / Hispanic Identity: A Virtual Roundtable
In the Year 2104, Americans Will Speak a New Kind of English by F Schurmann
Latina Women's History Month - Intro
Mexico Welcomed Fugitive Slaves and African-American Job-Seekers
With Death Comes Life: A Mayan Take on Katrina
Hispanic/Latino Heritage Month: Did you know...?
Hispanic and Asian Americans Increasing Faster than Overall Population
Hispanic/Latino Heritage Month Quiz: Question of the Day
National Hispanic Heritage Month, 2004
Facts and Stats for Hispanic Heritage Month 2005
Census Release: Hispanic Heritage Month

Immigration-related

Adios, Lou Dobbs
Lou Dobbs is gone from CNN: Now what?
Nightmare of a Dream Student
After Immigration Raid, Laurel's Inter-Racial Bonds Still Strong
Undocumenteds the Invisible Victims of Katrina
Census boycott splits Latinos
The woman migrant is today’s newcomer
Women Lead the Way in Immigration Movement
Immigration Reform? Wait 'Till Next Year
Gutierrez brings Obama message of immigration reform
Obama Can End Illegal Immigration—Bail Out Mexico
Immigrants Speak up to Obama on Immigration
Immigration Reform Debate Must Regain a Moral Compass
ICE Immigration Raids Waste Time and Money
After Bush: Let's Put an End to Punitive Immigration Policies
After Lucero murder, civil rights leaders address hate crime spike
Women Immigrants Fight To Stay In U.S.
Obama on Immigration: Friend or Foe?
It's Immigration, Stupid
Transborder Mexican middle class a rising force to reckon with
Immigrant Groups Strategize for Presidential Campaign
Obama and McCain on Immigration: Life vs. Death
Dems look into minority-owned businesses
Greyhound Prohibits Selling Tickets to Undocumented Immigrants
Study Finds Latino Immigrants are Best Commuters
Study Finds Latino Immigrants are Best Commuters
Backlash Against the Backlash Grows
From a Memoir of a Farmworker's Daughter: Migrant Souls
LAPD Opens Dangerous Front in Immigrant Movement
Women Lead the Way in Immigration Movement
Citizenship Fee Hike Smells of Politics
The Hidden Downside to a Guest Worker Program
Temporary Workers Must Be Included
Powerful Documentary: The Invisible Mexicans of Deer Canyon
Minutemen Mobilize Whites Left Behind by Globalization
From a Memoir of a Farmworker's Daughter: Migrant Souls
Legal, Skilled Immigrants are Languishing in Backlogs
Immigration: Asking Neighbors to Vote in Defense of Families and Children
Debate Endgame in this Congress -- Stalemate, Solution, or Setback?
¡Gracias!: Richard Rodriguez on What Undocumenteds Do for Us
Made in Miami: New Telenovelas Tackle Expatriate Life
The Feminine Side of Immigration
Signature Drive to Create California Border Patrol
Latino Media, Politicians React to Governor's Praise of 'Minutemen'
Study: Long Wait for Green Cards
Meeting Truth in the Desert

Latinas

Diana Campoamor uses philanthropy as catalyst for change
At Nearly 80. Si. Dolores Huerta Can
Honduran women at forefront of resistance to coup
Women Lead the Way in Immigration Movement
Soledad and her community
Sotomayor and the long march of Puerto Rican history
The Terrible Cost of Being Tagged a Reverse Racist
Sotomayor's confirmation hearings to test GOP
Latinas and their Work: A Roundtable Chat
The implications of a latina on the Court
Maria Alborz: Diversifying Public Relations—a Q and A
2008 Women’s History Month at Hispanic American Village
4-H goes “Lateena”
Elizabeth Vargas Picked to Co-anchor ABC’s Nightly News
Women Lead the Way in Immigration Movement
CHECKING OUT THE CRAFTY CHICA, Or, “The Future’s So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades”
La Cocina cooks up successful women entrepreneurs
Family, Fatherhood, and a Woman's Choice: Two Youth Views on Abortion
Women on War
The Feminine Side of Immigration
Latina Women's History Month - Intro
Border High School Excels by Embracing Bilingualism
Interview: Carmen Medina - Associate Deputy Director for Intelligence at the CIA
Señorita Extraviada--Missing Young Woman
More Latinas Lighting Up: The Health Effects of Acculturation
Do Mentors Hold the Corporate Keys for Latinas?

People

Love Unlimited: Faizon Love interview with Kam Williams
Gaddi Vasquez: Diplomat for Desperate, Poor
Nacho: A Special Friend
The Queens Blackouts: Kenneth Lay's Revenge?
TIME Magazine Gives Its Take on "25 Most Influential Hispanics"
Juan Flores — Defining Latino Studies at CUNY

Politics & Policy

Nightmare of a Dream Student
Census boycott splits Latinos
Women Lead the Way in Immigration Movement
Time for immigration reform is now
Immigration Reform? Wait 'Till Next Year
The Terrible Cost of Being Tagged a Reverse Racist
Sotomayor's confirmation hearings to test GOP
Gutierrez brings Obama message of immigration reform
Immigrants Speak up to Obama on Immigration
Race Drives the War on Universal Health Care
Mexico, on the Brink, Needs Immigration and Economic Reforms
Students to get a boost from the stimulus
Some random notes and quotes on Obama’s victory as it relates to Latinos
Three Strikes and We're Out
How the GOP will suppress black and Latino votes on Nov. 4
Mexican-American citizens being denied passports
Latino Heritage Month in this Crucial Election Year, 2008
Obama Can’t Afford to Neglect Latin America
Los californianos étnicos quieren que el Gobierno haga más acerca del Medio Ambiente
Candidates wobble on affirmative action
Where Do Latinos Go Now
Racial Idealism vs Realism: Obama's Effort To Bridge the Divide and the DLC
Do Latinos Hold the 2008 Trump Card?
The Media’s Got the Latino Vote Wrong Again
Everyone's Expert on the Latino Vote, Except Latinos
McCain Win Puts Latino Vote Back In Play
Richardson drops presidential run
Univisión Republicans Court Latinos
A Run-down of Iowa’s Brown – Black Forum
Don’t Look to Democrats for Immigrant Rights
L/HHM '07 Focus: The Candidates and the Hispanic Vote
Univisión Debate Reveals Latinos’ Power
The STRIVE Act is a false promise
Much riding on the New Jersey senate race
President Richardson, or Latino President Richardson?
Supreme Court Nominee Alito and the Hispanic Community
'Baldo' Comic Strip, SW Voter Team Up for Registration Effort
Issues of Race Grip Los Angeles Mayoral Contest
Minutemen Mobilize Whites Left Behind by Globalization
Gonzales Appointment Latest Step in Browning of Justice
Bush Nominates Gonzales as Attorney General
Commentary: All the President's Hombres
Candidate Bill Richardson Courts Ethnic Media
Hispanic Journalists Urge Sensitivity When Covering Immigration
Women Lead the Way in Immigration Movement
Politicians Must Offer a Solution to the Immigration Crisis, Not Just a Fix
Commentary: All the President's Hombres
Citizenship Fee Hike Smells of Politics
Bill Richardson: Candidate (?) with portfolio
Backlash Against the Backlash Grows
The Queens Blackouts: Kenneth Lay's Revenge?
Latino Backlash Could Doom GOP
Immigration: Asking Neighbors to Vote in Defense of Families and Children
Villaraigosa to Deliver the State of the Union Response
Study: Long Wait for Green Cards
Mexico Welcomed Fugitive Slaves and African-American Job-Seekers
Hispanic Media Size Up Election Results: Litmus Test for Anti-Immigrant Sentiment
L.A. Mayor Villaraigosa talks about schools, student protesters, and race
Election of Evo Morales Bodes Well for Africans in Bolivia and U.S.
What the Spanish - Language Media Are Saying About Sensenbrenner's Harsh Bill
Mexican State Gains First Representative for California Migrants
Liberals and Conservatives Alike Oppose Sensenbrenner 'Anti-Immigrant' Bill
Strategy Shift: Why Kerry May Choose a Latino for VP
Latino Orgs, Media Concerned Bush "Sabotaging" Immigration Reform
Hispanic Media Editors See Conservative Tilt in Hispanic Votes
The Immigrant Vote Packs Real Potential by C Gonzalez
GOP’s Wrestling Match Over Immigration–Schizoid or Fixed? by R Lovato
Nice Words About Immigrants, but Where's the Bill?
Chiapas Bishop Emeritus Brings Hope to Central Valley’s Indigenous Community
Collision Coming Over Farm Worker Legalization
Commentary: A Day Without Organizers
Day Laborers Face Uncertain Future Under Bush's Immigration Plan
Truth, Justice and Reconciliation in Guatemala
Right and Left Both Have the Color Line at the Center by R Lovato
Interpreting 'Dreams': Green Card Bill Would Hurt Latinos by J Mariscal
CAFTA: More Free Trade for the Americas

Hispanic World & International Affairs

Honduran women at forefront of resistance to coup
Winds of Change Blow Across Cuba
Beyond Pacquaio-De La Hoya, a Cultural History
A Peruvian Journey -- And Quest
McCain and Obama Ignore Abuses in Colombia and Mexico
Food Crisis Reverses Middle Class Trend in Latin America
Oil Billions Fuel Chávez’ 'Petro Power' Socialist Dream
When the Earth Shakes Back Home
NAFTA made a Mexican the world’s richest man
Catholic Mexico’s Best Kept Secret
Whose Apocalypto?
Apocalypto ascribes thirst for blood to wrong people
Anti-Government Strikes Sweep Through Mexican Mines
Dirty Tactics: In Mexico, PAN Emerges as Natural Heir of PRI
Latin-American Intellectuals 'Ideologically Excluded' from the US
In Brazil, the Debate Over Lula Heats Up's Disappointed Supporters Find an End to Absolutes
Breaching Borders: Skinhead Culture in Mexico City
Hundreds of Mexican Miners Fired for Striking
The Latin World: What Do Cubans Really Want?
Mexico Missed a Chance to Change
Hispanic Media Size Up Election Results: Litmus Test for Anti-Immigrant Sentiment
Why Mexico's Young and Wealthy Support Left-Wing Obrador
At 100, World Soccer's 'Government' Still Autocratic, Secretive
Foro Digest: A Consequence of the War
'Forgive Me, But...': A Nicaraguan Woman Reflects on Reagan's Death
For the Maya, the News From Mars Is Not Good
Immigration Shift: Many Latin Americans Choosing Spain Over U.S.
Mexico 2006: Why Most U.S. Mexicans Won’t Be Voting
'Coca Is the Tree of the Poor': Indigenous People Leap Forward in Bolivia
On Anniversary of El Salvador Jesuits' Slaying, Momentum for Justice
Argentina's Recovered Factories: A Story of Economic Success
Mexican State Gains First Representative for California Migrants
Watching the Border Watchers: What the Minutemen Look Like From the Streets of Oaxaca
Globalization Transforming How Poor Peruvians Shop and Live by A Tapia

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