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The Latino Vote: Shaping Our Future

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The day after the election a friend posted on my Facebook page, the “Latino Vote –unfrigginbelievable.” She’s right. Many factors contributed to President Obama’s re-election. But few are as important as the Latino vote. Hispanics…
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Daniel Newell: Helping Latinos Land Silicon Valley Jobs

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Latinos on the Rise: Bringing you the coolest, trendiest and fastest emerging people in fashion, food, art, business, politics and more. The people to watch out for. The ones who fearlessly strike from the pack and make us all proud. Elections…
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Obama Victory Shows Energized Latino Voters Make a Difference

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The record, double-digit turnout by Latino voters on Tuesday—seen by experts as tipping the election in favor of President Barack Obama—shows that the long-dubbed Sleeping Giant is wide awake. “It’s unequivocally clear now that…
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Obama Clinches Latino Vote & Wins Re-Election!

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America said yes to four more years. It was a hard-won second victory for President Barack Obama, who was neck-and-neck in the polls as election season came down to the wire. Obama, who made history in 2008 when he became the first…
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A Bright Little Girl & the Problem with Public Education in Mexico

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According to Mexico's national achievement test, ENLACE, Paloma Noyola Martínez is the country’s top math student, having scored 921 points. She is also third in Spanish. The 11-year-old is a dedicated student. She studies hard and works…
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Latin Power 2.0: The Latino List Volume Two

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Growing up as a first-generation Colombiana in the United States during the 1980s, the references in popular culture that depicted what it meant to be Latino in this country were limited. It was mostly a two-dimensional Que Pasa U.S.A representation…
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A Brief History of Hot, Hot, Hot Latino Leading Men

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Hispanic Heritage Month is over, but every day is a fabulous day to celebrate generations of iconic leading men. These incredibly diverse actors do have a few things in common: amazing talent, Latino roots, and (of course) stunning good…
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Texans Living in Fear of West Nile Virus

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Being in Texas during the worst outbreak of West Nile virus in the state’s history has me living in fear for my children’s safety. I know the odds of anyone in my family contracting West Nile virus from infected mosquitoes are slim.…
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Why is My Child Afraid of the Police?

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My child is afraid of the police, and this terrifies me. I don’t know how this phobia came about with my 10-year-old daughter. Perhaps it is because she is my third child, and she picks up on a lot of talk from her teenage brothers.…