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They’re the focus of the immigration debate. But across the nation, Latinos are rising to power and offering a glimpse of what’s ahead.
view as article iowa doesn't have many hispanics six percent of iowans are hispanic. that’s a far cry from the 17 percent of the total u.s. population. with hispanics expected to play a large role in the 2016 election, the primary in iowa may not indicate what will happen as the ...
Jeishla Meléndez Matos serves as aHISPA (Hispanics Inspiring Students’ Performance and Achievement) Role Modeljoining many other OLA volunteers in this effort. As part of the program, the HISPA Role Models visit schools serving mostly Hispanic students in the community to talk to students about ...
“I am very happy to see as many Latinas on the stage this evening. I think I’ve seen five already,” said Juan Proano, chief executive officer of the League of United Latin American Citizens. “We’ve actually seen some really great Latinas in leadership positions from around the country...
Many learn when trash goes out and when Dumpsters are unattended. Although it's always illegal to venture behind a fenced-off area marked "no trespassing," laws on Dumpster diving vary considerably. Oddly enough, a 1988 ruling by the Supreme Court, California v. Greenwood, gave tacit ...
The yellow peril has had many faces, but Fu Manchu epitomized them for mass culture. “The ‘peril’ lay not in the fact that he was cunning and leading this criminal conspiracy that could destroy the white man,” explains Jeff Yang, “It was that he represented this antithetical view wher...
A study released in 2019 estimated that 95% of baby food products on the market contain harmful chemicals and toxic heavy metals — and many are from the most popular brands. (1)(2) These baby foods contain dangerously high levels of arsenic, lead, mercury, and cadmium. Exposure to these...
One of the most racist assumptions of the Democrats was that legal Hispanics favor illegal immigration simply because many of the illegal immigrants have brown skin. OK, the Democrats overplayed their hand. But let’s not overplay ours. We would be foolish to turn away the brave, the entrepre...
government inaction, the real value of the minimum wage has steadily eroded for decades and is now 25% lower than it was at its inflation-adjusted peak in 1968. Poverty rates for African-Americans and Hispanics in particular would be almost 20% lower if the minimum wage had kept up with ...