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Goal of Groups: Register 250,000 Latino Voters in 2014
Two civic organizations announced plans on Jan. 23 to register 250,000 Latino voters by this year’s midterm elections. National Council of La Raza (NCLR) and Mi Familia Vota Education Fund say that...
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Bank to Pay Millions in Bias Settlement Involving Latinos
WASHINGTON (AP) — GE Capital Retail Bank has agreed to pay $169 million to settle a lawsuit that accused it of discriminating against Hispanic credit card customers, the Justice Department said...
View ArticleObamacare Advocates Target Hispanics in Enrollment Push
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Voting Protects Latinos and Everyone From Being Pawns
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Frustration and anger can translate into inaction and paralysis, or they can fuel change. I prefer the second option because if participation of Hispanics in elections were...
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Latino Turnout Seen as Crucial for Election 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — First-time congressional candidate Norma Torres tells people in her Los Angeles-area district that there is no more critical time to vote than now, even as she acknowledges “great...
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Ariz. Sheriff Joe Arpaio Offers to Apologize in Profiling Case
PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona sheriff known for immigration crackdowns and a defiant political style has offered to publicly apologize and fork out money from his own pocket for his acknowledged violation...
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State of Black America Improves but Lags Behind Whites
WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite high-profile concern over issues underscored by the racial unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, African Americans and Hispanics are faring well in certain areas, including better...
View ArticleCesar Mata – A Man ‘Who Pushes Past His Own Fears’
Hero’s name: Cesar Mata Home state: Alabama Organization affiliation: Immigrant Alabama Movement Why this person is a Community Hero: “Cesar Mata, affectionately known as ‘Oso,’ is a grassroots...
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Support of Police Use of Force Splits Along Race
WASHINGTON (AP) — Whites in the United States approve of police officers hitting people in far greater numbers than Blacks and Hispanics do, at a time when the country is struggling to deal with...
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Tool to Battle Housing Bias Is Kept by Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (AP) — A sharply divided Supreme Court on Thursday preserved a key tool used for more than four decades to fight housing discrimination, handing a surprising victory to the Obama...
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Pope Francis to Celebrate Contributions of Hispanics in U.S.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The first pope from the Americas will canonize a Spanish friar who brought the Catholic faith to California in front of the largest Catholic church in North America. Pope Francis is...
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Education Is an Investment, Texas Woman Says
Since the age of 3, Judith Sierra has participated in a variety of programs and classes at A Resource in Service Equality (ARISE) Center in the south of Texas. In 1998, her parents enrolled her in...
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Group: New Orleans Court Sentences Latinos to Costly Classes
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A suburban New Orleans court discriminates against Latinos by charging them for inadequate English interpreters and making them attend overpriced, ineffective English classes as a...
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Report: Chicago Police Have ‘No Regard’ for Lives of People of Color
CHICAGO (AP) — Police in Chicago have “no regard for the sanctity of life when it comes to people of color” and have alienated blacks and Hispanics for decades by using excessive force and honoring a...
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National Urban League Calls for $1T Investment to Help Cities
WASHINGTON (AP) — African-Americans are doing about the same as they have in previous years as the nation rises out of the Great Recession, and much better than they did when its first “State of Black...
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500K Texas Voters to Benefit as Court Says ID Law Discriminates
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ strict voter ID law discriminates against minorities and the poor and must be weakened before the November elections, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, following...
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Texas Mom on Election 2016: ‘Votar es amar’ or ‘To Vote is to Love’
I was born in the United States, in Brownsville, Texas, on the border with Matamoros, Mexico. But I grew up in Matamoros, where my father had his job, and my mom her family. In our Mexican community,...
View ArticleU.S. Poverty Rate Falls. But Poor Push for More Progress.
The number of people living in poverty fell again last year, reaching the lowest level since the Great Recession began in 2007, with 12.7 percent of Americans living below the federal poverty line, the...
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Bronx Activists Stand Up for Affordable Housing in New York
NEW YORK – Whether in grueling heat-filled days or frigid temperatures, a cadre of activists has been fighting for the soul of their Bronx community. Their communities lie in the heart of Jerome Avenue...
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