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Gun Violence and Its Impact on the Latino Community

Gun violence disproportionally marks the Hispanic community, particularly young Latinos who are more likely than non-Hispanic whites to die at the hand of strangers.
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Support for Increased US Immigration Levels Increases

Support for increased immigration levels into the U.S. has increased, based on new polling data. Gallup's Minority Rights and Relations survey, which included an oversampling of Latinos and blacks, looked into the opinions of minority groups who are often "too small for statistical analysis" in a standard poll.
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Hispanic Heavy Radio Users Are Influential, 'Possess Enormous Buying Power'

While upscale Hispanic millennials command wealth with their heavy internet and social media usage, the Hispanic 39-year-old heavy radio user is still quite influential.
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Yelp's Diversity Report Reflects Improvement

Across Silicon Valley, diversity has been hailed as one of the tech industry's greatest problems. Facebook, for example, has publically acknowledged its struggles with gaining a diverse employee base. But diversity isn't quite the same challenge for one Bay Area-based tech company: Yelp.
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Top 5 Highest Paid Cuban Baseball Players

Major League Baseball is celebrating Cuban heritage this week. Latin Post lists the top five highest paid Cuban born players in the game today.
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Millennials on Target to Be Most Educated Group in History Due to Multicultural Youth: Report

Millennials are on target to be the most educated group in U.S. history, chiefly due to educational advancements among diverse populations and U.S. women. Also, multicultural students are swarming early age classrooms, despite failures to properly integrate students of different races and ethnicities.
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Speaking English, Watching TV in Spanish: Forthcoming 'Hispanic Millennial Project' Study is Full of Surprises

Media, technology, and advertising companies have had their eyes on millennial Latinos for quite some time, since young Latinos in particular represent a wave of consumer power comparable to the boomer generation -- not to mention that seemingly every study and survey finds new ways in which they are "ahead of the curve."

SALUD: Diverse Groups More Likely to Suffer Psychological Effects From Psoriasis

Psoriasis Awareness Month is an opportunity to spread understanding about the chronic, serious long-term skin problem that affects millions in the U.S.
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Blacks, Hispanics and Democrats More Skeptical of Police: Study

While there is widespread agreement that race relations in the U.S. are in a sorry state, but racial division exists regarding race relations' contribution to police violence. Multicultural groups in the U.S. are far more skeptical than whites about law enforcement's efforts to control crime. Also, Democrats are more disposed to mistrust law enforcement.

Social Media Sunday: Facebook and Twitter Pummeled on Wall Street, Google+ Gives Up - Mostly

This week was a bad one on Wall Street for Twitter, Facebook, and others, even if they posted better-than-expected revenue results. Meanwhile, Google has dropped the Google+ sign-up requirement for unrelated services and platforms starting with YouTube. But that doesn't mean it's giving up on social entirely.
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Undocumented Population Stable Since Great Recession Due to Deportation, Immigrant Departures

The undocumented immigrant population has been stable since the start of the Great Recession, shifting longstanding trends related to the undocumented population, particularly among undocumented Mexicans, who once represented about half of undocumented immigrant.

Gradually Increasing Salt Intake Leads to Same Risk for High Blood Pressure as Longtime Consumption: Study

Habitual consumers of salt and individuals who gradually increase the amount of salt they eat both face heightened risk of developing high blood pressure, as stated by a study featured in the Journal of the American Heart Association. The study confirms the need to maintain a low-salt diet over a lifetime.

Latinos & Homeownership: Could Cultural Spending Habits Keep US Hispanics From Owning Homes?

The thriving U.S. Hispanic population is earning more and gaining influences amid the mainstream, but home ownership for the community has dipped. Could this be due to cultural spending habits and an aversion to acquiring credit?
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National Immunization Awareness Month to Underline Importance of Vaccines for Infants, Elderly

Ensuring a healthy future for infants, preteens, adults and the elderly is a matter of receiving timely vaccinations, to protect the population against dangerous and sometimes deadly diseases and viruses, such as the flu, measles and pneumonia.

In Massachusetts, Gender Wage Gap Impacts Low-Earning Hispanic Women

Women have long been subjected to wage inequalities, but Hispanic women, particularly low-earning Hispanic women, face the largest pay inequalities in the state of Massachusetts, according to a new report.
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Texas A&M International University Ranks No. 1 in Latino Enrollment

According to sliding panel piece in U.S. News and World Report, Texas A&M International University is now ranked No. 1 in the nation among the “Top 10 Colleges with the Highest Hispanic Enrollment.”
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Many Multicultural High School Seniors Bypass Ivy League Education, Prefer to Stay Near Home: Study

The allure of private Ivy League universities are as time-honored as the institutions themselves. Nonetheless, multicultural high school seniors are less likely to pursue education at Ivy's and more likely to stick to safety schools.
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In Latin America Startup Scene, Chile and Colombia Stand Out

Mini-Silicon Valleys are sprouting in Latin America, especially in Chile and Colombia, where a combination of government initiatives, investment, and homegrown entrepreneurs are beginning to foment an economic transformation. Here's why Chile and Colombia are beginning to stand out in Latin American tech entrepreneurship.
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The State of Warehouse Workers in Southern California's Inland Empire

Thousands of warehouse workers in Southern California's Inland Empire typically earn less than a living wage. Also, most don't have health care benefits and many hold temporary positions, according to researchers at the University of California, Riverside.

More than Half of Young Catholic Families Are Latino Despite Recent Decline

More than half of young Catholic families (53 percent) identify themselves as Latino or Hispanic compared with 32 percent of all Catholics, according to a recent survey. Could the presence of Hispanic families in the Catholic Church indicate Latino congregational growth, or at least the slowing of a once-persistent decline?
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