Puerto Rico’s economic crisis features a shrinking economy and a declining population, with 15 percent unemployment rate to boot. In laymen’s terms, things aren’t looking too good for the high income economy territory with the poverty rate of 41%.
Months prior to her death, Garcia filed a police report explaining to the authorities that she feared for her life; and months later she would make a similar phone call. She reiterated details about her violent home life in her native Spanish, but because the domestic-incident report was never translated to English it was overlooked.
With the recent news of Lamar Odom finally landing a basketball gig in Spain’s Laboral Kutxa team, it created buzz how he admitted he gives most of the credit for his career move to Bruce Jenner.
Social media has been used to connect with friends and other services, and one demographic utilizing that aspect is Hispanic women in the United States.
Research compared the percentage of Latinos and Blacks in private and public prisons in nine states. Each state, at different percentages, had higher rates of people of color residing in private facilities than public facilities. Inmates released from private prisons experienced recidivism at an average rate three percent higher than public prisons.
As a judge Sonia Sotomayor takes her personal history and her community into account, using that to remind her that human beings consist of good and bad, horrific and heroic; and she treats individuals in her court as people while holding them responsible for their crimes.
By 2043, the ethno-racial landscape of America will completely change, and whites will dwindle to the minority in the US, which explains a level of discontent from other groups and the present white majority. The country's demographic changes show an evidential growth of Latinos, and that has resulted in the growth of anti-Latino hate crimes.
The National got milk? Milk Mustache Campaign teamed with a digital analytics tool to discover Spanish-speaking people have been missing or skipping their morning breakfast.
“Just sound it out” is a strategy that’s been long employed in the United States when coaching children in elementary education through reading sessions. However, this process does not translate to Spanish. Stanford University produced a new study that suggests that learning to read words in English isn’t the same as how Spanish-speakers learn to read words in Spanish, particularly in Mexico.
Is Obamacare a success or failure? Well, depending on what side of the political aisle you're talking to, you'd surely get wildly divergent answers. However, one thing about Obamacare is certain. The Latino community is not signing up for the healthcare plans. With only six weeks to go until the March 31 deadline will there be a significant uptick in in Latino participation?
Political parties' inability to secure a sufficient number of Latino candidates disallows the possibility that Latinos will be placed in political office, according to a study released by Michigan State University.
California has numerous boasting points: they have lower property tax rates than Texas, Californians tend to be healthier, and the Golden State Is the second best place in the nation for women to achieve economic security -unless you're Latina.
The Hispanic customer base is “on the margins of the banking system” and they are often left dissatisfied when seeking financial services from financial institutions.
LatinasRepresent, a collaborative effort between Political Parity–whose goal is to boost the number of women in the upper levels of government–and the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda, hopes to embolden Latinas to serve as political representatives.
Countries Chile, Argentina, and Venezuela play host to the most prolific number of cellphone and smartphone users among Latin American countries, according to a new Pew Research Center survey that highlights emerging countries' adoption of cell phones, smartphones, Internet access, and use of social media.
New York City residents will receive municipal ID cards, according to a recent statement made by New York City’s mayor Bill de Blasio in his State of the City speech. The IDs will act as a tool to help undocumented New Yorkers who don't want to “live their lives in the shadows.”
Barriers obstructing young Latinos’ path when seeking higher education are being bulldozed by young Latinos’ desire to succeed, and growing access to funds set aside for the Latino students who intend to attend college
