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  Television Fragmentation Continues, Hispanics Are To Blame

  May 15, 2012 - posted by Lauren Burger - 300 views - 0 comments - 0 likes

  By Stephanie de la Costa, The Huffington Post If you want proof that the growing Hispanic population and its impact will change the way people experience popular culture in a colossal and immediate way - look no further than the big changes happening a...
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  Civil rights lawsuit filed against Ariz. sheriff

  May 14, 2012 - posted by Lauren Burger - 318 views - 0 comments - 0 likes

  PHOENIX (AP) — As defiant as ever, get-tough Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio faces a federal court showdown over charges that deputies on his trademark immigration patrols racially profiled Latinos in violation of civil rights law. After months of neg...
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  Deported Moms With American Children Separated On Mother's Day

  May 14, 2012 - posted by Lauren Burger - 341 views - 0 comments - 0 likes

  As the rest of the nation celebrated the importance of motherhood on Sunday, thousands of young Americans were, for the first time, without their moms on Mother's Day. About 22 percent of all undocumented immigrants deported in the first half of 2011 w...
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  VIDEO: How Much Do Latinos Value Education?

  May 10, 2012 - posted by Lauren Burger - 282 views - 0 comments - 1 like

  The Young Turks explore the question: how much do Latinos value education?  
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  Video: Hispanics in Philanthropy- Cultures of Giving

  May 10, 2012 - posted by Lauren Burger - 296 views - 0 comments - 1 like
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  Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuño Proposes Plan For Island's Public Schools To Teach In English Instead Of Spanish

  May 10, 2012 - posted by Lauren Burger - 454 views - 1 comment - 1 like

  By DANICA COTO Associated Press The governor of Puerto Rico is trying to do what more than a century of American citizenship has failed to accomplish: make Puerto Ricans fluent in English. Gov. Luis Fortuno, who has been mentioned as a possible Republ...
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  Franklin Chang-Diaz: First Latino Inducted To The Astronaut Hall of Fame

  May 8, 2012 - posted by Lauren Burger - 323 views - 1 comment - 2 likes

  This weekend, the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame inducted retired NASA astronaut Franklin Chang-Diaz -- the first Latino inductee. "I receive this honor with a great deal of humility because it is given to me by those who were always my heroes," said Chan...
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  Security Checks Anger Arizona Latinos

  May 3, 2012 - posted by Lauren Burger - 304 views - 0 comments - 1 like

  VIDEO: In a state where racial tensions are already high, security checks to enter school board meetings, especially on children, have angered the Latino community in Arizona. A school in Arizona attempted to start a Mexican American studies program, ho...
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  Consolidated Credit, Latino Consumers and the Credit Card Market

  May 2, 2012 - posted by Lauren Burger - 399 views - 2 comments - 1 like

  Latino households carry the highest credit card balances. According to the NAACP, 79 percent of Latinos carry credit card debt compared to 54 percent of Caucasian households. Prioritizing debt payments and tracking spending are two of the top financial ...
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  How Obama, Romney Camps Are Courting Latino Voters

  May 2, 2012 - posted by Lauren Burger - 311 views - 1 comment - 0 likes

  Video from PBS News about the intense competition for the Latino vote for the presidential election:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d693rvHDvk&feature=plcp What do you think of this video? Are these campaigns making a difference?