“It’s frustrating that we haven’t seen change. We haven’t seen what we expected. But I understand that things in the government take time.”http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2010/0322/At-Washington-s-immigration-reform-march-a-warning-from-Latinos
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
ChristianScienceMonitor: Latinos at rally to Dems: immigration reform or no votes
Sunday, March 21, 2010
CorpusChristiCallerTimes: State board member urges remembering Latinos who defended the Alamo
"She was trying to persuade the board to include in the teaching of Texas history the names of the eight Tejanos who died at the 1836 battle of the Alamo. "http://www.caller.com/news/2010/mar/21/hispanic-texans-part-legend/
Monday, March 15, 2010
FastCo.: Blogger recaps the history of Hispanic ad networks
"The more ad networks make monetization possible for the content creators focused on the Hispanic market – the better. The eco-system grows and validates the Hispanic market and the Hispanic consumer – all I’ve ever wanted."
http://www.fastcompany.com/1579996/an-ad-network-story
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Black Athlete: Latino professor digests issue of race and Latinos in Baseball; black Latinos playing the game.
"So, in seeking to shed light on one problem, (Torii) Hunter has cast a spotlight on another, one that is a perhaps longer-lingering matter that afflicts not just baseball but U.S. society as a whole: how to talk about Latinos and race, and, even more challenging, what to do with Afro-Latinos."
http://blackathlete.net/artman2/publish/Baseball_20/Oh_brother_where_are_thou.shtml
Sunday, March 7, 2010
AP: Latino businesses get less from economic stimulus plan
"Hispanic and black businesses are receiving a disproportionately small number of federal stimulus contracts, creating a rising chorus of demands for the Obama administration to be more inclusive and more closely track who receives government-financed work."http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i_ASC3UbkEMU5PBn1mEeSphYzmkQD9E9VLU00
Thursday, March 4, 2010
DallasMorningNews: Latino incumbent loses in Republican primary, blames bias
Victor Carrillo, chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission, which despite its name regulates the powerful and important energy industry in Texas: said, according to the Dallas Morning News: "Given the choice between 'Porter' and 'Carrillo' – unfortunately, the Hispanic surname was a serious setback from which I could never recover, although I did all in my power to overcome this built-in bias."
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/DN-gopmin_04met.ART.State.Edition1.4bdd15c.html
Monday, March 1, 2010
WSJ: Univision's new video site lacks popular content from supplier/rival Televisa
"Univision's new offering will have one big omission: It isn't currently slated to include telenovelas produced by Mexican media giant Grupo Televisa SA, which are among Univision's most popular. Univision has the exclusive right to air Televisa's shows on TV in the U.S., but a federal court ruled last summer that neither company has the right to put the shows on the Web ..."
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703791504575079683403113468.html
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