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Myriam Marquez Makes History as the Miami Herald’s First Hispanic Editorial Page Editor
When Myriam Marquez was named the editorial page editor of the Miami Herald this summer, she became the first Hispanic — and the first woman — to lead the Herald’s editorial department since the paper’s inception in 1903. more
Why Hispanics Live Long Lives
U.S. Hispanics tend to live longer than non-Hispanics despite many circumstances that negatively affect Latino longevity. This is a fact that continues to puzzle the medical community. On the surface it does not make a lot of sense. Read more
Few Minority Companies Benefited From Florida’s $190 Million Scripps Project
West Palm Beach — Local businesses owned by minorities and women missed out on much of the work from the taxpayer-funded construction of The Scripps Research Institute’s new Palm Beach County campus. Read more
Hispanics Divided Over Census Boycott
The Census Bureau is waging an extensive campaign to make sure that minorities, including millions of illegal immigrants, are counted in next year’s census. But some in the Hispanic community are trying to undermine that effort. They want undocumented immigrants to boycott the census to send a protest message to Congress about the need to [...]
Report Says Immigration Crucial For Housing Recovery
Harvard brain trust predicts “strong” demographics will drive housing recovery, but immigration is a wild card. A perceived strain on government resources has caused some Americans to begrudge the country’s immigrant population. But Harvard researchers, in a new white paper released Monday, are saying that a slowdown in immigration could hurt the long-term real estate [...]
Divided Families: New Legislative Proposals Would Needlessly Restrict Family-Based Immigration
As Congress deliberates a new comprehensive immigration-reform bill, lawmakers are considering legislative proposals that would drastically restrict the family-based immigration system that has been the cornerstone of U.S. immigration policy for decades. Advocates of this more restrictive approach suggest that family-based immigrants have no vital economic or social role to play in the United States-in [...]
Non-Verbal Latino Communication & Social Networking
I have written before about how Latinos prefer to interact at an emotional or spiritual level. Achieving this heightened level of communication means going further than the articulation of words and connecting by relying on information that transcends the spoken language. Read more >>
Many Latinos see discrimination and racism as a basic fact of life.
But according to a report released by the Southern Poverty Law Center on Tuesday, it’s not just undocumented Latinos who have come to that conclusion. U.S. citizens of Latin American descent also reported racial profiling and discrimination by law enforcement and regular community members on the street — in spite of living in the U.S. [...]
Lost In Translation: When Bad Hispanic Advertising Happens To Good Companies
Unfortunately, many companies miss the mark when advertising to Latinos. Usually it’s because corporate decision-makers are not paying close enough attention to their Hispanic marketing efforts. They simply don’t understand or carefully consider Hispanic cultural nuances when planning their outreach efforts. Read more at Hispanic Trending
Five ways in which Lawyers can better serve their Latino clients
Five ways in which I believe lawyers can provide better service to their Hispanic customers… I address this subject fully assuming that you Mrs. / Mr. Lawyer have realized the opportunities that exist through catering to the needs of the largest minority in the Nation. To successfully accomplish this, some adaptations must take place within [...]
Hispanic Tips
- Border’s way of life often just a memory – casual trips across the Rio Grande now are just old memories September 5, 2010
- Nearly a dozen states have filed a legal brief in support of Arizona’s controversial immigration law SB1070 – – A “friend of the court” brief filed with the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday argues that a federal judge was wrong to block implementation of key provisions of the law. – Michigan, Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Louisiana, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas and Virginia September 5, 2010
- How illegal immigrants are helping Social Security – Stephen C. Goss, the chief actuary of the Social Security Administration and someone who enjoys bipartisan support for his straightforwardness, said that by 2007, the Social Security trust fund had received a net benefit of somewhere between $120 billion and $240 billion from unauthorized immigrants. September 5, 2010
