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Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Bill Richardson ’s nomination as Commerce secretary won’t satisfy top Latino lawmakers, who sent President-elect Barack Obama ’s transition office a letter yesterday afternoon recommending a slate of 14 Hispanics for the remaining Read More...

The slowing economy and the late start of the ski season is hurting the local Hispanic community, say some business owners. Read More...

Foreign-born workers laboring in the nation's construction industry are far more likely to suffer on-the-job injuries than workers in general. And nowhere is that more evident than among Latino construction workers whose injury rates nationally, depending Read More...

Buoyed by the election of Barack Obama and a larger Democratic majority in Congress, Latino political and community leaders say the time is right to push for a major overhaul of immigration laws. Read More...

In most professions, recognition is a welcome reward for a job well done. But for NFL referee Alberto Riverón, the best days at the office are the ones in which he goes relatively unnoticed. Oct. 12 was not one of those days. Read More...

#9830;The Learning Generation Initiative held its first Las Estrellas del Ano 2008 Latino Community Service Awards recently to honor outstanding service to and by the Latino community in northern Indiana. Read More...

Hispanic students and parents in the Fresno Unified School District have lost a long-time advocate on the board with the defeat of Manuel Núñez in the November election, some community members say. Read More...

In what is apparently the first legal action of its kind, an association of community-based organizations has filed a federal civil rights complaint against two of the three largest Wall Street ratings agencies, charging that their inflated ratings on Read More...