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Romney to Address Latino Business Summit
(CNN) - Mitt Romney will address a gathering of Latino small business owners next week, furthering his bid to attract voters in a bloc that will prove essential to winning the White House in November. Romney will speak at the Latino Coalition's Annual Economic Summit in Washington, the group said Friday. Romney's campaign also confirmed the likely GOP nominee would appear at the event. "Governor Romney's record as a successful business leader, CEO of the organizing committee... Read more
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Latino, black political clout grows in Florida and North Carolina
The face of the Southern electorate is changing, and perhaps nowhere is the shift clearer than Florida and North Carolina. In the two critical battleground states, the share of white voters has shrunk since the last presidential election in 2008, and the number of African-American, Latino and other people of color voters has steadily grown. But while the numbers show key Southern states continue to move towards an increasingly diverse electorate, new voting restrictions could undermine... Read more
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Visa for Castro's Daughter Marks Potential Shift in US Policy
The State Department has approved the visa of the Cuban head-of-state’s daughter to attend a conference in San Francisco, marking a shift in Cuban relations, which have been stuck in neutral since last year. Mariela Castro Espín, a prominent advocate for LGBT issues in Cuba, will visit San Francisco next week to give a conference paper at the Latin American Studies Association. The State Department would not comment on Castro Espín’s visa, but Sen. Robert... Read more
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Could McCain have the winning strategy to win over Latino voters?
What’s the solution to the GOP’s election-year problems with Latino voters over immigration policy? McCain, who ran as the Republican presidential candidate against Barack Obama in 2008, is a longtime GOP leader on immigration reform. McCain has represented Arizona in the U.S. Senate for 25 years. With an estimated 1.7 Million Latinos, 30 percent of the Grand Canyon State is Latino, making it the fifth largest Latino population in the country. McCain’s past success with Hispanic voters... Read more
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Texas Led Nation In Workplace Discrimination Complaints In 2011, EEOC Report Says
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission received more complaints of workplace discrimination from workers in Texas than from any other state last year, with 10 percent of all complaints filed there, according to a report made public by the agency on Monday. During the 2011 fiscal year, nearly 10,000 of the record 99,947 federal charges of workplace discrimination received by the EEOC were filed in Texas, according to the report. The most common complaints within the... Read more
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US census shows majority of babies now from ethnic minorities
Racial and ethnic minorities make up more than half the children born in the US for the first time, capping decades of immigration growth that is now slowing. The 2011 census estimates highlight sweeping changes in America's racial makeup and the prolonged impact of a weak economy, which is resulting in fewer Hispanic people entering the country. "This is an important landmark," said Roderick Harrison, a former chief of racial statistics at the Census Bureau who is... Read more
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George Zimmerman Medical Report Released, Faces Possible Hate Crime Charge
According to a medical report from George Zimmerman's family physician, the neighborhood watch volunteer was diagnosed with lacerations to the back of his head, a "closed fracture" of his nose, a pair of black eyes and a minor back injury the day after his fatal confrontation with Trayvon Martin, ABC News reports. The three-page medical report is included in court documents that the state of Florida made public Monday, which also contained 911 calls, non-emergency calls,... Read more
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The GOP veepstakes continue, with talk of Latino a…
The will-Romney-choose-a-Latino-veep running mate drama has hit a somewhat higher pitch this week, notably with Politico quoting an unnamed GOP operative saying that Republican presidential nominee-apparent Mitt Romney’s campaign will mostly likely stick to what’s politically safest and select “an…
Education Trumps Immigration among Top-Tier Issues…
WASHINGTON- Education ranks behind only the economy and jobs as the most important consideration among likely Latino voters in five battleground states, according to a survey released today by the American Federation for Children (AFC) and the Hispanic Council for…
Latinos are just good business at work
Gee, what a very un-radical concept – treating your potential customers as human beings with a personality and trying to appeal to that uniqueness when coming up with products you want to sell them. That basically is the bottom line of…
President Scissorhands?
In days of old, when a presidential candidate got in trouble, he would hold a news conference to explain and calm things. This does not happen anymore. Today, candidates play dodge ball, ducking and covering and hoping the media will grow…
Pay Gap A Factor As Jobs Sit Empty
The number of job openings has risen to levels not seen in the past seven years, but employers continue to complain they can't find enough qualified workers to fill open positions. In the manufacturing industry, which has been responsible for…
Obama to Meet Latino Donors
Days after President Barack Obama announced his support of same-sex marriage, a decision that could have an impact on how Latinos vote in the 2012 Presidential election, he will spend Monday in New York City, speaking at a commencement, and…
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