Inside the Voting Booth: Young Latinos and the Importance of Civic Education

By Jesse Rogers |

El Diario - Pierre Sandoval, an 18 year old college freshman from Los Angeles, already knows who he will vote for in this year's presidential election. Born in the United States to parents from Mexico, Sandoval already voted for the first time in California's primary elections on June 5th, and is looking forward to making his voice heard in November.

As a senior in high school, Sandoval earned top marks in Advanced Placement United States History and Government. But like many students who take a semester or year-long civics course, Sandoval says the actual process of voting can be complex and overly complicated.

Source: El Diario >>>

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Topic: Newsroom, Vote 2012

Richard Nixon was America’s first ‘Latino vote’ president

By Tony Castro |

VOXXI - Four decades ago, Hispanics found themselves possibly exercising more power in a presidential campaign than at any time in American history — before or since.
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Henry Ramirez, chairman of the Cabinet Committee on Opportunities for Spanish-Speaking People, with President Richard Nixon. (Photo courtesy White House Archives).

It was 1972, and the campaign was that of President Richard Nixon who was seeking a second term against the backdrop of an unpopular war winding down in Vietnam and the social-cultural changes that the turbulent 1960s had wrought on America.

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Topic: Government, Politics

Opinion: The feds are not doing enough to hire Hispanics

By Jorge E. Ponce |

NBC Latino - It is frustrating and embarrassing that the Hispanic challenge has been around for 42 years.

The Federal Government has not done enough to address this challenge which has been around since President Nixon issued a 16-Point Federal Employment Plan in 1970 to increase the employment of Hispanics in the federal workforce.

If the Federal Government is telling Hispanics lately “I want you,” its past record does not show it.

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Topic: Economy, Government

President Obama Is Wrong about Businessmen

By Marian L. Tupy |

Last Friday, President Obama revisited Elizabeth Warren’s reasoning for higher taxes on the wealthy. Like Warren, the President stated that:

If you’ve been successful, you didn’t get there on your own… If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life… Somebody invested in roads and bridges.

The President then took Warren’s reasoning up a rhetorical notch and said “If you’ve got a business — you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.”

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Topic: Economy, Small Business

Gap Between Hispanic, Overall Inland Unemployment Narrowing

By David Olson |

Hispanic Business - Inland Latinos are gaining jobs at a faster rate than non-Hispanics, a new report indicates.

The study by the Washington, D.C.-based Economic Policy Institute shows that Inland Latinos still have a higher unemployment rate than non-Hispanics. But the gap narrowed in 2011.

The unemployment rate for Hispanics in Riverside and San Bernardino counties dropped from 18.1 percent in 2010 to 15.4 percent in 2011, the study found. The overall rate fell from 14.3 percent to 13.4 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Source: HispanicBusiness.com >>>

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Topic: Economy