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Our Growing Racial Wealth Gap
8 Aug 2013 … The already-significant gap in wealth between white Americans and black and Latino Americans was exacerbated by the Great Recession. Continue reading
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Why Hillary Clinton Can’t Count on Donald Trump to Win Her the Hispanic Vote
6 Jun 2016 … Democrats can’t bank on Donald Trump’s xenophobia to turn the fast-growing Latino bloc of voters into enthusiastic Hillary Clinton supporters. Her policies on immigration and on Latin America may leave some voters with doubts in an election where turnout could Continue reading
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‘Day Without Immigrants’ Protests and Strikes Planned for May 1
2 Feb 2017 … Across the country last week, immigrants went on strike to demonstrate what the country would be like if Donald Trump actually followed through on his promised deportations. The actions kicked off in Wisconsin on Feb. 13, where Voces De La Continue reading
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The Average Black Family Would Need 228 Years to Build the Wealth of a White Family Today
8 Aug 2016 … If current economic trends continue, the average black household will need 228 years to accumulate as much wealth as their white counterparts hold today. For the average Latino family, it will take 84 years. Absent significant policy interventions, or a Continue reading
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The Ultimate ‘Bad Hombre’
10 Oct 2016 … Donald Trump’s disdain for undocumented people bubbled over again during the last presidential debate of 2016. Is he so intent on Trump TV that he wants to expand Hillary Clinton’s edge with the nation’s 27 million eligible Latino voters? Asked Continue reading
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Ernie Cortés (Part Two)
11 Nov 1990 … Part II of Bill Moyers' discussion with Latino grassroots organizer Ernie Cortés. They discuss Cortes' works with the Industrial Areas Foundation, which he founded with famed community organizer Saul Alinsky. Continue reading
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Martín Espada
1 Jan 2012 … A poet, activist and professor, Martín Espada is often referred to as “the Latino poet of his generation.” The Brooklyn native is the author of more than 15 books of essays, poems and translations. His most recent collection, The Trouble Continue reading
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Texas Republicans Intentionally Discriminated Against Minority Voters, Court Rules
8 Aug 2017 … On Tuesday, hours after President Donald Trump refused to blame white nationalists for the violence in Charlottesville, a federal court ruled that congressional districts drawn by Texas Republicans after the 2010 election were enacted with “racially discriminatory intent” against Latino Continue reading
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Poet Martín Espada on Cultural Empowerment
7 Jul 2007 … Latino poet Martín Espada talks about his efforts to "speak on behalf of those without an opportunity to be heard." Continue reading
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How Spanish Can Help Us Survive Viral Times
2 Feb 2021 … “Una nación bajo Diós, indivisible, con libertad y justicia para todos.” When Jennifer López shouted out that last line of the Pledge of Allegiance in Spanish during Joe Biden’s inauguration ceremony, like so many Spanish-speaking Latinos in the United States I felt Continue reading