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Hispanic stories: 45 news summaries

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Hotel Owner Forces Latino Employees to Change Names

NM innkeeper forbids speaking Spanish

Oct 26, 09 2:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - A hotel owner who demands that Latino workers change their names to Anglicized versions and not speak Spanish in his presence is causing a stir in New Mexico. Larry Whitten laid down the law: Martín (mahr-teen) and Marcos are now just Martin and Mark, and employees he considered insubordinate... More »

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Iraq • New Mexico • racism • Latinos • Spanish • Hispanic • cultural heritage

Telenovela Sexes Up Census Participation

 Soap opera reaches out to worried Latinos

Oct 8, 09 8:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Spicy soap opera action may not be something usually associated with the US Census Bureau, but that's set to change next week. Perla Beltrán, a luckless but lovely character in popular Telemundo telenovela Más Sabe el Diablo, is getting a job helping boost Hispanic participation in next... More »

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Census Bureau • Telemundo • telenovas • Latinos • Hispanic • 2010 census

Obama: Sotomayor's Rise an 'Inspiration for Generations'

White House holds reception for new justice

Aug 12, 09 10:40 AM CDT
(AP) - President Obama today celebrated the rise of Sonia Sotomayor to become the Supreme Court's newest member and first Hispanic, hailing her story and achievement as an inspiration for generations. "When Justice Sotomayor put her hand on that Bible and took that oath ... we came yet another step to the... More »

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Hispanic • US Supreme Court • President Obama • Sonia Sotomayor • Supreme Court justice

(AP) - After 17 years as a federal judge, Sotomayor knows her way around a courthouse. But her new workplace is filled with quirky customs and rituals and questions about how to fit in. When do you speak up? How do you find your way around a building torn apart by renovation?... More »

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Hispanic • US Supreme Court • justices • rookie • Sonia Sotomayor • women's issues

(Newser) - GOP senators may have pooh-poohed Sonia Sotomayor’s “wise Latina” comment, but wise Latinas everywhere are wearing the phrase like a badge of honor, the New York Times reports. From t-shirts to blogs, women of Hispanic heritage have warmed to the phrase much like other minority groups appropriate... More »

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women • justice • Hispanic • US Supreme Court • racial slurs • t-shirts • vernacular • Sonia Sotomayor • women's issues • Wise Latina

(Newser) - An advocacy group styling itself as the Latino MoveOn has infuriated both Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly, Joe Garofoli writes in the San Francisco Chronicle. The Berkeley online hub Presente is running a Spanish-language radio ad in Florida this week, urging GOP Rep. John Mica to rebuke Limbaugh's labeling of... More »

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Bill O'Reilly • Rush Limbaugh • MoveOn.org • Hispanic • Sonia Sotomayor • Presente

ANALYSIS

Sotomayor the First Latino on Supreme Court? Not Exactly

Answer centers on whether Portuguese Cardozo was 'Hispanic'

May 31, 09 12:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sonia Sotomayor is indeed the first Latino to be nominated for a Supreme Court post—if you don’t count Benjamin Cardozo, a justice serving in the 1930s who was born to parents claiming Portuguese descent. But, some ask, did that make him Latino? The answer, Antonio Olivo explains in... More »

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Latinos • Hispanic • US Supreme Court • Pew Hispanic Center • Portuguese • Sonia Sotomayor

High Court Pick's Gender, Race Not an Issue: Poll

Proportion wanting female appointee shrinks from 2005

May 13, 09 12:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Americans don’t feel strongly that the next Supreme Court appointee should be a woman, Hispanic, or black, Gallup Poll results suggest: most say it’s a non-issue. Some 64% say it “doesn’t matter” whether the appointee is a woman; 68% say it doesn’t matter whether he... More »

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minority • female • black • diversity • Hispanic • US Supreme Court • David Souter • President Obama • presidential appointment

Hispanic Groups Urge Obama to Pick Latino for High Court

Caucus says Hispanics underrepresented in federal courts

May 1, 09 1:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Even before David Souter’s retirement plans became public, leaders of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus sent President Obama a letter asking him to fill any Supreme Court vacancy with a Latino justice, the Hill reports. Wednesday’s missive praises Obama for appointing Hispanics to key positions—including two Cabinet posts—... More »

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Congress • Latinos • Hispanic • US Supreme Court • vacancy • David Souter • Obama administration • Obama Cabinet • Congressional Hispanic Caucus

Latino Population Surges in Post-Katrina New Orleans

Rebuilding effort attracts immigrant workers to NOLA

Dec 24, 08 1:05 PM CST
(Newser) - The promise of jobs in New Orleans' ongoing reconstruction has drawn thousands of Spanish-speaking immigrant laborers to the city in one of the quickest demographic shifts America has seen, the AP reports. The Hispanic population has increased from 15,000 to 50,000 since the storm, accounting for 15.2%... More »

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Hurricane Katrina • New Orleans • police • population • Latinos • immigrant • Hispanic • armed robbery

Cesar Chavez Blvd.? Dallas Does U-Turn on Renaming

Poll for new street name ditched after Hispanic hero wins

Dec 13, 08 7:03 AM CST
(Newser) - The Latino community in Dallas is fuming after the city’s about-face on a street name, the Wall Street Journal reports. Officials held a poll to find a new name for the spruced-up Industrial Boulevard, only to declare the results non-binding when the winner by a long shot was Cesar... More »

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Texas • Dallas • Latinos • Hispanic • Hispanics

Half of America's Population Growth Now Hispanic

Baby boom among '90s immigrants behind surge in Latino population

Oct 24, 08 6:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Hispanic baby boom accounts for more than half of America's population growth over the last decade, the Houston Chronicle reports. A survey found 50.5% of the growth in that period was among Hispanics, even though the group currently makes up just 15% of the population. The growth is... More »

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population • demographics • USA • Hispanic • Pew Hispanic Center • demographic trends

Hispanic Voters Turn Against McCain

Obama appears likely to capture important bloc in a landslide

Oct 10, 08 1:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - With a record of immigration reform, John McCain once appeared a near-lock for the Hispanic vote—but the bloc is instead turning to Barack Obama, Politico reports. McCain is hovering around 26%, nowhere near Bush's historic 40% in the last election. Not only is McCain not getting credit for his... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • immigration reform • Hispanic • Election 2008 • the Hispanic vote

Childless Women More Common Than Ever: Census

Those with children having fewer, later

Aug 19, 08 3:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - American women are choosing to have children later in life, and many are forgoing child-rearing altogether, according to new Census Bureau data. Among women ages 40-44, 20% have no children—double the number of 30 years ago, the New York Times reports. Those who do have children are having an... More »

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children • Hispanic • Census data

 Minorities Surging to Majority

Changes will dramatically alter political landscape

Aug 14, 08 2:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - America's demographics will dramatically change by mid-century, with the white population slipping to a minority of 46% of Americans, according to projections  from the Census Bureau. Minority kids will make up 66% of the nation's population of children, reports the Washington Post. The number of Hispanics is expected to... More »

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Census Bureau • Brookings Institution • baby boom • Hispanic • Center for Immigration Studies • African-Americans • white people

McCain, Obama Pitch Economic Plans to Hispanics

Candidates make their cases before key constituency

Jul 8, 08 8:20 PM CDT
(AP) - John McCain and Barack Obama each reached out to the critical constituency of Hispanic voters today. The rivals pressed anew their support for comprehensive immigration reform in separate speeches to the League of United Latin American Citizens. But each candidate was primarily focused on making the case that he—not... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Hispanic • Election 2008 • the Hispanic vote

 What Comes Around: 
 Limbaugh ‘Hurt’ by 
 Obama's Words 

Radio host doesn't like being called xenophobe

May 23, 08 5:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh's “feelings are hurt” by comments Barack Obama made linking the radio host’s rhetoric to a rise in hate crimes against Hispanics. Speaking in Florida last night, Obama said, “There's a reason why hate crimes against Hispanic people doubled last year. If you have people like... More »

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Barack Obama • Rush Limbaugh • hate crime • Hispanic • Lou Dobbs

OPINION

 Why Brown Is Still
 Hung Up on Black 

Latinos, eying both whites and blacks warily, lean toward lighter hues

May 21, 08 4:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US Latino community is made up of 20 nationalities and 44 million people, but it is largely in agreement on one thing—suspicion of, and often condescension toward, blacks, Ernesto Quiñonez writes in Esquire. Quiñonez remembers growing up in East Harlem, recalling “pecking orders and historic... More »

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Barack Obama • African Americans • Hispanic • Harlem • racial tension

Hispanic Dems Could Make GOP Nervous in Fla.

Sunshine State might not be such a sure bet for McCain in Nov.

May 5, 08 11:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Registered Democrats will take a lead among a crucial demographic for the first time this week: Hispanic Floridians. The GOP has lost ground in its traditional stronghold for the last 2 years, and its slide might give the Democrats a shot at the critical state and its 27 electoral votes... More »

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Florida • Democrats • Republican • Republican voters • Democratic voters • Hispanic • Florida voting • voter registration

Hispanics Hit 15% of US Population

High birth rate a big
asset to the economy as workforce ages

May 1, 08 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US Hispanic population is booming, driven more by a high birth rate among those already in the country than immigration, the Census Bureau says. Since 2000, Latinos have jumped from 12.6% to more than 15% of the total population—swelling their numbers to 45.5 million from 35.... More »

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population • US Census • Hispanic • the Hispanic vote • Census data

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