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Hispanic stories: 45 news summaries

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Boy Scouts
Reach Out to Latinos

Soccer, Spanish lighting the spark for a new class of scouts

Aug 13, 07 12:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - With enrollment down almost 10% in the last 10 years, the Boy Scouts are reaching out to Latinos to fill their ranks. Handbooks, advertisements and bumper stickers are now available in Spanish, and the “be prepared” group has even had permission from ministers to recruit in Hispanic churches, the... More »

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soccer • Americans • Latinos • diversity • Soccer and Scouting • Hispanic • Boy Scouts of America

Minorities Become Majority

Nonwhites dominate in 10% of counties, new census figures show

Aug 9, 07 1:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nonwhites account for more than half the population in 10% of all US counties and in nearly one-third of the most populous ones, new census results show. Figures through mid-2006 demonstrate the suburban flight of blacks and Hispanics and fallout from Hurricane Katrina, the Times reports. And in three dozen... More »

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race • Chicago • African Americans • Washington DC • Asians • demographics • Honolulu • El Paso • immigrant • Hispanic

Richardson Makes It Official

New Mexico governor joins 2008 race, touting his record, Latino ties

May 22, 07 6:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bill Richardson has officially joined the throng of Democrats running for president, and become the first Latino to seek his party's nomination. The New Mexico governor made his announcement, in Spanish and English, in LA last night, touting his record as governor of a divided state and his proximity to... More »

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Bill Richardson • Democrats • presidential campaign • New Mexico • Latino voters • Hispanic • Election 2008

Racial Generation Gap Opens

Whites are older,
minorities are younger

May 17, 07 2:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - The number of non-white Americans has passed 100 million—a third of the current population—for the first time, the Census Bureau reports, and the growing minority population is creating a new racial generation gap. Hispanics had the lowest median age at 27.4, while the median age of whites,... More »

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baby boomer • race • elderly • age • Census Bureau • children • America • minority • population • generation gap • voters • US Census • Hispanic

Illegal Immigrants Flee LA

Republican suburbs hold allure for illegals, but no hospitalilty

Mar 30, 07 8:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Illegal immigrants are draining out of the Hispanic neighborhoods of LA and into  Republican suburbs like San Bernadino, which hold the allure of jobs, but little hospitality.  In a detailed study of the demographic shift, the Economist calls them  them the "canaries in the economic coal mine, sensitive... More »

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immigration • California • illegal immigrant • Los Angeles • migration • San Bernadino • Hispanic

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