More Latinos and African Americans Value Higher Education

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By New America Media, News Report, Vivian Po, Posted: Nov 24, 2009


A higher percentage of Latinos and African Americans in California value college education as a necessary path to success in today’s work world, compared to their Asian and white counterparts, according to a recent survey.

Last week, the Public Policy Institute of California released its latest report, “Californians & Higher Education,” which reflects a spectrum of perspectives on California’s higher education among different ethnic groups. PPIC polled 2,502 adults in five languages – English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese.

Eighty-one percent of Latinos and 76 percent of African Americans believe that college education is necessary for a person to become successful, the report found. Only 57 percent of whites and 66 percent of Asians share the same perspective. 


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Adios, Lou Dobbs

By New America Media, Q&A with Roberto Lovato, Marcelo Ballvé, Posted: Nov 13, 2009 

Presente.org is a relatively new organization, yet it played a prominent role in the campaign against Lou Dobbs. What can you tells us about Presente's origins and purpose? 

Presente.org is born of the need to help the Latino community use media and technology to advance its agenda, and to build its power. One of the key ways to do that is to amass a list of people, much like Moveon.org did previously. You build that list by organizing campaigns. Presente.org was born earlier this year, actually. Its first campaigns were around the hate killing of Luis Ramirez in Pennsylvania and the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor. Those were the dress rehearsals for our most ambitious campaign, which was the “Basta Dobbs” campaign [Basta means “enough” in Spanish]. 


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Ethnic Communities Urged to Get H1N1 Flu Shot

Editor's Note: Odette Keeley, news anchor for "Stories From The Ethnic Media" on NAM's radio program, "New America Now" on 91.7 FM KALW, talks to ethnic media professionals about their outlets' news headlines and their take on the news of the day.

This Week on "Stories From the Ethnic Media": CDC meets with ethnic media to discuss the H1N1 vaccine, and the recent videotaped MUNI bus fight between two women, one African-American, the other Chinese-American, brings community leaders and media in San Francisco together to discuss race relations.


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Recession Hits Aging Blacks, Hispanics Hardest Says a New Poll

New America Media, News Analysis, Paul Kleyman, Posted: Oct 12, 2009 

All midlife and older Americans have been feeling the impact of the recession. But the effects have been even harsher for African-American and Hispanic retirees and baby boomers heading for retirement, according to a new study by AARP.

AARP’s “Closer Look” survey of almost 1,000 Americans ages 45 or older shows that in the past year ethnic boomers and elders have struggled to pay their medical costs; had trouble paying for food, heating and other essential needs; lost jobs or saw their hours cut; and were compelled to hunt for affordable housing in greater percentages than their white counterparts.

“We are seeing a disappearing middle class,” stated David Certner, legislative policy director of AARP.

Social and economic differences long preceded the recession, but Certner said the “differences have been exacerbated for African Americans and Hispanics.” 


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Economic Disparities for Minorities Sharpen in Recession

By New America Media, News Report, Cristina Fernandez-Pereda, Posted: Sep 25, 2009 

Minorities are taking the hardest hit of the economic downturn. Policy advocates from different minority organizations participated Wednesday in a Congressional hearing and a teleconference to share the impact of the recession on different communities. 


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Hispanic Groups to CNN: Drop Lou Dobbs

Hispanic Business, News Report, Rob Kuznia, Posted: Sep 17, 2009


Several Hispanic groups are calling on CNN to drop talk-show host and frequent illegal immigrant critic Lou Dobbs, who is broadcasting his radio show from a conference put on by what some activists refer to as a "hate group." 

Dobbs is among 45 radio talk show hosts who attended the rally hosted by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR).  


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Survey Documents Changing Faith of U.S. Latinos - NAM

From Latino Print Network:
A new survey by The Barna Group found that Latinos are assimilating the faith of the Caucasian population faster than predicted, essentially mirroring the faith of the nation's white population, reports the Latino Print Network. However, there were several key differences in religious beliefs: Latinos remain somewhat more likely to believe that a good person can earn his or her way into Heaven; and Latinos are twice as likely as the general population to be aligned with the Catholic church (44 percent vs. 22 percent, respectively).  Read the rest clicking below


Survey Documents Changing Faith of U.S. Latinos - NAM
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