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Boss Tells Latino Workers to Ditch Spanish Names -- in What World Is this Guy Living?

Posted on Oct 31, 2009, Source: New America Media

According to Larry Whitman, employees who work in reception or answer phones should have names that people generally can understand or can pronounce.

Palin Talks Immigration for the First Time -- Doesn't Say Much

Posted on Oct 27, 2008, Source: New America Media

Immigration is a subject the Alaska governor has never mentioned before. But listening to what she said didn’t clarify her views.

Can Marches Stop the Scapegoating?

Posted on Apr 19, 2006, Source: New America Media

Immigrants who took to the streets are to be applauded for breaking a silence kept too long.

Spain, Here We Come

Posted on Dec 10, 2004, Source: Pacific News Service

Latin Americans faced with extreme crises at home and closing doors in the United States are helping to fuel a new wave of immigration to Spain.

Why Kerry May Choose a Latino VP

Posted on Mar 24, 2004, Source: Pacific News Service

The growth of Latinos into the nation's largest minority could put New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson on Kerry's short list of potential vice presidential candidates -- and help win several key battleground states in the Southwest.

Swinging the Latino Vote

Posted on Jan 29, 2004, Source: Pacific News Service

Most pollsters say Latinos, a growing demographic that does not always vote Democratic, will help determine who becomes president in November.

Non-citizens in the Line of Fire

Posted on Apr 17, 2003, Source: Pacific News Service

After the death of seven non-citizen U.S. soldiers in Iraq, latinos consider the contradictions of living in America.
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