National Latino Groups Aim For More Women in Politics
Latinas compose just over 1 percent of the nation’s over 7,000 state senators and representatives, and just 2 percent of […]
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The Buzz On Meriden Mayor's Faux Latino Story
CTLatinoNews.com recently reported on questions raised by Meriden Mayor Manny Santos’ appearance on WFSB-TV’s ‘Face The State’ program, http://ctln.local/2014/03/19/is-meridens-santos-faux-latino/. The Mayor’s
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VIDEO: State Could Require Language Translators In Hospitals
H.B. 5385 would require hospitals to provide language interpreters for non-English speaking patients. Watch Video
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Documentary Needs Funds To Report On The Power Of The Latino Vote
Over the next seven months, an award-winning film crew directed by Gianpaolo Pietri will study and document how influential Hispanics are in
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Conventional Wisdom On Latino Voters May Be Wrong
The conventional wisdom in Washington, even among many in the Republican Party, is that the GOP is putting the future
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California's Largest Spanish-Language Newspaper Slams Obama On Deportation
California daily La Opinión slammed President Barack Obama’s deportation policy in an editorial published Monday, calling for him to use executive
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Is Meriden’s Santos “Faux Latino?”
By Wayne Jebian CTLatinoNews.com Should voters check more carefully about the ethnicity of a candidate for office? Or
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No Retirement Savings For More Than Half of Latinos
By Adam Chiara CTLatinoNews.com Less than half of U.S. Latino workers have retirement plans as a benefit
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DREAM Act Dies In New York State Senate
The New York State Senate Monday killed the DREAM Act in a “razor-thin” mostly partisan vote. With 32 votes needed
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Domestic Workers Say They Need Legal Protection
Robert Held CTLatinoNews.com Imagine working a job with no benefits, long hours, and no guaranteed time for
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Children of Deported Undocumented May End Up In Foster Care
Robert Held CTLatinoNews.com Children of undocumented immigrant parents who are facing deportation have begun becoming a bigger
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Obama Apologists Should Share Blame for Deportations
By Miguel Pérez From the very beginning, everyone knew there was something morally wrong with it. And yet, many Hispanic