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President Obama announced this Thursday his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts: Gustavo Velasquez, Nominee for Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, Department of Housing and Urban Development

Gustavo Velasquez is the Executive Director of the Latino Economic Development Center, a position he has held…

By Isaac Cohen* The creation of only 74,000 new, non agricultural jobs last December was a disappointment, in contrast with the 240,000 created in November and the average monthly job creation of 183,000 of the last two years. True, in December the unemployment rate fell from 7 percent to 6.7…

  The results of the new survey, carried out by CID-Gallup, between the 5th and 9th of January 2014 - intended to reflect valid vote among people over 18 years in El Salvador, show FMLN ahead with 49%, followed by ARENA with 37% and UNIDAD with 14%. The latest poll…

They selected plans from October through December Thirty percent of those who selected plans were under age 35.   Nearly 2.2 million people have selected plans from the state and federal marketplaces by Dec. 28, 2013 (the end of third reporting period for open enrollment), Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen…

This event will feature great visuals with hundreds of minimum wage supporters, the Maryland governor and lieutenant governor, along with other elected officials.   ANNAPOLIS – Hundreds of minimum wage supporters will rally on Lawyer’s Mall on Tuesday, January 14 at 5:45 p.m. Speakers will include Gov. Martin O’Malley, Lt.…

Washington, DC [CapitalWirePR] January 9, 2014 – The Latino Leaders Network (LLN) Chairman and Founder, Mickey Ibarra, announced the launch of a book project that will celebrate Latino leadership using the keynote remarks of those honored at the Latino Leaders Luncheon Series started in 2004. LLN is a non-profit organization…

Viraj Puri, a 13 year old student from Fairfax County, Virginia wants to create the only known live Social Media ‘Heatmap’ scanning daily instances of social media activity related to bullying. Still in a beta-phase (http://www.bullyvention.com/bullying-heatmap/), Puri is looking to partner with lead data scientists on the subject and has…

Generation Opportunity releases Millennial Jobs Report.   Washington, DC – (1/10/13) – Generation Opportunity, a national, non-partisan youth advocacy organization, is announcing its Millennial Jobs Report for December 2013. The data is non-seasonally adjusted (NSA) and is specific to 18-29 year olds: The effective (U-6) unemployment rate for 18-29 year olds, which adjusts for…

By Kathleen Sebelius* Every person should have a chance to live, work, and thrive as a part of their local community. The Obama administration has worked to create more opportunities for people with disabilities and older adults to access the benefits of community living -- like living in a place…

By Heidi Shierholz Four and a half years after the official end of the Great Recession, there is still a gap in the labor market of nearly 8 million jobs. With job opportunities so weak for so long, workers have gotten stuck in unemployment for unprecedented lengths of time. The…