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Unemployment rates are expected to show essentially no improvement for white, Latino and African American workers through 2013, a new EPI report finds. In Unemployment rates are projected to remain high for whites, Latinos, and African Americans throughout 2013, EPI Director of the Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy program Algernon…

Center for Hispanic Leadership (CHL) and its culturally relevant online Hispanic Leadership Academy exceeded its introductory goals as it successfully certified 1000 Latino professionals. Hispanic Leadership Academy (HLA)- is the first interactive, video-based training and certification platform whose curriculum was specifically designed for the advancement of Hispanic professionals in the…

Families across theUnited Statesremember with nostalgia the food, rides, and atmosphere of the local fairs and carnivals, but hidden behind the memories and bright lights are migrant workers who pay a high price to create these experiences. On the United Nations World Day of Social Justice, the American University Washington College…

CNN Anchor and Documentarian to Keynote Luncheon At Hispanic Real Estate Group’s 2013 Housing Policy & Hispanic Lending Conference Washington, DC / San Diego, CA [CapitalWirePR] February 20, 2013 – Soledad O’Brien, award winning documentarian and anchor of the CNN show Starting Point, will speak on “Diversity: On TV, Behind…

The Fair Immigration Reform Movement (FIRM) gave the Senate’s “Gang of 8”until March 21st to introduce an immigration reform bill that lays out a clear path to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented immigrants in this country. “We will only support legislation that contains a reasonable time to attain citizenship, and, keeps our…

The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) announced that Florida U.S. Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen will be presented with the prestigious Edward R. Roybal Award for Outstanding Public Service at the organization’s annualNALEO Edward R. Roybal Legacy Gala in Washington, D.C.  This year’s event will be hosted byUnivision Noticiero Co-Anchor…

The statement was signed by U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Thomas J. Donohue & AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka.   The United States will always be a nation of immigrants who have contributed greatly to the vitality, diversity, and creativity of American life.  Yet, like the rest of America’s immigration…

Declaración conjunta de Thomas J. Donohue, CEO de la Cámara de Comercio de los EEUU & Richard Trumka, presidente de la AFL-CIO,  sobre principios compartidos   21 de febrero de 2013 Estados Unidos siempre será una nación de inmigrantes que han contribuido enormemente a la vitalidad, diversidad y creatividad de la…