American Taíno
Commentary from the perspective of an American Latino
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2.20.2009
Adolfo Carrión Jr: America's Czar for Cities
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President Barack Obama named Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrión Jr. as his Director of Urban Affairs to oversee federal investments in ...
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1.08.2009
Hoover & Bush: Devastating Latinos
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With Barack Obama preparing to assume a nation with a bankrupt economy and a social fabric in tatters, the parallels between Hoover and Bush...
10.17.2008
The Coming Collapse of the Middle Class
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In this video lecture, distinguished law scholar Elizabeth Warren contrasts today's families to their counterparts of the '70, and f...
9.26.2008
My "America First" Bail Out Plan: Help The People; Prosecute Wall Street Executives, Corporate Lobbyists and Corrupt Politicians
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I agree with Kaptur, Kucinch and Obama, so I offer my own complementary plan: My plan also focuses on preserving home ownership; however, I...
11.26.2007
Immigrants: Huge Boon to New York
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A new report shows that immigrants are a huge boon to the New York economy. How big? The study found that immigrants were responsible for $2...
11.25.2007
The Other Side of Beauty: Puerto Rico in Crisis
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City probe could ensnare Puerto Rico's governor Drug plant closings leave Puerto Rico feeling sick PR pageant officials probe pepper spr...
11.01.2007
Tourists Penalizing 'Unfriendly' America
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Not only does it cost a tremendous amount of money to chase down, jail and deport undocumented workers, but the nation also loses out on the...
7.31.2007
A Trillion $ U.S. Latino Market!
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According to a new study by the University of Georgia's Selig Center for Economic Growth, Multicultural Economy , African American buyin...
7.21.2007
Grape harvesters of illegal immigration wrath
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Oregonians for Immigration Reform love the new grape harvester machines but it can do, with a crew of just three, what it used to take 34 m...
Immigration Non-Harvest
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Immigration Non-Harvest (Wall Street Journal - 7.20.07) Peak harvest season is approaching in much of the country, and the biggest issue on...
7.18.2007
Lift Latin American poor to stop desperate border crossings
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Leading Latino conservative Herman Badillo writes ( Immigration Overhaul , NYSun - 7.18.07) that it's a shame that immigration reform we...
7.12.2007
Latino Migrants as Recession Buffers (Don't You Love This Country?)
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America derives an enormous benefit from its undocumented servants. They boost the nation's wealth, shore up government programs, perfor...
Migrantless Arizona output would drop 8.2% or $29 billion
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Migrantless Ariz. output would drop 8.2% (by Ryan Randazzo, The Arizona Republic - 7.11.07) If all undocumented workers were removed from A...
7.11.2007
A Tool for Shopping for Better Public Schools
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Given the high concentration of Latino children attending low quality public schools, it's clear that we must do a better job around in ...
6.18.2007
The Hispanic Era
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The Hispanic Era (by columnist Ruben Navarette, San Diego Union-Tribune - 6.17.07) For U.S.-born Hispanics, this is the Dickensian era. You ...
6.10.2007
Study: Immigrants strengthen LI economy
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Study: Immigrants strengthen LI economy 06/05/07) WOODBURY - A study released Tuesday by the Horace Hagedorn Foundation found Long Island be...
5.26.2007
PR: Careening towards an abyss as dark and deep as the Puerto Rico Trench
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Puerto Rico's economic disaster has again been confirmed with this week's announcement that the island's general obligation deb...
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5.23.2007
FIU Study: Immigrants Enrich Florida
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According to a report released this week by Florida International University (FIU) in Miami, and published in The Miami Herald, foreign born...
5.21.2007
Economy, crime push Puerto Ricans to Florida
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Economy, crime push Puerto Ricans to Florida (by Vanessa Bauzá, So. Florida Sun-Sentinel - 5.13.07) Nelson Santiago grew up in the Bronx bu...
Best Cities for Relocating Families
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Best Cities for Relocating Families (2007) focuses on the ease with which a family can move to a new city and settle into a new life. The s...
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