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American Latinos increasingly pessimistic

Posted by HispanicPro on September 30, 2008 at 11:44am
America's largest minority is a paradox. Latinos have a reputation for being fatalistic. Yet many, especially immigrants, also share an entrepreneurial belief that people chart their own destinies. The result is 46 million Americans -- 15 percent of the U.S. population -- who vacillate between pessimism and optimism. At the moment, pessimism has the upper hand. According to a new survey from the Pew Hispanic Center, Latinos in the United States are increasingly gloomy about their own situation, the economy and their prospects for future success. That is true of many Americans. However, it's precisely because Latinos -- as with other groups with a strong immigrant tradition -- are known for being optimistic and overcoming obstacles that a surge of pessimism should be taken seriously. Imagine what other groups typically less optimistic are going through. READ FULL ARTICLE
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Hispanics overwhelmingly for Obama in US 'swing states'

Posted by News on September 27, 2008 at 2:24pm
A great majority of Hispanic voters in US swing states favor Democratic Barack Obama over Republican John McCain in the race for the White House, a Newslink poll said Friday. Of the 684 adults surveyed by telephone in seven swing states from September 11-18, 63 percent said they would vote for the Illinois senator on November 4, against only 26 percent for the Arizona senator. Swing voters are called as such for their unpredictable votes in an election. READ FULL ARTICLE
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A Worthy Goal: More Latinos At The Polls

Posted by News on September 24, 2008 at 4:13pm
Latinos should be a strong voice in Connecticut. After all, they represent a sizeable segment of the state's population, with an estimated 391,935 members, or 11.2 percent of all Connecticut citizens, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. So news that state efforts to register Latinos to vote have been successful is welcomed. According to the Secretary of the State's office, more than 5,800 Latinos have registered since an organized effort was launched three months ago. The campaign honed in on targeted communities across the state to recruit new voters through grassroots drives. And the admirable goal of the nonpartisan effort is to add 10,000 new Latino voters in Connecticut and get them to the polls on Election Day. Latinos need to be involved. Among the key recommendations of a report on the state of Latinos in the United States released earlier this year was to establish a presidential advisory committee to increase their access to educational, health, economic and civic opportunities. READ FULL ARTICLE
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Abortion rate is down, but report cites racial disparity

Posted by News on September 24, 2008 at 3:30pm
The decline has been far more dramatic for whites than for blacks and Latinas. Although the overall U.S. abortion rate is at its lowest level since 1974, the drop has been far more dramatic for whites than for African Americans, who in 2004 had abortions at five times the rate of white women, according to a report released Monday. READ FULL ARTICLE
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Democrats look westward for victory

Posted by News on August 24, 2008 at 11:03pm
USNEWSCVN-DEMOCRATS23.embedded.prod_affiliate.81.jpgIf everything goes as planned, the setting sun will paint the Rocky Mountains purple for the network television cameras just as Sen. Barack Obama's nomination-night pageant gets under way Thursday at Invesco Field at Mile High. It's an appropriate color, since Democratic strategists plan to win back the White House by cracking the red-and-blue stalemate of the usual electoral map with victories in the new battleground states of the interior West. "From a pure strategic analysis, it's one of the few places where the Democrats have a chance of rewriting the map," said Floyd Ciruli, a pollster in Denver. READ FULL ARTICLE
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Boy Scouts, blazing a new trail, reach out to Delaware Hispanics

Posted by News on August 24, 2008 at 10:09pm
Marc Garduno faces a couple of obstacles as he sets out to recruit Boy Scouts from Delaware's Hispanic community. First, the Scouts' traditional uniform, with pressed pants and insignia, might be off-putting to immigrants from countries where dictatorships thrive. Second, the Scouts' Norman Rockwell image has for decades sent a message that it's a club for well-to-do whites. Statistics show that of about 3 million Scouts nationwide, 70 percent are white. "Within the Hispanic-American community, there is an idea of the Boy Scouts as being a 'programa para los ricos' -- a program for the rich," said Garduno, 39, of Dover, whose parents are from Mexico. "That's what we're trying to change." READ FULL ARTICLE
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Blood Bank Looks to Hispanics for Needed Blood Type

Posted by News on August 24, 2008 at 10:00pm
An area blood bank begins a new initiative to help boost donations. The group is turning to the Latino community to find a universal blood type commonly found among Hispanics. Type "O" blood is the blood type most valued at the Community Blood Center of the Ozarks. "Thirty eight percent of the country is a type-O donor, but nine percent will be type-O negative. So, right there you have half of the country that is a type-O donor," said Chris Pilgrim of CBCO. CBCO takes more than 250 donations a day including many from Latinos. It's through those donations, the organization is able to provide blood to area patients. READ FULL ARTICLE
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GOP makes pitch to Colo. Hispanics

Posted by News on August 24, 2008 at 10:00pm
A dozen Colorado Hispanic leaders endorsed John McCain Thursday, saying Democrat Barack Obama is vulnerable on abortion and free trade. The estimated 240,000 Hispanic voters in swing-state Colorado have become a coveted prize in this year's election because they have enough clout to influence a close race. Thursday's endorsements were a state GOP bid for their attention ahead of next week's Democratic National Convention. READ FULL ARTICLE
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