http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/tag/latinos latinos news from TucsonSentinel.com - Tucson's independent nonprofit online news en Copyright 2013 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051513_hispanics_college/hispanic-grads-pass-whites-college-enrollment-rate/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051513_hispanics_college/hispanic-grads-pass-whites-college-enrollment-rate/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty Hispanic high school graduates are now more likely than whites to enroll in college, the Pew Research Hispanic Center reports. In the class of 2012, 69 percent of Hispanic graduates and 67 percent of whites enrolled in college that fall. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041613_early_voters/poll-dont-scrub-early-voting-lists/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041613_early_voters/poll-dont-scrub-early-voting-lists/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty Advocates contend the survey shows public opinion is behind their opposition to a bill aimed at helping each county manage its permanent early voting list. The bill would allow counties to drop from their lists those who fail to vote by mail in two straight elections. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032913_young_wetbacks/alaskas-rep-young-apologizes-wetbacks-remark/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032913_young_wetbacks/alaskas-rep-young-apologizes-wetbacks-remark/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty Alaska’s U.S. Rep. Don Young has apologized for a comment he made, referring to Hispanic migrant workers as the racial slur “wetbacks.” 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032213_voting_rally/voter-advocacy-groups-rally-against-gop-election-bills/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032213_voting_rally/voter-advocacy-groups-rally-against-gop-election-bills/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty Voting rights groups rallied Thursday at the State Capitol, declaring Arizona Voting Rights Protection Day and registering their objections to two Republican election bills. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/031813_perez_nomination/obama-nominates-first-latino-new-cabinet-as-labor-secretary/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/031813_perez_nomination/obama-nominates-first-latino-new-cabinet-as-labor-secretary/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty Assistant U.S. Attorney General Thomas E Perez is popular with labor and Hispanic groups, but will face tough questions over accusations his department was rife with political infighting. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/030513_youth_op/arizona-youth-dropped-and-disconnected/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/030513_youth_op/arizona-youth-dropped-and-disconnected/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty Many Arizonans have expressed alarm at the seemingly unceasing stream of critical reports about our state’s public education system. Funding levels, class size, test performance — no matter what is measured, it seems, Arizona ranks poorly if not near the bottom. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/022513_voting_rights_op/5-reasons-section-5-voting-rights-act-enhances-democracy/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/022513_voting_rights_op/5-reasons-section-5-voting-rights-act-enhances-democracy/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty On Feb. 27 the Supreme Court will hear arguments in the case Shelby County v. Holder, a challenge to the constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. This landmark law outlawed discriminatory voting practices by ending the disfranchisement of minority voters and preventing vote dilution through racial gerrymandering. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/021313_gop_election_bills/az-democratic-senator-wants-feds-monitor-three-gop-election-bills/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/021313_gop_election_bills/az-democratic-senator-wants-feds-monitor-three-gop-election-bills/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty A Democratic lawmaker is calling upon the U.S. Department of Justice to monitor three election-related bills being considered by the Legislature. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/020813_garcia_immig_op/nations-newest-immigrants-seek-own-pathway/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/020813_garcia_immig_op/nations-newest-immigrants-seek-own-pathway/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty For the flood of Latino immigrants who came to the United States in recent decades, the pathway to citizenship would not be a 3- to 5-hour process through Ellis Island with its near-guarantee acceptance rate of 98 percent.  There is no Statue of Liberty in Nogales, Ariz., beckoning: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” Instead, there is a wall. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/013013_immigration_reform/top-10-reasons-why-its-time-immigration-reform/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/013013_immigration_reform/top-10-reasons-why-its-time-immigration-reform/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty The president, Democrats and Republicans in Congress, and the American people are all pushing for comprehensive immigration reform. Now is the time to pass it. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012813_texas_immigration/texans-voice-praise-concerns-over-immigration-plan/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012813_texas_immigration/texans-voice-praise-concerns-over-immigration-plan/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty As eight U.S. senators unveiled a plan Monday for an overhaul of the country’s immigration system, the reaction in Texas ranged from praise to concerns over the plan’s border-security component. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012413_az_we_want/think-tank-outlines-steps-toward-the-arizona-we-want/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012413_az_we_want/think-tank-outlines-steps-toward-the-arizona-we-want/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty Create 75,000 jobs, increase wages 30 percent. Deliver high-speed Internet. Thin 30,000 acres to prevent forest fires. Increase health coverage and fund Common Core Standards. These are some of the goals in The Arizona We Want 2.0, a report released Thursday by the Center for the Future of Arizona. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012213_immigration_reform/immigration-advocates-happy-inaugural-mention-eager-action/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012213_immigration_reform/immigration-advocates-happy-inaugural-mention-eager-action/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty Latino groups, citing the mention of immigration reform and the prominent role Hispanics played in Monday’s inauguration, said they are optimistic that President Barack Obama can move beyond words to action in his second term - and impatient for that to happen. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/122712_immig_polling/immigration-polls-americans-put-11-million-undocumented-first/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/122712_immig_polling/immigration-polls-americans-put-11-million-undocumented-first/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty On the heels of November’s presidential election, the conversation on immigration reform has changed dramatically and for the better. Recent polling shows that the American people want immigration reform to first and foremost provide undocumented immigrants with a pathway to citizenship. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120412_provisional_ballots/analysis-high-minority-precincts-cast-more-provisional-ballots/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120412_provisional_ballots/analysis-high-minority-precincts-cast-more-provisional-ballots/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty A Cronkite News Service analysis of national and state data found that Arizona voters living in precincts with higher percentages of minorities had a greater chance of casting provisional ballots in the Nov. 6 election. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120312_courting_latinos/latinos-gop-immigration-efforts-not-enough-court-voting-bloc/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120312_courting_latinos/latinos-gop-immigration-efforts-not-enough-court-voting-bloc/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty A new Republican plan dubbed the Achieve Act, offered by Sens. Jon Kyl of Arizona and Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas, would offer certain illegal immigrants legal status without granting citizenship. But several Latino groups see the new plan as a ploy to gain Latino votes. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/112712_mas_romero/romero-tusd-inequities-should-prompt-public-input/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/112712_mas_romero/romero-tusd-inequities-should-prompt-public-input/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty The quality of our education system is critical to our children’s future as well as the economic, cultural, and social success of our region. As Nelson Mandela once said, “education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” It is with this in mind that I share with you some information regarding the Tucson Unified School District and changes pending in our local system. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/112712_ethnic_studies/supporters-pushing-tusds-ethnic-studies-revival/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/112712_ethnic_studies/supporters-pushing-tusds-ethnic-studies-revival/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty Supporters of the TUSD’s Mexican American Studies curriculum banned by a 2010 state law see potential for reviving the program or something similar in an update to a desegregation plan set for review by a federal court. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/111312_senate_spanish_ads/carmona-flake-spent-combined-228k-spanish-ads-phx/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/111312_senate_spanish_ads/carmona-flake-spent-combined-228k-spanish-ads-phx/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty Democrat Richard Carmona bought $139,200 worth of ads on Phoenix Spanish-language television stations against $89,200 by Republican Jeff Flake during their tightly contested U.S. Senate race, according to documents kept by the outlets. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/111312_horne_election/horne-outdated-law-requires-feds-review-az-election-changes/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/111312_horne_election/horne-outdated-law-requires-feds-review-az-election-changes/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty With the U.S. Supreme Court set to review a law that requires federal approval of any changes to Arizona’s election laws and procedures, Attorney General Tom Horne said Tuesday the measure has outlived its usefulness. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/111312_latino_vote_op/again-we-ask-when-will-az-latino-voters-flex-political-muscle/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/111312_latino_vote_op/again-we-ask-when-will-az-latino-voters-flex-political-muscle/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty Latino voters are largely being credited with the reelection of President Barack Obama, who captured 70 percent of the Latino national vote. The disappointment for Latino voting advocates, however, will be that despite an emphasis on early voting and a renewed focus on new voter registrations, Latino turnout in Arizona likely was underwhelming. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/110612_election_lawyers/lawyers-nationwide-gear-up-election-day-challenges/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/110612_election_lawyers/lawyers-nationwide-gear-up-election-day-challenges/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty You may be alone when you step into the voting booth on Election Day, but there will still be thousands of people watching over your shoulder. Attorneys for the government, political parties and other groups will be monitoring the voting process closely this year to protect against voter fraud, voter intimidation and possibly to ready challenges in close races. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/110112_latino_voters_virginia/understanding-why-latino-voters-are-key-virginia/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/110112_latino_voters_virginia/understanding-why-latino-voters-are-key-virginia/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty In Virginia and at the national level, the Latino community is shifting the political landscape and holding increasing political influence on the campaign trail. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/110112_redistricting_secrecy/redistricting-gop-and-dems-alike-cloaked-process-secrecy/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/110112_redistricting_secrecy/redistricting-gop-and-dems-alike-cloaked-process-secrecy/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty Calls for reform of redistricting — the once-a-decade process when states draw new district maps for Congress and state legislatures — have gone largely unheeded as legislators manipulate Census numbers for partisan gain. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/103012_buckmaster/buckmaster-coming-tsunami-latino-voters/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/103012_buckmaster/buckmaster-coming-tsunami-latino-voters/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty Interviews with Joseph Garcia, director of ASU’s Morrison Institute Latino Public Policy Center, financial planner Shelly Fishman, and historian Ken Scoville previewed the upcoming Tucson Modernism Week. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/102412_latino_voting/report-latino-voter-turnout-will-jump-az-nationally/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/102412_latino_voting/report-latino-voter-turnout-will-jump-az-nationally/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty The number of Latinos going to the polls in Arizona for this presidential election could jump as much as 23 percent from their turnout in 2008, according to a new report. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101012_jcscottshow/jc-scott-supes-candidate-nancy-young-wright/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101012_jcscottshow/jc-scott-supes-candidate-nancy-young-wright/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty An interview with Nancy Young Wright, the Democratic candidate for Pima County supervisor in District 1, plus financial advisor Shelly Fishman, and a political update from Arizona Capitol Times Editor Jim Small. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101012_latino_voting/advocacy-groups-looking-early-ballots-boost-latino-votes/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101012_latino_voting/advocacy-groups-looking-early-ballots-boost-latino-votes/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty Groups out to boost voting by Latinos in Arizona are combining classic get-out-the-vote tactics with a push for casting early ballots. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101012_latino_vote/poll-immigration-top-issue-arizonas-latino-voters/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101012_latino_vote/poll-immigration-top-issue-arizonas-latino-voters/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty Registered Latino voters in Arizona are more concerned about immigration policy than the economy and far more likely to vote for President Barack Obama, a poll released Tuesday suggests. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/100512_hispanic_phx/what-it-means-hispanic-phoenix/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/100512_hispanic_phx/what-it-means-hispanic-phoenix/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty So. Phoenix-area Latinos form one of the nation’s largest populations of young, low-income, undereducated U.S. citizens. It’s a population that’s growing and not going away. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/091812_cancer_latinos/cancer-number-one-killer-latinos-replacing-heart-disease/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/091812_cancer_latinos/cancer-number-one-killer-latinos-replacing-heart-disease/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty A new study says cancer is now the number one killer of Latinos in the United States. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/091512_latinos_fimbres_op/fimbres-heritage-month-time-latinos-register-vote/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/091512_latinos_fimbres_op/fimbres-heritage-month-time-latinos-register-vote/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty Each year, Americans observe National Hispanic Heritage Month from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. Latinos are a sleeping giant who need to make the long term investment, by registering to vote and casting their ballots, to empower our families and our neighborhoods. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/090412_texas_voters/5-ways-texas-discriminated-against-minority-voters/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/090412_texas_voters/5-ways-texas-discriminated-against-minority-voters/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty How does Texas discriminate against black and Latino voters? Federal judges counted the ways. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/090312_latino_vote/az-delegates-looking-boost-latino-vote/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/090312_latino_vote/az-delegates-looking-boost-latino-vote/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty Arizona’s delegation to the Democratic National Convention is organizing for stronger Latino voter participation. Members hope to attract more young people and capitalize on the promise of a platform that includes support for the DREAM Act. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/083012_latino_vote/groups-out-boost-latino-voter-registration/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/083012_latino_vote/groups-out-boost-latino-voter-registration/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty Concern that too many Latinos aren’t engaging in the political process has two groups trying to bring the political process to them. The Voter Participation Center and Voto Latino announced Thursday that they are mailing more than 100,000 registration applications this week to eligible Arizona citizens. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/081312_latino_voting/new-voting-rules-make-getting-latinos-polls-harder-than-ever/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/081312_latino_voting/new-voting-rules-make-getting-latinos-polls-harder-than-ever/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty Every month for the next two decades, 50,000 Latinos will turn 18 years old. With that many new eligible voters and dramatic population growth expected, Latinos could dominate voting in the Southwest, particularly Texas, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado. (with videos) 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/080712_latino_vote/arizonas-emerging-latino-vote/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/080712_latino_vote/arizonas-emerging-latino-vote/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty Arizona likely will experience a dramatic shift in the state’s political landscape over the next decades due to the large number of younger Latinos coming of voter age. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/072312_latinos_asians_op/if-only-latinos-could-more-asian/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/072312_latinos_asians_op/if-only-latinos-could-more-asian/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty If there is any repeating storyline in American history, it’s the traditional hazing of immigrants. The Irish went through it. So did the Italians. And the Asians apparently are emerging from it, no worse for the wear. Latinos may be next, although one might hope it wouldn’t take a century to do so. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061212_tx_gop_immigration/tx-gop-stands-by-new-immigration-position/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061212_tx_gop_immigration/tx-gop-stands-by-new-immigration-position/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty Texas Republicans are defending themselves against claims by Democrats that portions of a recently adopted GOP platform policy are little more than a move to pander to Latinos. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060912_az_graduation_rates/az-high-school-grad-rate-increase-among-best-nation/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060912_az_graduation_rates/az-high-school-grad-rate-increase-among-best-nation/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty Arizona high schools have increased their graduation rate by 24 percentage points in the last decade, the biggest increase in the country, according to a national report released Friday. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/060412_nm_immigration_facts/10-things-know-nm-and-immigration/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/060412_nm_immigration_facts/10-things-know-nm-and-immigration/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty In advance of New Mexico’s Republican primary tomorrow, here are 10 important facts about immigrants and people of color in the state that display their significant economic, cultural, and electoral power. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/060212_texas_gop_names/with-texas-republicans-its-game-name/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/060212_texas_gop_names/with-texas-republicans-its-game-name/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty A showdown of names is brewing in Texas as Republicans try to win Hispanic votes and wipe out their reputation as the party of Anglos in a state where they are no longer the majority of the population. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/052812_texas_primary/10-things-know-immigration-and-texas-primary/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/052812_texas_primary/10-things-know-immigration-and-texas-primary/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty In advance of Texas’s Republican primary on Tuesday, here are 10 important facts about immigrants and people of color in the state that display their significant economic, cultural, and electoral power. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/042912_latinos_foreclosure/latinos-bearing-brunt-foreclosure-crisis/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/042912_latinos_foreclosure/latinos-bearing-brunt-foreclosure-crisis/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty The effects of the housing market’s collapse can be felt far and wide, though perhaps no more so than by Latinos and other communities of color. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/042712_latino_ed/latino-education-gap-threatens-azs-economic-future/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/042712_latino_ed/latino-education-gap-threatens-azs-economic-future/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty New data and projections point to a future fiscal and economic crisis for Arizona unless the state’s Latino educational attainment gap is addressed in a concerted and sustained manner, according to a report released Friday. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042412_az_scotus_sb1070/lawmakers-spar-eve-sb-1070-hearing/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042412_az_scotus_sb1070/lawmakers-spar-eve-sb-1070-hearing/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty Former state Sen. Russell Pearce defended his SB 1070 immigration law before a highly partisan Senate subcommittee Tuesday on the eve of a U.S. Supreme Court hearing on the law. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042312_az_local_first/local-first-effort-expands-spanish-speaking-community/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042312_az_local_first/local-first-effort-expands-spanish-speaking-community/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty Local First Arizona is trying to reach Spanish speakers through Fuerza Local — Spanish for Local Force — in an effort to attract more shoppers from the Latino community to buy locally. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/041312_communities_of_color/minorities-still-feeling-pain-3-years-into-economic-recovery/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/041312_communities_of_color/minorities-still-feeling-pain-3-years-into-economic-recovery/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty Minorities are less likely than their white counterparts to enjoy the opportunities that come from having a good job, owning a home and having a financial safety cushion. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041212_az_hispanics/as-economy-improves-latinos-still-lag-workforce/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041212_az_hispanics/as-economy-improves-latinos-still-lag-workforce/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty Minorities continue to lag behind whites across several economic indicators, even as the job market improves, a report released Thursday said. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041012_latinos_college/report-az-latinos-still-lag-college-degrees/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041012_latinos_college/report-az-latinos-still-lag-college-degrees/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty Arizona did a better job of getting Latino students through college than other states, but still lagged when it came to the number of Latino adults with college degrees compared to all adults, a new report said 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/022612_racial_stereotypes/moving-away-from-racial-stereotypes/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/022612_racial_stereotypes/moving-away-from-racial-stereotypes/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty Various factors point to the declining significance of this divisive race-baiting strategy in creating poverty policy—progress that should continue in the decades to come. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/021612_az_cancer_rural/cancer-outreach-programs-target-rural-arizonans/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/021612_az_cancer_rural/cancer-outreach-programs-target-rural-arizonans/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty There are 5.1 million rural Arizona residents, according to a 2000 USDA Economic Research survey. It is difficult for many health institutions to provide cancer preventative services to these rural areas due to lack in resources and outreach. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012612_conn_mayor_taco/conn-mayor-trouble-taco-remark/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012612_conn_mayor_taco/conn-mayor-trouble-taco-remark/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty The mayor of East Haven, Conn., Joseph Maturo Jr., has apologized for his flippant response to a reporter’s question about what he was doing for the Latino community in his city. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011012_tusd_ethnic_studies/tusd-axes-ethnic-studies/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011012_tusd_ethnic_studies/tusd-axes-ethnic-studies/#When: 22:03:000 Tim Hagerty Updated: TUSD’s Governing Board eliminated its ethnic studies program Tuesday night in a 4 -1 vote following impassioned pleas from program supporters. Board member Adelita Grijalva was the dissenting vote. 2012-01-10T22:03:08-07:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/010212_obama_latinos/latinos-upset-with-obama-but-back-him-over-gop/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/010212_obama_latinos/latinos-upset-with-obama-but-back-him-over-gop/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty Despite Latinos’ mounting disapproval of President Obama for his administration’s immigration policies, a majority of the demographic would still prefer to see him in the White House over his Republican challengers, according to a new study. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/122211_arpaio_probe/arpaio-investigation-draws-mixed-reviews/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/122211_arpaio_probe/arpaio-investigation-draws-mixed-reviews/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty When the government issued a report condemning Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s “discriminatory” policing policies, some immigrant rights groups lauded it. Others are worried it was nothing more than a conveniently timed political ploy. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/102711_ala_immigration_effects/the-nasty-ripple-effects-alas-immigration-law/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/102711_ala_immigration_effects/the-nasty-ripple-effects-alas-immigration-law/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty Alabama’s H.B. 56 has made the state deeply inhospitable to all immigrants. As U.W. Clemon, Alabama’s first black federal judge, recently put it: In Alabama, “the Hispanic man is the new Negro. … It’s a sad thing to say.” 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/102311_az_hispanics_hunger/hispanic-homes-more-likely-have-hunger/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/102311_az_hispanics_hunger/hispanic-homes-more-likely-have-hunger/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty One in three Hispanic households with children is never sure if it will have enough food for all members of the family, according to a recent report. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/092211_obama_immigration/few-satisfied-by-obamas-immigration-policies/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/092211_obama_immigration/few-satisfied-by-obamas-immigration-policies/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty A task force created to help overhaul a controversial deportation program instead witnessed five of its 19 members resign last week, another sign the Obama administration’s immigration policy remains politically problematic. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/082511_latinos_college/latinos-now-outnumber-blacks-college/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/082511_latinos_college/latinos-now-outnumber-blacks-college/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty The number of Latino students enrolled at U.S. colleges has surpassed the number of African American students on campus for the first time, researchers at the Pew Hispanic Center have found. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/081811_perry_latinos_good/why-rick-perry-good-latinos/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/081811_perry_latinos_good/why-rick-perry-good-latinos/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty Whether you live where I do, in deep South Texas, or across our big and growing country, this is a time of historic significance. Hispanics will take the measure of a man not by what he says but what he does. Our community, like many, is suffering because Barack Obama continues to do the wrong things to end the jobs crisis. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/081811_perry_latinos/why-rick-perry-bad-latinos/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/081811_perry_latinos/why-rick-perry-bad-latinos/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty Earlier this summer, Texas Gov. Rick Perry walked into a hotel ballroom in a jovial mood to address the Annual Conference of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials where he faced a chilly reception. Perry’s failing record on issues important to Latinos is no laughing matter. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050511_latino_education_parenting/positive-parents-key-good-start-school-low-income-kids/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050511_latino_education_parenting/positive-parents-key-good-start-school-low-income-kids/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty Parent-support group Parenting Arizona promotes factors like early childhood literacy, parent employment, school readiness and “positive parenting.” 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050511_latino_education/latino-parents-dream-better-education-children/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050511_latino_education/latino-parents-dream-better-education-children/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty A growing number of organizations are trying to boost the academic achievement of Latinos by teaching parents the basics of the U.S. education system and how to prepare children for college. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/090110_latino_vote/sb-1070-economy-could-boost-latino-turnout-say-activists/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/090110_latino_vote/sb-1070-economy-could-boost-latino-turnout-say-activists/ 16:34:00Z Tim Hagerty Activists say this will be the year Latinos, feeling the pressure of the recession and concerned about the effects of SB 1070, will flock to the polls and wield the influence of their numbers. 2013-05-21T16:34:04+00:00