Recession widens wealth gap gulf between whites and Latinos, blacks
NBC LATINO - The recession’s effect on the unemployment rate is widely known, but its profound effect on the wealth gap between races is only now coming into focus...
More diversity likely in next Obama job selections
WASHINGTON (AP) — As he prepares to announce a new wave of Cabinet and other senior posts, President Barack Obama is aiming to put a more diverse face on his administration...
Obama on immigration reform: 'Now is the time'
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Declaring 'now is the time' to fix broken immigration laws, President Barack Obama on Tuesday heralded a rare show of bipartisanship between the White House and Senate lawmakers...
Civil, racial and labor groups: 'Let’s organize for immigration reform'
NBC LATINO - A coalition of racial, labor, and religious groups announced today they are encouraged by the Senate bipartisan plan on immigration reform...
Eva Longoria to host Latino inaugural salute to Obama
WASHINGTON (AP) - Following an election when Latinos showed their growing political influence, a coalition of groups is coordinating a gathering of top Latino entertainers at the Kennedy Center...
Census: Whites no longer majority in US by 2043
WASHINGTON (AP) - White people will no longer make up a majority of Americans by 2043, according to new census projections. That's part of a historic shift that already is reshaping the nation's schools, workforce and electorate, and is redefining long-held notions of race...
GOP completely ignores blacks in post-election talk
OPINION - I’m still waiting to hear a Republican leader say something about the most obvious lesson of the just-completed presidential election: Republicans need to mend fences with black voters...
Mainstream marketers accused of ignoring blacks on social media
Despite all of this, only 54 percent of US marketers are using new media tools — social media, video and mobile, among others — to target black consumers, according to the ANA’s survey. Nearly all marketers, 88 percent, said they were targeting Hispanic customers.
Obama's big Hispanic win worries Republicans
DENVER (AP) - Omayra Vasquez blinks when asked why she voted for President Barack Obama. The reason for her was as natural as breathing...
White voters don't make a presidential 'mandate'
OPINION - If Barack Obama wins re-election on Tuesday, he will have succeeded by winning the majority of votes cast by African-Americans, Latinos, single women, unionized white workers in the rust belt...
