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July 27, 2011 • 3:32 am 0

Wealth Gaps Rise to Record Highs Between Whites, Blacks and Hispanics – Pew Research Center

The median wealth of white households is 20 times that of black households and 18 times that of Hispanic households, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of newly available government data from 2009.

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July 27, 2011 • 3:17 am 0

The Toll of the Great Recession – Pew Hispanic Center

Median household wealth among Hispanics fell from $18,359 in 2005 to $6,325 in 2009. The percentage drop—66%—was the largest among all racial and ethnic groups, according to a new report by the Pew Research Center’s Social & Demographic Trends project. During the same period, median household wealth declined 53% among black households and 16% among white households.

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July 20, 2011 • 2:01 am 0

Kaiser’s Monthly Update on Health Disparities – Kaiser Family Foundation

This free, monthly update synthesizes news coverage from hundreds of print and broadcast news sources related to health and health care issues affecting underserved and racial and ethnic communities.

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July 14, 2011 • 5:58 am 0

How a Small Business Can Survive an Immigration Audit – NYTimes.com

David Cox was at his desk in September 2009, when his receptionist announced an unexpected visitor, a special agent from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, also known as ICE. Mr. Cox is chief executive of L. E. Cooke Company, a fourth-generation, family-owned nursery in Visalia, Calif., that grows …

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July 11, 2011 • 6:36 am 0

Hispanic Population of the United States

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Hispanics in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands: 2000. Issued June 2009 Population Division Working Paper No. 84

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Matched Race and Hispanic Origin Responses from Census 2000 and Current Population Survey February to May 2000 – Population Division Working Paper No. 79

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Analysis of Multiple Origin Reporting to the Hispanic Origin Question in Census 2000 – Population Division Working Paper No. 77

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Identification of Hispanic Ethnicity in Census 2000: Analysis of Data Quality for the Question on Hispanic Origin – Population Division Working Paper No. 75

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Analysis of General Hispanic Responses in Census 2000 – Population Division Working Paper No. 72

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July 11, 2011 • 6:33 am 0

Hispanic Population of the United States

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July 6, 2011 • 11:31 pm 1

For Mexicans Looking North, a New Calculus Favors Home – Interactive Feature – NYTimes.com

The extraordinary Mexican migration that delivered millions of illegal immigrants to the United States over the past 30 years has sputtered to a trickle, and research points to a surprising cause: unheralded changes in Mexico that have made staying home more attractive.

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July 2, 2011 • 5:32 pm 0

Immigration and the death of the economic recovery – The Washington Post

Last July, I spoke at the ImmigrationWorks USA Summit, in Seattle, about the importance of immigration reform. It was a difficult decision for me, and not because I didn’t support the cause. Instead, it was a question of …

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June 29, 2011 • 1:42 pm 1

Hispanics Account for More Than Half of Nation’s Growth in Past Decade – Pew Research Center

The 2010 Census counted 50.5 million Hispanics in the United States. Hispanics now account for 16.3% of the total U.S. population. The nation’s Latino population, which was 35.3 million in 2000, grew 43% over the decade. The Hispanic population also accounted for most of the nation’s growth (56%) from 2000 to 2010.

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June 28, 2011 • 4:29 am 0

Hispanic women are target of health efforts – latimes.com

Illinois’ number of Hispanic women reporting that they were in fair or poor health was the highest in the nation, according to a 2009 study, and efforts are growing to figure out

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June 28, 2011 • 4:15 am 0

Immigration – Times Topics – The New York Times

There has been no significant movement toward federal immigration reform since a bipartisan effort died in 2007, blocked by conservative opposition. But it has been the subject of a fever of legislation at the state level, and President Obama suggested in May 2011 that he was prepared to make it an …

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June 26, 2011 • 5:13 pm 0

BBC News – White rice ‘raises diabetes risk’, say US experts

Replacing white rice with brown rice and wholemeal bread could cut the risk of diabetes by a third, US experts say.

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