Latinos Have High Unemployment Rate
Feb 8th
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that job losses since the start of the recession in December 2007 totaled 8.4 million, substantially more than previously reported, which means continued bad economic news for Latinos, according to a news report from the National Institute for Latino Policy.
From January 2009 to 2010, the Latino unemployment rate rose from 9.9 to 12.6 percent, compared to 8.7 percent for non-Latino Whites.
That means more than than 2.8 million Latinos are unemployed — 30.6 percent of the total number of unemployed in the U.S., according to statistics from the Current Population Survey (CPS) by the Census Bureau.
Latinos: Be Counted in the 2010 Census
Jan 7th
SaludToday just learned from MATT.org, a group trying to improve U.S./Mexico relations, that there are new efforts to encourage Latinos to be counted in the 2010 Census.
One is a “Portrait of America” Road Tour by the folks at the Census to get underrepresented groups to participate.
Another is a new Facebook page called Cuéntame, or “Count Me In”, by the Brave New Foundation. The new page asks encourages Latinos to share personal stories and participate in the Census. Watch their video here or below.