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From The Latin Post: Here’s What Makes a Good Location for Latino Entrepreneurs to Start a Successful Business
Robert Schoon, latinpost.com – May 3, 2016 This week is National Small Business Week, celebrating an important and growing segment of the U.S. economy, especially when it comes to Latinos who are starting up enterprises faster than the national average. For entrepreneurs, starting up a business is not easy, especially in some places. As one WalletHub study that Latin Post reported last week ...
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14 Different Ways the Shared Economy Can Help You Become SELF MADE
Isn’t it nuts that we live in an age where having a Smartphone and an Internet connection are two of the only things you need to actually make a little money? While no one really knows what the future of the shared economy will hold, for the moment it’s a win-win for everyone: the culture of startups not only creates ...
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From Huffington Post: 14 Latinas Who Understand The Strength That Lives Within Every Woman
Tanisha Lover Ramirez, HuffPost Latino Voices – Mar 9, 2016 March is Women’s History Month, and this year we’re celebrating by reflecting on the wise words Latinas have shared about everything from womanhood to activism to representation. Though there are plenty other Latinas from whom we can learn, the following words from these 14 women are a good place to start. Without further ado, ...
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From Slate: The Women Take Over
Dahlia Lithwick, slate.com – Mar 2, 2016 The oral arguments for the Texas abortion case, the three female justices upend the Supreme Court’s balance of power. When the Supreme Court last heard oral arguments in a landmark abortion case, it was April 1992, the case was Planned Parenthood v Casey, and Sandra Day O’Connor was the lone female justice. Twenty-four years later, there are ...
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From The Latin Post: Meet Soledad O’Brien and the Story Behind Her ‘I am Latino in America’ Tour
Staff Writer, latinpost.com – Feb 23, 2016 Soledad O’Brien has been making waves for being the host of the “I am Latino in America” tour. Here are some interesting facts on one of the top journalists in the world and how she started the tour. How the Tour Started The first “I am Latino in America” tour happened at Florida International University in Miami ...
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From Remezcla: 22 Year-Old Cuban-American Sabrina Pasterski May Be the Next Albert Einstein
Yara Simon, remezcla.com – Jan 21, 2016 At just 22 years old, Cuban-American Sabrina González Pasterski has graduated from MIT with a perfect GPA, received an open job offer from aerospace developer/Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, and been featured in Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list. Sabrina – who is currently a doctorate student at Harvard studying theoretical high energy physics – could coast ...
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From The LA Times: Sandra Cisneros opens up in ‘A House of My Own’
Rigoberto González, latimes.com – Oct 1, 2015 Sandra Cisneros has worked hard to surpass the reputation of “The House on Mango Street,” the tale of a Mexican American girl coming of age in Chicago. In the 31 years since that novel was published, she has written short story collections, books of poetry, a children’s book and another novel — but that early ...
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From CNN: Meet the woman behind the woman on the $10 bill
MJ Lee, cnn.com – Jul 22, 2015 Rosie Rios notices when women are missing in action. The 43rd treasurer of the United States is keenly aware, for example, that on the third floor of the Treasury Department, there is not a single woman among the portraits of the country’s ex-treasury secretaries. And in the male-dominated world of finance, female senior executives are few and ...
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From NBC News: Smithsonian Portrays Civil Rights Struggle Through Dolores Huerta
Melanie Bencosme, nbcnews.com – Jul 3, 2015 When she viewed a National Portrait Gallery exhibit portraying the height of her farmworker activism, Dolores Huerta was struck by a snapshot of civil rights leader Cesar Chavez seated next to her while she lay in a hospital bed. “I was beaten up by the police,” Huerta told NBC News, referring to a 1988 incident where ...
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From NBC News: Bilinguals Have Better College Outcomes, Labor Advantages
Griselda Nevarez, nbcnews.com – Oct 14, 2015 Children of immigrants who can speak, read and write in both English and the language spoken at home have an advantage in the labor market, a new report released Tuesday finds. The report by the Civil Rights Project at UCLA and the Educational Testing Service, a nonprofit testing organization, shows that individuals with immigrant backgrounds ...
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