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Fiscal Cliff: High Stakes for Latinos and America’s Future

December 03, 2012
With the indelible mark of Latinos on the 2012 election in the history books, all eyes now turn toward Capitol Hill, where Congress is set to decide on a plan of action to avoid the “fiscal cliff.”
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In Wake of Election, Calls for Immigration Reform Grow Louder from Both Parties

November 15, 2012
On November 6, Latino voters played a crucial role in the 2012 presidential election, coming out in unprecedented numbers in battleground states such as Florida, Colorado, Virginia, and Nevada to propel President Barack Obama to victory. Many Latinos voted because they care about the state of our economy and the quality of our education and health care systems, among other issues. But the overwhelming support of a second term for Obama is a message from Latinos that they urgently want a federal solution to fix our broken immigration system, and they will back candidates who have committed to pushing this legislation forward.
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History Is Made as Voters Say “Yes” to Marriage Equality

November 15, 2012
Four years ago, while an electrified Chicago crowd chanted “Yes, we can!” during President Obama’s acceptance speech, many in the LGBT community still had their eyes glued to their televisions awaiting entirely different results. And as those results flooded in, it became all too clear that Republicans weren’t the only ones who had suffered a devastating blow that night—Proposition 8 passed in California, barring same-sex couples from the constitutional right to marry.
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El Voto Hispano Marca la Diferencia en la Elección Presidencial 2012

November 07, 2012
El pronóstico del NCLR y otros grupos hispanos que el voto latino sería clave en las elecciones del 2012 se hizo realidad anoche. De acuerdo con un sondeo hecho en víspera de la elección por ImpreMedia/Latino Decisions, el nivel de apoyo para el Presidente Barack Obama entre los votantes latinos llego a niveles históricos.
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As predicted, Latino Voters Make the Difference in 2012 Presidential Election

November 07, 2012
For more than a year, the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) and others have said that the Hispanic vote would be the one to watch in the 2012 election.
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NCLR Partners with Fox Audience Strategy for a Sweepstakes with The X Factor to Urge Latinos to Vote

November 01, 2012
Today, NCLR (National Council of La Raza) is pleased to announce a partnership with FOX Audience Strategy, which includes a joint promotion with the FOX broadcast musical talent show THE X FACTOR.
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NCLR’s Cervical Cancer Prevention Program Takes Top Honors

October 30, 2012
Luck is in the air in San Francisco. Not only did the Giants sweep the World Series earlier this week, but NCLR (National Council of La Raza) received an award from the American Public Health Association (APHA) for a cervical cancer prevention program we developed. Thousands of public health professionals are in the Bay area for the week attending the 140th APHA Annual Meeting & Expo, the largest gathering of public health professionals in the world with a focus on current and emerging health science, policy, and practice issues in an effort to prevent disease and promote health.
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With Dream of Homeownership Threatened, Candidates’ Silence on Housing Issues Elicits Frustration

October 26, 2012
How do you convince somebody to fix a problem when they are seemingly blind to the overwhelming evidence that the problem even exists?
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Don’t Let Congress Push Our Future off the (Fiscal) Cliff

October 26, 2012
Yesterday, NCLR released the Latino Kids Data Explorer, a unique resource that combines information from several sources into one easy-to-use tool.
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NCLR urge inversión en los niños hispanos para asegurar su bienestar y un mejor futuro

October 25, 2012
Hoy el Consejo Nacional de La Raza realizó una sesión informativa donde se señaló que las escasas ganancias de los niños hispanos –que representan casi uno de cada cuatro niños estadounidenses y que gran parte de ellos son los futuros trabajadores, contribuyentes y votantes en este país– se deteriorarían si no se hace una mayor inversión en esfuerzos y recursos para prepararlos para éxito en una economía global.
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Latino Children Vital to Nation’s Future but Investment Needed to Boost Their Well-Being & Prospects

October 25, 2012
According to a briefing held today by NCLR, the slight gains made over the last decade by Latino children—who represent nearly one in four U.S. children and a large portion of this country’s future workers, taxpayers and voters—will erode without a greater investment of effort and resources to prepare them to succeed in a global economy.
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NCLR Report Finds States in South Atlantic Fail to Adequately Invest in Latino Workers and Business

October 23, 2012
A new report released today by NCLR, “Now Hiring? Latinos and the Job Creation Policies in the South Atlantic,” analyzes how state policies aimed at creating jobs in Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida have failed to produce significant employment gains for the region’s Hispanic workforce.
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Investment in Latino Children Imperative to Our Nation, Says NCLR

October 22, 2012
NCLR (National Council of La Raza) will hold a telephonic press briefing on Thursday, October 25 to introduce a database that will help children’s advocates, policymakers, educators and reporters easily determine the well-being of Latino children at the national and state levels.
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Es Urgente Invertir en Los Niños Hispanos Para el Futuro de Nuestro País, dice el NCLR

October 22, 2012
El Consejo Nacional de La Raza (NCLR, por sus siglas en inglés) llevará a cabo una conferencia de prensa telefónica el jueves 25 de octubre para presentar una base de datos que ayudará a que los defensores de los niños, los políticos, los educadores y los periodistas determinen con facilidad el bienestar de los niños hispanos a nivel nacional y estatal.
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35,000 Signatures, a debate, and 90,000 New Voters: This Week in Social Media

October 21, 2012
This week, as voter registration deadlines passed across the country, we tallied up our totals and the results are in: 90,000 new Latinos registered and ready to #Mobilize2Vote!
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Is it Time for the Media to Stop Using “Illegal?”

October 19, 2012
In the ongoing debate over immigration reform, the topic seems to finally have shifted to the people affected themselves—the over 12 million undocumented people living in the U.S. without papers, their children, and their family and friends.
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In Run-up to Election, Policy Experts Discuss Why Latinos Need Better Job Creation Policies

October 19, 2012
Heading into the 2012 presidential election, job creation is among the chief concerns for Latino voters. Latino unemployment remains markedly high, while those who find jobs are often relegated to the low-wage sector, leaving many wondering whether job creation policies are doing enough to help the rapidly growing Hispanic community find work.
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NCLR Registers Over 90,000 Voters And Launches Mobilization Campaign

October 19, 2012
With most of the nation’s voter rolls closed for this election cycle, NCLR’s (National Council of La Raza) Mobilize to Vote (M2V) campaign is announcing the culmination of its voter registration efforts and the launch of an aggressive Get-Out-the-Vote (GOTV) campaign—a national, multi-platform effort to drive Latinos to the polls in November. Through its 2012 campaign, M2V registered over 90,000 new Latino voters in states across the nation, with its largest registration numbers coming from the important swing state of Florida, where NCLR registered over 54,000 new voters despite contending with tough state-imposed restrictions early on in the registration campaign.
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Latino Seniors Worried About Looming Cuts to Social Security and Medicare

October 18, 2012
At a community town hall held at Centro Hispano Milwaukee/Council for the Spanish Speaking (Centro Hispano) today, Latino seniors expressed strong concern over looming cuts to the financial safety net for America’s seniors and disabled.
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Latinos de Mayor Edad se Preocupan por los Recortes Inminentes al Seguro Social y Medicare

October 18, 2012
En una reunión municipal de la comunidad que se llevó a cabo hoy en el Centro Hispano Milwaukee/Council for the Spanish Speaking (Centro Hispano), personas hispanas de mayor edad expresaron una gran preocupación por los amenazantes recortes a la red de seguridad financiera de las personas mayores y los discapacitados del país.
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