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Study finds funding for Latinos stagnates at one percentOver the past decade, U.S. foundation support for programs benefiting Hispanics and Latinos has held steady at approximately 1 percent of overall foundation funding, even as the Hispanic population... |
Parties Contest Election-Monitoring TechniquesTexas tea partyers have launched an election-monitoring effort designed to weed out voter fraud. Civil rights groups call it an elaborate intimidation scheme targeting minority voters. “They... |
Hispanic Poverty Rate Highest In New Supplemental Census MeasureFor more than a decade, the Census Bureau has been developing an alternative measure of poverty that is intended to better reflect the costs of basic living expenses as well as the resources people... |
New measure shows record number in poverty in U.S.A record number of Americans 49.1 million are poor, based on a new census measure that for the first time takes into account rising medical costs and other expenses. The numbers released Monday are... |
Study to Target Cancer Rates Among Hispanics in TexasHispanics in South Texas suffer from liver cancer at twice the rate of the rest of the nation, and as Eileen Pace of Texas Public Radio reports, the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas... |
Wealth gap between old, young growsOlder Americans weathered the economic storm considerably better than their younger counterparts, contributing to the largest wealth gap on record. Households headed by those 65 or older had a median... |
Mapping ‘Poisoned Places’ in TexasTo begin exploring how air pollution may affect your community, use NPR’s interactive map of more than 1,000 Texas facilities that have emitted hazardous chemicals into the air. Color-coded... |
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