LatinaLista — There may yet be a happy ending to the city of Laredo’s quest to have a bookstore in their town. If you remember, the town lost their last bookstore, B. Dalton, when the national chain felt they needed to take their retail concept in another direction that didn’t fit with Laredo, for some [...]
Spotlight Non-profit: Helping low-income job seekers present A Suitable Image
LatinaLista — The U.S. Labor Department reported that more states posted rising jobless rates than in the previous month. In addition to meaning that there are a lot more people out of work, it also means that there are a lot more people looking for work. In this super competitive environment, first impressions can make [...]
Spotlight Non-profit: La Luz Center helps immigrants become part of the community
LatinaLista — Learning English, getting an education or knowing what the basic rules and laws are of living in the United States can be overwhelming for immigrants new to this country. Yet in California’s Sonoma Valley, immigrants have been getting a helping hand in seeing “la luz” (the light) when it comes to acquiring the [...]
Analysis of U.S. employment shift reveals future potential need for Latino immigrant labor
LatinaLista — It’s not news that the economic downturn has hurt people of color the most. Yet, the hope that the economy will improve enough to where it was before everything crashed and people who worked in the construction and manufacturing businesses will get their old jobs back appears to be more of a dream [...]
Census reports minorities and women opening up businesses at twice the national rate
LatinaLista — The U.S. Census reports that minority businesses grew faster at more than twice the national rate between 2002-2007, with women-owned businesses increasing at about 20 percent during the same period. Yet, an interesting sidebar is that among all minority businesses in 2007 — all 5.8 million of them — 5 million of them [...]
One blogger’s idea to get companies to change course on offshore jobs
LatinaLista — A lot of people, bloggers in particular, have ideas on how to bring jobs back into the U.S. economy. One blogger and Latina Lista friend, Dee of Immigration Talk with a Mexican American proposes that jobs that are outsourced be brought back to the United States. While the idea is not new, the [...]
