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Texas House reaffirms the political maps it drew in 2021

The 150 districts didn’t change, but the vote ensured the House met its constitutional requirement to approve new maps in the first regular session following formal publication of the 2020 census results.

The Texas Tribune

Florida prosecutor sorry for racist memo that singled out Hispanic residents

Document that advocated more severe punishments for Hispanic defendants ‘not the policy of this office’, Jack Campbell says

The Guardian - US

Diversity in medicine can save lives. Here's why there aren't more doctors of color

The U.S. desperately needs more Black and Hispanic doctors, research shows. But financial pressures and discrimination can keep young people from even applying to med school.

WEKU

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Texas Senate approves bill that would ban diversity programs in public universities

The legislation heads to the Texas House, where members have been more muted about the proposal to disband offices, programs and training that foster diversity.

The Texas Tribune

Are Brazilians Hispanic? Many say 'yes,' report says

A coding error in an annual survey by the U.S. Census Bureau has offered unprecedented insight into how large numbers of Brazilians in the U.S. identify as Hispanic

The Independent UK

Country music's next stars are Latino

Country music's popularity has soared among U.S. Hispanics, and Latino singers are taking their shot in the industry

Axios

Poll: Among U.S. Latinos, Catholicism still largest faith

Catholics remain the largest religious group among Latinos in the United States, but the number of Latinos who identify as religiously unaffiliated continues to grow

The Independent UK

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How one group aims to boost Florida Hispanic women’s voting power

TAMPA, Fla. — The presidential election campaign hasn’t even begun but a nonprofit is encouraging Latinas to be ready and exercise their voting rights.

Tribune News Service

Diverse Georgia Legislature made for awkward moments, learning experiences

ATLANTA — About six weeks into Georgia's 2023 legislative session, freshman state Rep. Long Tran started growing a beard.

Tribune News Service

Judge refuses to delay funding vote for Pioneer Bank redevelopment in Humboldt Park

Judge Caroline Moreland found that the Hispanic Housing Development Corp. has no legal standing to seek a temporary restraining order to prevent the Chicago City Council from voting later this month to award $13 million to Park Row Development LLC.

Chicago Sun-Times

Would Florida higher ed proposals protect students or destroy state universities?

ORLANDO, Fla. — Lawmakers are weighing sweeping changes to Florida’s higher education system, including weakening tenure protections for faculty, putting a microscope on certain programs and specifying how United States history must be taught in core courses.

Orlando Sentinel

How Johnson did it: Flawless execution of ‘smart typical playbook in Chicago politics’ won mayoral race

Johnson won 29 of 50 wards, including a clean sweep of majority African-American wards. He won six Hispanic majority wards to Vallas’ nine. Johnson sealed the deal along the progressive-minded north lakefront and the hipster Milwaukee Avenue corridor.

Chicago Sun-Times

Universities grapple with diversity policies after GOP crackdown

AUSTIN, Texas — In July 2020, the president of Texas A&M University appointed a 45-member commission to examine the progress of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at the nearly 70,000-student flagship campus in College Station.

Tribune News Service

Three charts on education levels by race and ethnicity

Black and Hispanic students had the lowest rates of enrolling in college and graduating four-year college within six years.

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Chicago Sun-Times

Hispanic ministers rally behind Vallas

The ministers took turns asking Vallas friendly questions about improving school safety and fighting violent crime on the CTA and in neighborhoods.

Chicago Sun-Times

Study evaluates cardiovascular risk disparities among young people of color with Type 1 diabetes

Understanding what’s driving these disparities could help target critical interventions.

Miami Herald

Federal judge weighs whether Miami needs to redraw voting maps before November election

MIAMI — When attorneys challenging the constitutionality of Miami’s voting map need to back up their allegation that district boundaries were drawn along racial lines, they just turn to the tape.

Zenger

Illinois Hispanic Chamber Of Commerce Endorses Paul Vallas For Chicago Mayor

The Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (IHCC) endorsed the candidacy of Paul Vallas for mayor of Chicago as the race heats up

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The Independent UK

Large numbers of Hispanics didn't pick single race in census

The U.S. Census Bureau says 43% of Hispanics either didn’t respond to the question asking them to select their race or selected the “some other race” box on the 2020 census form

TV Tech

Canela Media to Use Amagi’s FAST Marketplace

Canela selected Amagi's end-to-end FAST marketplace to help the Hispanic-targeted OTT provider enrich and monetize its content catalog

The Independent UK

Black, Hispanic investors struggle with faith in crypto

Many Black and Latino investors were drawn to crypto by its promise to be pathway to wealth-building outside of a traditional financial system with long history of racial discrimination and indifference to the needs of low-income communities

Reason

My Comment on the OMB's Proposal to Turn "Hispanic" into a Race

The federal Office of Management and Budget has requested comments on several proposals to change the official federal racial and ethnic classifications. One proposal is to merge the ethnic question (are you Hispanic/Latino or not?) with the racial one (are you black/African American, white, Asian American, or Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander?),…

Fortune

Autism is more common among Black and Hispanic kids for the first time ever—but only because screening is better

The increase in diagnoses is from “this rush to catch up,” said David Mandell, a University of Pennsylvania psychiatry professor.

The Independent UK

Autism now more common among Black, Hispanic kids in US

For the first time, autism is being diagnosed more frequently in Black and Hispanic children than in white kids in the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday released the new estimates of how common autism is

Reason

How Should a Bureaucrat Proceed if He Doubts a Contractor's Self-Declared Race?

For federal transportation contracting and for Small Business Administration progams, it's advantageous to have one's business certified as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise, or DBE. The simplest way of gaining DBE status is for the business to be at least 51% owned by a member of one of the "official" minority…

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