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Hispanic Texans may now be the state’s largest demographic group, new census data shows

For years, the state’s Hispanic population has grown significantly faster than the white population. The new census data is the first to reflect Texas passing a milestone in its cultural and political evolution.

The Texas Tribune

Prosecutors want California’s Sherri Papini to serve 8 months for admitted kidnapping hoax

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to send Sherri Papini to prison for eight months as punishment for her kidnapping hoax, writing in court files that the Northern California mom continues to tell people she actually was kidnapped and rejecting a proposal by probation officials that she…

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Defensive Gun Use Among Blacks, Whites, Hispanics, Asians, and American Indians

As I mentioned yesterday, there's a new survey aimed at determining patterns of gun ownership and defensive gun use, from Prof. William English at the Georgetown University. It's much larger than most other such surveys, with over 54,000 adult American respondents, of whom over 16,700 personally owned guns. The large…

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Jean Guerrero: How Biden can do right by undocumented Americans

During Hispanic Heritage Month, which starts this week, President Joe Biden should skip the praise of our various cultures and cuisines. We know he can bop his head to reggaeton. We know the First Lady appreciates breakfast tacos.

Los Angeles Times

Along the Texas-Mexico border, GOP enthusiasm mounts as Democrats defect over immigration concerns

Among voters near the Texas-Mexico border, immigration and border security are a leading cause for flipping from Democrat to Republican.

The Texas Tribune

Yes, Black patients do want to help with medical research – here are ways to overcome the barriers that keep clinical trials from recruiting diverse populations

Clinical trial participants are predominantly white. Despite Black and Hispanic people respectively making up 12% and 16% of the U.S. population in 2011, together they made up only 6% of clinical trial participants overall that year.

The Conversation

Mayo Clinic Minute: How is peripheral artery disease diagnosed?

Peripheral artery disease affects 8-10 million people in the U.S., most over age 65. But it also affects younger people who have additional risk factors, such as diabetes, smoking, obesity and high blood pressure. Also, 30% of Black Americans will develop peripheral artery disease, compared to 20% each from non-Hispanic…

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Is Spanish-language media really a free-for-all? Here’s how it is —and isn’t — regulated

MIAMI — False claims on WhatsApp and Telegram that monkeypox isn’t a real virus. Russian war propaganda reaching from Latin America to Hispanic voters in the U.S. Unfounded assertions that the FBI’s raid of Mar-a-Lago was ordered up directly by President Joe Biden.

Miami Herald

High-poverty schools struggle to earn Texas’ highest rating. Some in the Rio Grande Valley break that trend.

The Texas Education Agency has dismissed the notion that the accountability ratings are a poverty rating. As evidence, they point to districts like those in the Rio Grande Valley, which have achieved high marks while serving a high number of economically disadvantaged students.

The Texas Tribune

In battleground Georgia, new voters on the rise before ‘22 election

ATLANTA — Georgia has changed ahead of this year’s elections:

Tribune News Service

New Loan Program for Black, Latino Neighborhoods Isn't 'Explicitly Racist'

But Bank of America's Community Affordable Loan Solution program will likely be a gentrification accelerating machine.

Reason

Student loan relief limited for many by US drug war's legacy

Many have cheered the White House proposal to provide student loan debt relief to millions of Americans as a significant step toward addressing the nation’s racial wealth gap and other inequities facing borrowers of color

The Independent UK

DC Comics reduces Latinos to their food in Hispanic Heritage Month covers, fans say

Latino comic book fans have taken to social media to call out DC Comics' latest attempt at appealing to their Latino fans. Art shows DC superheroes holding or eating a variety of Latin American foods.

WEKU

Percentage of Latinos who have no religious affiliation surges

The percentage of Hispanics in the U.S. who identify as atheist or agnostic grew in the past 12 years.

Axios

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Does access to healthcare differ by race and ethnicity?

Ability to pay, access to health insurance, and freedom to take time off from work all contribute to a person’s health outcomes. They also differ between racial and ethnic groups.

The Texas Tribune

Serving Hispanic Students in Texas: How is higher education stepping up to the task?

Join us for a Texas Tribune event in Brownsville exploring what needs to happen to support Hispanic-serving institutions in our state.

Tribune News Service

How a Tampa Bay couple is hooking Hispanics on kayak fishing

During the pandemic, as the world isolated from COVID-19, Tatiana and Mario Cruz got hooked on kayak fishing.

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How Greg Abbott, Beto O’Rourke are mobilizing in race for Texas governor, 100 days out

DALLAS — The sizzling dog days of Texas summer aren’t stopping Gov. Greg Abbott and Beto O’Rourke from mobilizing voters in the hot race for governor.

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Study: Fewer at-risk Blacks, Hispanics take drug that prevents HIV than whites

Fewer Black and Hispanic people than white people who are at risk of contracting HIV take preventive medication to keep them from catching the virus, both in Michigan and across the U.S., according to an Emory University study presented at the 24th International AIDS Conference in Montreal.

The Texas Tribune

Familiar racial disparities emerge in first month of COVID-19 vaccinations for the youngest Texans

Kids ages 6 months to 4 years became eligible for the vaccine last month. Experts say a number of factors could be hampering parents from getting their kids vaccinated.

Chicago Sun-Times

Colombian Fest brings ‘the whole Colombian experience’ to Humboldt Park this weekend

Billed as the largest Hispanic culture festival in the Midwest, the event returns for its eighth year with music, food, dance and art from Colombia and other Latin American countries.

Tribune News Service

Justice Department to investigate Houston over dumping response

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Friday announced it has opened an environmental justice investigation into the city of Houston over allegations that its response to illegal dumping in primarily Black and Hispanic neighborhoods violated the Civil Rights Act.

Chicago Sun-Times

Senate confirms Nancy Maldonado: To be first Hispanic woman federal district court judge in Illinois

The extensive questionnaire Maldonado filed with the Senate Judiciary Committee reveals that the Northern District is adding an active yoga instructor to the bench.

The Conversation

Nina Otero-Warren – Latina champion of women's voting rights and education in New Mexico – will soon grace US quarters

Adelina “Nina” Otero-Warren was an activist who fought for women’s voting rights during the 20th century. She was the first Latina to run for Congress and the first Latina superintendent of the Santa Fe public schools. She is one of several women whose images are being featured on the U.S.…

Axios

The great realignment

Even small inroads with Hispanic voters could tip a number of Democratic-held swing seats to the GOP.

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