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By Barbara Benjamin-Treviño
Editor’s Note: This post was so compelling that we are presenting it in two parts.
How Early Childhood Education Reduces High School Dropouts

With the upcoming presidential election reaching fever pitch, the topic of comprehensive early childhood education in the U.S. has gained increased attention. In a May 2008 study, the RAND Corporation) […]

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A NewsWire article states that “for many Americans, poverty and lack of health insurance make it difficult to get necessary health and medical care. According to a new study, once they do visit the doctor, poor, uninsured people often report racial discrimination when communicating with health care professionals.” A University of South Carolina […]

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Wardspeaking.com and Ward & Associates is launching their Spanish for Medical Professionals program.  Click here to find out more about the program.  It can also be customized for any medical or dental specialty.
We are proud to bring this program to doctors, nurses, dentists and pharmacists to help them bridge the communication gap with their clients.
For […]

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The New York Times reports that a young Honduran woman who was breastfeeding her 9 month old baby was arrested in Ohio and awaits deportation. The child was handed over to social services in Ohio. Many groups are outraged at what they call an cruel practice. “The decision to separate a mother […]

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The Yale Daily News reports that the group, Yale Law Women are ranking top law firms not only on their diversity, but also on their family friendliness. The article states, “the group Yale Law Women also released a ranking this month of the top ten family-friendly law firms. Jennifer Broxmeyer LAW ’09, president of […]

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Adam Liptak, the New York Times legal columnist reports that law students are demanding more diversity from top notch law firm employers. A group of Stanford Law School students came up with a grading system that rates the diversity of some of the nation’s top law firms. The results say a lot about […]

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Law enforcement has been diligently looking for predators on English-language websites, but until now, Spanish-language websites have escaped attention. The Daytona Beach News Journal Online reports that, “cyber-crime investigators are beginning to monitor chat rooms on Spanish-language sites such as Yahoo en Español, AOL Latino, MySpace en Español and Univision.com.” Authorities believe that […]

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“According to national studies, Latinos are 2.5 times more likely than whites to receive one of the infamous so-called subprime loans, that consist of low interest rates for a limited period of time that are later adjusted to the market,” says the New American Media. Many families qualified for mortgages they could not sustain, […]

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