Entries by Target Latino

Will we have a National Museum of the American Latino?

VARCom President Named to Commission to Study the Creation of a National Museum of the American Latino VARCom Solutions announces that its President, Raul Danny Vargas, a recognized Northern Virginia business leader, was nominated to serve on a commission to study the creation of a National Museum of the American Latino. Signed into law by President Bush on May […]

State needs more Hispanic judges

DEKALB COUNTY According to the census, Hispanics and Latinos now account for 10 percent of DeKalb County’s population, which by 2008 had grown to 739,956. I went looking for this information after President Barack Obama nominated Judge Sonia Sotomayor for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. Sotomayor has been roundly criticized for one sentence […]

Spanish-language TV network Univision says ¡hola! to e-commerce

Univision Communications Inc., operator of the major Spanish-language television network Univision, has announced plans to launch an e-commerce site selling items related to its shows in a deal with Delivery Agent Inc. Delivery Agent also announced last week an expanded relationship with Twentieth Century Fox Licensing & Merchandising to create a new e-commerce site, www.foxshop.com, […]

Attorney: Why are Hispanics ‘last in, first out’ of jobs?

The Hispanic population in the United States has been growing substantially in recent years, providing businesses with burgeoning workforces.  The Census Bureau expects that by 2015, 17% of the American population will be of Hispanic origin. Demographically, no group of Americans is growing faster than Hispanics. Hispanics are now 8% of the workforce and by […]