Hispanics

A comprehensive look at voter behavior and demographics reveals a momentous prospect: A Hispanic electorate that votes en masse, allies itself with one political party and changes America's political balance for decades.

• By Norman Nie

Arizona's law requiring police to check the citizenship status of those they suspect of being in the U.S. illegally has done wonders the state's governor — and for reducing cross-border trade.

• By Patrick Burns

Researchers use statistical regression analysis to spot discrimination in an unexpected profession.

• By David Rosenfeld

GIS mapping technology is helping underprivileged communities get better services — from education and transportation to health care and law enforcement — by showing exactly what discrimination looks like.

• By Bob Burtman

As medically underserved Hispanic communities cry out for doctors, a new program puts physicians in their midst back into practice.

• By Frank Nelson

Why it's time to minimize use of the LSAT in law school admissions.

• By Gary M. Stern

We predicted that Hispanics would feel more pain jobwise this recession than some other demographic groups. We were right.

• By Michael Todd

A 'virtual census' finds that, in the fictional universe of video games, white males still rule.

• By Tom Jacobs

Just Communities is dedicated to teaching educators about unintentional racism, which it says is a key contributor to the persistent achievement gap.

• By Rob Kuznia

• By Michael Todd

Even with Democrats controlling Congress, ImmigrationPAC's goal of a pathway to immigration reform faces tough going.

• By Kirk Nielsen

Latino unemployment already trends two-thirds higher than that of whites — an ominous portent for bad times.

• By Lewis Beale

Community-based outreach to address diabetic health care disparities offers broader lessons.

• By Barbara Hesselgrave

ImmigrationPAC hopes to leverage the Hispanic faith community and help elect federal candidates who support "an earned pathway" to citizenship for undocumented migrants.

• By Kirk Nielsen

The government provides billions of dollars in child care subsidies to help move welfare recipients into the work force. Here's the catch: To get the subsidies, people transitioning off welfare need to have a job already.

• By Anne B. Shlay

Long on promise, short on action, Latinos have never been a definitive force at the polls. Will immigration rhetoric and an unprecedented voter-outreach program make 2008 different?

• By David Villano