According to a new report by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), in 2011 more than 37 million American households were either unbanked or under-banked. African-American households represent 34 percent of all under-banked consumers, the highest percentage among demographics surveyed. When under-banked African-American and Latino households are combined, these two communities of color comprise over [...]
President Obama Addresses Latino Concerns
September 21, 2012 | Posted by
President Barack Obama had an attentive audience with a decided stake in the matter when he owned up to the biggest failure of his first term. “My biggest failure is that we haven’t gotten comprehensive immigration reform done,” he said. “We’re continuing to work on that, but it’s not for lack of trying or desire.” [...]
Romney Faces Huge Challenge in Courting Hispanic Vote
June 10, 2012 | Posted by
Republican challenger Mitt Romney knows he needs a big chunk of Hispanic voters in order to beat President Obama in November, but as a story in the Christian Science Monitor laid out, Romney’s task is nearly insurmountable after he spent months bashing Hispanics with anti-immigration rhetoric in order to win the Republican nomination. Recent polls [...]
