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A small group of Los Angeles city leaders faced shame and castigation after an audio recording of racist remarks at a private meeting surfaced Sunday. The most egregious remarks were uttered by City Council President Nury Martinez, who seemed to verify the 2021 recording by apologizing to constituents. Los Angeles City Councilmember Kevin de León and City Council President Nury Martinez confer at council meeting on Oct. 4. Martinez and de León and other Latino council members apologized Sunday after The Los Angeles Times reported that they had been taped making racist comments in a private meeting. The three issued a joint statement Sunday night that called past City Council support for Black Lives Matter "a facade."

Latinos were 31 percent of the state’s high school graduates that year. But at 31%, the six-year graduation rate for MSU’s Latino students lags far behind CU Boulder, where it was 63 %. On the CU Boulder campus stands a 4-foot-7 memorial to “Los Seis,” six activists, including CU Boulder students, who were killed in two off-campus car bombings in 1974; the killings were never solved. Seventy-two percent, 510, of the middle and high school students enrolled in the program for 2020-21 were Latino. Vela and three other CU Boulder students who spoke with NBC News first learned about the campus through the Aquetza program.

Latinos are underrepresented in the media industry workforce across film, radio, television, newspapers and digital platforms, according to the report. Latinos are 19% of the nation's population, almost 1 in 5 Americans, and 18% of workers outside the media industry. The largest percentage of Hispanic media industry workers were employed in service worker positions (19%) — which include food, cleaning and personal and protective services, according to the latest available reports submitted by media companies to the U.S. In positions that can influence the content audiences consume, Latinos were far less represented: They made up only 7% of professional media industry positions such as actors, producers, directors, writers, reporters and editors. When Latinos did see themselves represented in content, they felt "it was inaccurate" in most cases, de Armas said.

Rosa Rivera, 31, and her partner, Guillermo Cuero, faced a difficult choice when it came to protecting their 8-month-old baby, 9-year-old daughter and 8-year-old son. Rosa Rivera said her son had asked her, “Mama, are we going to die?”Jennifer Rosa Rivera, her partner and their three children at a wedding a few days before Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida. Courtesy Rosa RiveraThe family lost nearly all of its possessions, including two cars that were submerged up to their windows. For many families, life in Florida was an escape from other climate disasters or extreme violence and poverty. “He lost absolutely everything,” Rosa Rivera said.

☆ There's a big disparity in the number of Latino doctors and surgeons. Advocates are working to change that.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-30 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Edwin-Head-Shot-Copy.Jpg | Edwin Flores | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

"For the last 40 years, the number of Latino physicians has not changed. Meanwhile, almost 1 in 5 Americans, 62.6 million, are Latino, according to the latest 2020 census numbers, a 23% increase from 2010. "There was urgency to increase the number of Latino physicians in the United States before Covid. “I was the only Mexican in my medical school class out of 104 students. We’re going to keep working towards this until there is complete awareness from every institution [and] medical school.

☆ Drastic pay inequities persist for Black and Latino NYC workers, especially women
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Zachary Schermele | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

A new pay equity report from the New York City Council shows “persistent, large pay gaps” in the city’s municipal workforce, particularly among Black, Latino and white employees — a divide that gets worse when comparing men and women workers. Black city employees make just 71 cents on average for every dollar made by their white counterparts, according to the report, which was released Thursday. For Black women and Latinas, the gap is even larger, dropping to 69 cents for every dollar made by white male employees. On the whole, female city employees make 73 cents for every male dollar. Pay equity reports are mandated by a New York City law passed in 2019 that aimed to “find and eliminate” wage gaps in public employment.

Latinos are “vastly” underrepresented on corporate boards, especially considering the size of the U.S. Hispanic population, according to a report released Friday by the Latino Corporate Directors Association. Latinos make up 19% of the U.S. population, but in 2020 they held 4.1% of Fortune 500 board seats. From 2010 to 2020, Latino representation on Fortune 500 company boards increased by only 1.1 percentage point. Latino representation on Fortune 1000 company boards progressed similarly, with a nearly 1 percentage-point increase, from 3.2% to 4.1%. Since 2011, the number of companies with Latino representation on their boards has grown by 22%.

Despite the growth and consumer power of U.S. Latinos, they continue to be significantly underrepresented in media, according to a new report. On TV shows, Latinos made up 3.1% of lead actors, 2.1% of co-leads/ensemble actors and 1.5% of showrunners. There are no Latino CEOs or film and production company chairs, important decision-making roles that help greenlight stories and steer content. Amid the lack of representation, more Latinos are turning to social media platforms and brands for content, such as YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat, the report found. The report also noted that 11 of the 20 most streamed songs of the summer, according to Spotify, are by Latino artists.

☆ The push to get Latinos into the corporate boardroom
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailThe push to get Latinos into the corporate boardroomCNBC's Bertha Coombs joins Shep Smith to report on the push to bring more Latinos into the corporate boardroom.

Legendary music producer Emilio Estefan weighed in with his take on how to boost Latino representation in showbiz. The Cuban-American Estefan, who is married to superstar singer Gloria Estefan, has endured one of the relatively few key figures in American show business. He's won 19 Grammys, and President Barack Obama awarded both Gloria and Emilio Estefan the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015. In 2022, only 3.1% of lead actors in TV shows are Latinos, and the percentage of representation in films is no better. The report also found that not only is there a lack of Latino representation but many of the portrayals of Latino are negative.

Latinos are the second largest demographic population in the United States, but they are vastly underrepresented on corporate boards, according to a new report by the Latino Corporate Directors Association. "Sixty-five percent of Fortune 1000 companies lack Latinos, and Latinos are seeing the least growth of any other group," Esther Aguilera, CEO of LCDA, told CNBC at this week's L'Attitude Conference. This has to change," Elizabeth Oliver-Farrow, chair of the Latino Corporate Directors Association, said in a release. The Latino Corporate Directors Association, a membership-based organization of U.S. Latinos at the highest level of corporate leadership and corporate governance, was formed to increase U.S. Latino representation on corporate boards by raising visibility of the Hispanic talent primed for the boardroom. "These are extremely accomplished individuals, who have led and grown business on the corporate level internationally and they add additional value and insight into new markets," Aguilera said.

☆ Lin-Manuel Miranda on Hurricane Fiona: Puerto Rico is 112 degrees and my family doesn't have running water
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailLin-Manuel Miranda on Hurricane Fiona: Puerto Rico is 112 degrees and my family doesn't have running waterHamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda on the devastation from Hurricane Fiona and the state of Latinos in the media.

☆ Emilio Estefan talks Latinos in show business
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailEmilio Estefan talks Latinos in show businessMultiple Grammy Award winner, Emilio Estefan talks about the state of Latinos in media

LDC is a nonprofit, nonpartisan group focused on reshaping perceptions of U.S. Latinos through data and economic research. In 2020, Latino consumption was measured at $1.84 trillion. Three-quarters of the Latino population were concentrated in just 10 states in 2020: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina and Texas. According to the report, Latino growth staved off a decline in the population and labor force in three states — New Jersey, New York and Illinois — from 2010 to 2018. As a result, Latino real GDP contracted a small amount in 2020, by 0.8% compared to 4.4% for non-Latinos.

☆ Latinos are the engine of growth in the U.S., says Sol Trujillo
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailLatinos are the engine of growth in the U.S., says Sol TrujilloSol Trujillo, Trujillo Group Investments chairman, sits down with CNBC's Joe Kernen at the L'Attitude Conference in San Diego to discuss the economic influence of Latinos in the U.S.

☆ New book spotlights experiences of gay sons of immigrants in Los Angeles
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Agnes Constante | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Shortly after the 2016 shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Anthony Ocampo began writing his most recent book. The book, “Brown and Gay in LA,” tells the stories of gay sons of immigrants in Los Angeles — specifically of Filipino Americans and Latinos — including his own. He wanted his writing to capture that while same-sex marriage now existed, gay men had lived lives with extreme difficulties in their families, communities and schools beforehand. “The idea that gay men aren’t men is a fallacy,” he said. “When you think of America, you hardly ever think about the queer, gay children of immigrants, even though they are very much part of the mosaic of this country,” he said.

That’s essentially unchanged from last month’s NBC News poll, which had Republicans ahead by 2 points, 47%-45%, well within that poll’s margin of error. In this new poll, Democrats enjoy advantages among Black voters (77%-8%), those in the age group 18-34 (57%-33%), whites with college degrees (58%-38%), women (53%-40%) and Latinos (46%-42%). That’s essentially unchanged from August, when 68% of Republicans and 66% of Democrats expressed high interest. By comparison, Biden’s favorability score in the new NBC News poll is 42% positive, 47% (-5). And on the topic of abortion, 61% of voters say they disapprove the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in June overturning Roe v. Wade, compared with 37% who approve.

☆ Canela.TV, a free Spanish-language streaming service with 23 million users, launches original shows
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Lillian Rizzo | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

An upstart Spanish-language streamer is taking a big step into original content. Those networks and other Spanish-language content have captured some of the fastest-growing traditional TV audiences when it comes to average daily household viewership, according to data provider Samba TV. Canela said its streaming platform, which is available in the U.S., Mexico and Colombia, has 23 million unique users. Similar free ad-supported streaming services like Paramount Global's Pluto and Fox's Tubi have said they have nearly 70 million and 51 million active users, respectively. By the end of 2022, it will have 537 hours of original content.

☆ Latinos are more likely to binge TV shows when they see themselves on-screen, a Nielsen study found
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-14 | by ( Nicole Chavez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

(CNN) Latinos are avid consumers of TV content and having on-screen representation is leading many of them to spend more time on a streaming platform and binging shows, a new Nielsen audience report says. The report , which was released Wednesday, analyzes how Latinos watch television and the impact of representation, both on camera and behind it. Nearly half of the total TV viewing done by Latinos in the United States in July was attributed to streaming platforms, the report says. When compared to the entire US population, Latinos spent less time watching traditional live television in the first quarter of this year. People across the US watched a total of about 20 hours weekly while Latinos only watched 18 hours, according to the Nielsen report.

Today, there are 56 Hispanic American banks and credit unions that are FDIC or NCUA insured around the US. We selected Hispanic American-owned credit unions from the National Credit Union Administration's list of minority depository institutions which was also updated on June 30, 2022. In our list of Hispanic American-owned banks and credit unions, many of the institutions listed offer customer support in Spanish and English. You can open up savings accounts, checking accounts, CDs, and money market accounts in most of the institutions listed. To help you learn more about a specific Hispanic American-owned bank or credit union, we've included links to reviews of individual institutions.

☆ Mpox in the United States Fast Facts
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-05 | by ( Cnn Editorial Research | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Here’s a look at mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, in the United States. 2003 - An outbreak in the United States is linked to infected pet prairie dogs imported from Ghana and results in more than 80 cases. June 22, 2022 - The CDC announces a partnership with five commercial laboratories to ramp up testing capacity in the United States. June 23, 2022 - New York City launches the first mpox vaccination clinic in the United States. July 22, 2022 - Two American children contract mpox – a first in the United States.

☆ A leaked video exemplifies what Black migrants endure in US detention centers
▼ + stars: | 2022-03-26 | by ( John Washington | José Olivares | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +30 min

A leaked video obtained by Insider shows guards violently tackling a Black asylum seeker at a Louisiana detention center. Detainees and immigration lawyers say there is a disturbing and overlooked problem of anti-Black racism in immigration detention. In January, Representative Cori Bush (D-MO) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) called for a "holistic review of the disparate treatment of Black migrants." Across the state, eight new immigration detention centers have been opened in the past three years – all privately run. In just Texas and Louisiana, 11 separate facilities in recent years have shifted from prisons or jails to immigration detention centers.

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Del Bosque, 72, now farms 2,000 acres — including that half-mile he first bought. "It's been a great journey for me," Del Bosque said. These last couple of years, Del Bosque has felt that his long-term family farming enterprise is under threat. When Del Bosque was growing up in the area, his life revolved around farm work, picking melons alongside field workers his father managed. Del Bosque hopes to introduce a few of his grandkids to farming, but he’s losing hope about its viability.

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☆ Twitter terminates its political action committee and donates leftover money to 2 charities that promote diversity and inclusion
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-22 | by ( Dave Levinthal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Twitter has closed its political action committee and donated its surplus cash — more than $117,000 — to a pair of charities. Of the charities benefiting from Twitter's money, one focuses on engaging Latinos in the political process, and the other works to "eliminate racial discrimination, champion social justice, and improve race relations" in sports. "This funding will be used to further our mission of promoting full, nonpartisan participation of Latinos in the American political process, from citizenship to public service," Vargas said. To better support and defend our users, Twitter has created #PAC." Despite axing its PAC, Twitter still maintains a robust lobbying presence in Washington, DC.

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