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The Meaning of Medicaid: An Updated 2010 State-by-State Breakdown
(2012-01-26)
Medicaid and its sister program, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), buffer millions of Latinos and other vulnerable Americans from uninsurance. Private health coverage, obtained through the workplace or ...
Raising the Bar: Implementing Common Core State Standards for Latino Student Success
(2012-04-01)
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Initiative is a state-led, voluntary effort to establish a single set of clear educational standards for English language arts and mathematics that states can share and voluntarily ...
BRINGING OPPORTUNITY HOME: A Latino Public Policy Agenda for the 112th Congress
(2011-10-4)
Latinos have been a part of the United States since our country's founding, and as one of the fastest-growing segments of the population, they will play a significant role in shaping its future. Data from the 2010 Census ...
State of Hispanic America: Striving for Equitable Opportunity
(2015-01-21)
In this brief, NCLR analyzes key themes related to the U.S. Latino population that were included in President Obama's 2015 State of the Union address.
The Impact of Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act on the Latino Community
(2010-08-12)
The recent signing of Arizona SB 1070 and subsequent reactions to the law have brought significant attention to the dangers of state-level immigration enforcement and the urgent need for comprehensive federal immigration ...
The Wrong Approach: State Anti-Immigration Legislation in 2011
(2012-01-10)
On April 23, 2010, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed into law SB 1070, the nation's most punitive immigration legislation, placing anti-immigrant initiatives into the national spotlight alongside herself and the bill's ...
Raise the Wage! A $12 Federal Minimum Wage Would Benefit 8.5 Million Latino Workers
(2015-07-07)
An unfair minimum wage disproportionately affects Latinos who are concentrated in low-wage jobs. Congress has not raised the federal minimum wage, currently $7.25 per hour, since 2009. Worse, the minimum wage for tipped ...
Latino Uninsurance at the National and State Levels
(2012-06-08)
Making up nearly one-third of all uninsured Americans, Latinos have among the most to gain from effective implementation of the health care law. Currently, one of every three Hispanics is uninsured, representing nearly ...
At Stake: Access to Affordable Health Insurance for Latinos with Preexisting Conditions
(2012-06-22)
The practice of overusing \preexisting condition\ clauses in health insurance contracts is a particularly serious problem for the tens of millions of Americans who have gone uninsured for long periods of time. Sometimes ...
A Profile of Latino Health Insurance Gains Under the Affordable Care Act
(2012-06-15)
The stakes are high for Latinos when it comes to the fate of health care reform. The expansion of health coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will substantially increase the number of insured Americans, and new ...