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Comer Bien: The Challenges of Nourishing Latino Children and Families
(2011-07-08)
Latino families, like millions of others across the United States, do their best to put nutritious food on their tables every day, but the healthiest foods are too often unaffordable or inaccessible. Many Americans struggle ...
Counting Latino Youth in the Illinois Juvenile Justice System
(2011-12-09)
The report details the inadequacy of information on Hispanic youth, who constitute one of the fastest-growing segments of the population, and highlights this lack of data as a major barrier to developing strategies and ...
¿A Dónde Vamos? Latino Community Involvement in HIV/AIDS Prevention
(2011-12-02)
Health A DÓnde Vamos?: Directions for Culturally Relevant Latino Community Involvement in HIV/AIDS Prevention and Services Research, a report produced by the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), provides an extensive ...
Preschool Education: Delivering on the Promise for Latino Children
(2011-06-30)
Latino student achievement has emerged as a central issue in education reform debates. After decades of neglect and disregard for the persistent disparities faced by these students, this attention is both welcome and long ...
We Needed the Work: Latino Worker Voices in the New Economy
(2011-05-24)
This publication is a collection of stories told to NCLR researchers by Latinos working in low-wage jobs throughout metropolitan Washington, DC. They illustrate the vulnerability and lack of recourse for workers in the ...
Plugged In: Positive Development Strategies for Disconnected Latino Youth
(2011-04-25)
Educational attainment is one of the strongest predictors of future earnings. However, for 42 percent of the country's Latino youth, this traditional pathway to economic mobility is fraught with challenges. This report ...
Engaging the Latino Electorate
(2011-03-03)
Over the last decade, Latino voters were often referred to as the sleeping giant of American politics, poised to exert influence but not yet awakened to their electoral potential. After the level of Hispanic voter participation ...






