Latino Families Experiencing Slower Economic Recovery Toplines from NCLR and Latino Decisions poll on Latinos and the Economy In the wake of the damaging recession, Latino workers and entrepreneurs are helping to fuel ...

Due to inaction in Congress, automatic cuts to federal spending, known as sequestration, took effect March 1, 2013.  As we noted last month, deep cuts to select nondefense discretionary programs will have an adverse impact ...

Despite a relatively stagnant year for the American labor market, Latinos are well represented in some of the industries that experienced job growth in 2012. Retail, hospitality, and transportation are a few examples. ...

Given recent momentum and local victories around the minimum wage, this month's Monthly Latino Employment Report revisits the need to raise the federal minimum wage. Latinos would benefit disproportionately from an increase ...

Latinos are among the fastest-growing minority groups and a population characterized by its youthfulness making them an increasingly important segment of the U.S. economy.  Yet unemployment among young workers ages 16 to ...

In honor of Labor Day, this month's report highlights the best of the Monthly Latino Employment Report series and voices of individuals from the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) network who shared their stories with us.

The presence of Latinos in Florida is not a recent phenomenon. The 2010 Census national data demonstrate that Florida ranks among the top ten states with the largest proportions of Latinos between 2000 and 2010. Although ...

Although the national unemployment rate held steady at 8% at the end of 2012, it masked the full picture of the nation's jobs crisis.  Millions of Americans continue to be underemployed, a term used to describe people who ...

The year 2050 is widely projected to be a turning point after which the United States will have no single racial or ethnic majority. By that time, the Latino share of the American workforce will have nearly doubled from ...