Author: Cesar Arredondo

Florida at Risk of Forgoing Billions of Census 2020-Derived Revenue — Again     

Florida at Risk of Forgoing Billions of Census 2020-Derived Revenue — Again     

Posted by | Apr 2, 2020 | |

By Khalil Abdullah, Ethnic Media Services Florida’s undercount in the 2010 census lost the state about $20 billion in federal dollars in the last decade, according to foundation executive Susan Racher. That money translates not only into missed funding for hundreds of social service programs and capital improvements, it also is likely to affect the state’s ability to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. Nonprofits, foundations and other agencies have been working hard to avoid a repeat of the undercount in this year’s census. On March 24, activists, community organizers and career census professionals described their concerns and strategies in...

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3 LATIN AMERICAN JOURNALISTS GET INTERNATIONAL AWARDS

3 LATIN AMERICAN JOURNALISTS GET INTERNATIONAL AWARDS

Posted by | Dec 2, 2019 | , , |

3 LATIN AMERICAN JOURNALISTS GET INTERNATIONAL AWARDS  Their works and struggles get recognized by the Committee to Protect Journalists. Three Latin American journalists have won the International Press Freedom Awards from the global nonprofit Committee for the Protection of Journalists. They are Patrícia Campos Mello from Brazil and Lucía Pineda Ubau and Miguel Mora from Nicaragua. The award recognizes “courageous journalists from around the world,” according to CPJ, an independent, nonprofit organization that works to safeguard press freedom worldwide. While freedom of the press is extremely limited or nonexistent in dictatorial regimes, CPJ notes that the 2019 prizes honor journalists...

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LOOKING FOR WORK? THE CENSUS BUREAU IS ON A HIRING BLITZ

LOOKING FOR WORK? THE CENSUS BUREAU IS ON A HIRING BLITZ

Posted by | Nov 5, 2019 | , , ,

LOOKING FOR WORK? THE CENSUS BUREAU IS ON A HIRING BLITZ Thousands of high-paying jobs available in California, nationwide. Multilingual people are encouraged to apply MARK HEDIN With Census Day – April 1 — fast approaching, the Census Bureau is ramping up its hiring. There are thousands of jobs to fill. The national census, taken every 10 years since 1790, is the country’s biggest single peacetime project. The goal is to count each and every person living in the United States, no matter how young or old, no matter their citizenship, no matter anything. If they’re here, they count. Knowing...

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A TRIBUTE RECORD EN ESPAÑOL TO EYDIE GORME

A TRIBUTE RECORD EN ESPAÑOL TO EYDIE GORME

Posted by | Nov 3, 2019 | , , , , , ,

EYDIE GORME GETS A TRIBUTE WITH ALBUM IN SPANISH Recorded and performed by her son, David Lawrence, ‘Nosotros’ is a collection of hits by the late singer CESAR ARREDONDO The acclaimed romantic balladeer Eydie Gormé is the subject of tribute with a new album of boleros, the genre that made her a crossover star in the Spanish-speaking world. “Nosotros,” recorded by Gormé’s award-winning musician son David Lawrence, consists of 10 classic hits by the late Grammy Award-winning artist. The album marks Lawrence’s debut as a singer. He has a long career as a composer of scores for films and...

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‘The Wolftress’: A Western Horror Novel Set in the Highlands of Mexico

‘The Wolftress’: A Western Horror Novel Set in the Highlands of Mexico

Posted by | Nov 2, 2019 | , ,

Often wearing a rancher hat and boots in cities big and small where he has claimed residence as journalist, Joseph Treviño considers himself a cowboy at heart. As a reporter, crime, dangerous cults and immigration have been part of his beats for many daily newspapers from Los Angeles to Dallas. That is why it is no surprise he mixes all that up in his first novel. A western horror, “The Wolftress” is a genre-smashing story inspired by a real woman accused of witchcraft but fictionalized into a modern tale of terror involving black magic, werewolves, American and Mexican cowboys,...

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