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...hundred or so guests had gathered for a quinceaera--a souped-up Latino version of a sweet-16 party, thrown for a girl's 15th birthday. But this was a coming-of-age celebration not just for the birthday girl but also for the Mexican community that has grown up in the Hamptons. Nearly all the attendees come from a town called Tuxpan in the green hills of the central-Mexican state of Michoacn, which has seen several generations of young workers move to this far, affluent corner of the U.S. They came with nothing, and many have...
...shaking his head. “They won’t change their definition of success from a very upper-middle class standard.” His frustrations with Harvard began with his freshman housing assignment. On his application, he had asked fervently for at least one black or Latino roommate. Instead, he got three white Republicans. His roommate, Yves-Georges A. Joseph II ’06, praises “Cisco,” as Perez is known, for converting his complaints with Harvard into concrete advocacy. “He turns his words into actions...
...former U.N. ambassador, Bill Richardson, 58, has a knack for persevering in sticky situations. The New Mexico Governor, who titled his new autobiography Between Worlds--The Making of an American Life, spoke with TIME's Karen Tumulty about his possible bid to become the first Latino President, the shocking grooming habits of some world leaders and his storied baseball career...
...Neiman said No Sweat’s clothes offer “a more European or Latino sensibility” that distinguishes them from the company’s competitors...
Nearly 20 mayors from twelve states joined a packed audience at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum last night for a speech by Antonio R. Villaraigosa, mayor of Los Angeles and the first Latino to lead the nation’s second-largest city in over a century. Calling himself a “proud progressive,” Villaraigosa said America’s cities form the base of the current progressive political movement. “Survey the political landscapes, and you see that the one place where progressive leaders hold power is in our cities...