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 Many Americans have skewed perceptions when it comes to their weight, often believing they are thinner than they really are, even when the scales are shouting otherwise, a new poll finds.
Continue reading Many Americans Don't Even Know They're Fat.
 Brian Sandoval, the GOP candidate for governor, has come to symbolize a tension within his party, between efforts to attract Latino voters and actions that may repel them.
Continue reading Latino Republican Walking a Tightrope In Nevada Race .
 Albert Torres called his sons up to the stage at his wife's memorial service Friday evening.
Continue reading Community Remembers Blanca Torres .
 Hilda Solis took office in February 2009, as challenging a moment that could be imagined for any Labor secretary. The economy was in free fall.
Continue reading One-on-One with Hilda Solis, U.S. Secretary of Labor .
 "When you go to war ... life stops, the whole time you're away from home. But the people who are here still go on. They grow up, life goes on. It's hard to go back and adapt," Martha Arenas tells La Opinión. Arenas was part of Operation Iraqi Freedom, which ended this week, with the departure of the last combat brigade from the country.
Continue reading Latino Soldiers Returning from Iraq .
 A startling increase in the number of Americans who believe, incorrectly, that President Barack Obama is a Muslim is spurring fresh debate about whether he needs to -- or should -- do more to convince the public of his Christian faith.
Continue reading Does Obama's Faith Matter?.
 Mario G. Obledo, a son of poor Mexican immigrants who became a prominent civil rights activist and the first Latino to head a California state agency, died Aug. 18 at his home in Sacramento after a heart attack. He was 78.
Continue reading Mario G. Obledo, 78, Latino Civil Rights Pioneer, Dies .
 New research confirms the existence of a huge plume of dispersed oil deep in the Gulf of Mexico and suggests that it has not broken down rapidly, raising the possibility that it might pose a threat to wildlife for months or even years.
Continue reading Oil Plume Is Not Breaking Down Fast Enough, Study Says.
 Hispanic workers hang out in the Ninth Ward. While the overall numbers of Hispanics in the city aren't huge, they continue to grow and have had an outsize impact on the culture of this proudly eccentric city.
Continue reading More Latinos Are Moving In to the Predominantly Black New Orleans.
 Univision's Jorge Ramos says the president 'has a credibility problem right now with Latinos.' President Barack Obama has lost the most trusted man in the Hispanic media.
Continue reading Hispanic Media Turns On Obama .
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 President Obama delivered remarks at a White House dinner celebrating Ramadan. President Obama delivered a strong defense on Friday night of a proposed Muslim community center and mosque near ground zero in Manhattan, using a White House dinner celebrating Ramadan to proclaim that "as a citizen, and as president, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as anyone else in this country."
 In every week of his presidency until now, Barack Obama has enjoyed a majority approval rating in the Gallup Poll from people earning less than $2,000 per month.
Continue reading Many Poor Americans are Starting to Lose Confidence in the President.
 Pictured: Miguel Ramirez talks at his work in Plano, Texas, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. Ramirez often returns home in a mostly white Dallas suburb to a world of romantic telenovelas, World Cup fútbol or the latest U.S. noticias on Spanish-language TV. An automobile technician by day, Miguel Ramirez often returns home in a mostly white Dallas suburb to a world of romantic telenovelas, futbol or the latest U.S. news on Spanish-language TV.
Continue reading 40% of English-speaking Latino Families Prefer to Watch Spanish TV.
 Pictured: John Henderson, of Tucson, Ariz., stands at the Arizona-Mexico border Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010 in Hereford, Ariz.
Continue reading Tea Party Activists Hold Rally on Arizona-Mexico Border.
 Opponents of Arizona's immigration enforcement law embrace Wednesday after a judge blocked some provisions of the law. Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer says her state will ask the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday to let all of its controversial immigration law take effect, a day after a federal judge in Phoenix blocked key parts of the measure.
Continue reading Arizona Gets Ready For a Long Legal Fight Over Immigration.
 Christina Romer, chairwoman of Pres. Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, has decided to resign, according to a source familiar with her plans.
 President Barack Obama says Elena Kagan's confirmation to the Supreme Court is an affirmation of her character and judicial tempermant.
Continue reading Obama Hails Elena Kagan's Ascension to Supreme Court .
 Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called today for the immediate restoration of same-sex marriage in California, urging the federal judge who overturned Proposition 8 to impose his ruling while the case moves through the higher courts.
Continue reading Republican Governor Schwarzenegger Says "Let's Resume Homosexual Marriage" .
Continue reading Mexican Women Being Forced into Prostitution in U.S..
 Roberto Rodriguez, in the Chicano Programs Center at the University of California-Riverside, will graduate with honors.
Continue reading 87% of Hispanics Value Higher Education, 13% Have a College Degree.
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