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1. Tea Party movement in New Jersey not catching on like in the rest of America
(N.J./State)

... to 29 percent of all whites and 24 percent of Latino voters. Tea Party supporters are more likely to be male, with 31 percent of men favorable, compared to 24 percent of women. Higher income also defines ...

2. Time for New Jersey to be counted for 2010 Census
(N.J./State)

... is Hispanic, Latino or Spanish, if the housing is a house, apartment, or mobile home, if it owned or rented, and the telephone number. Questionnaires will be available in five languages, Spanish, ...

3. Olympic gold medal swimmer Cullen Jones to tell his story
(Sports/Professional)

... with the Make-A-Splash Foundation; an educational program sponsored by USA Swimming, which encourages every African-American and Latino child to swim. Plainfield is a municipality of about 50,000 residents, ...

4. The earnings report for Main Street: A sorry account, indeed
(Money/Economy)

... rate among African-Americans now stands at 16.2 percent, higher than any annual rate in 27 years. The unemployment rate among Latinos is 12.9 percent. Both are far higher than the 9 percent rate among ...

5. Obama’s first year was a success despite the common wisdom of the Right Wing
(Opinion/Commentary)

... ones as they return from deployment in Iraq will be a big boost to Obama. Immigration reform will be the next big "hot button" issue that may be addressed in Obama's second year. Latinos are becoming ...

6. New Jersey workers to benefit from a $4.9 million green jobs training grant
(Money/Economy)

... will support job training programs to help dislocated workers and others, including veterans, women, African Americans and Latinos, find jobs in expanding green industries and related occupations. Approximately ...

7. Some good/bad news about sexuality as 2010 arrives
(Life/Style)

... diversity to ensure programs that meet the individual needs of urban, African-American, Latino, heterosexual and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) youth; ensuring programs that are evidence- ...

8. Government steps up to promote labor rights of Mexican, Hispanic workers in N.J.
(U.S./Nation)

... said Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis. "The purpose of this alliance is to provide Mexican and other Latino workers in the tri-state area with the information and resources that will help them recognize ...

9. A civil rights victory! N.J. overturns sentencing law
(N.J./State)

... zone policy, 96 percent of those arrested for drug-free school offenses in New Jersey were black or Latino. The Assembly passed the companion legislation, A2762, last year, and Gov. Jon Corzine has said ...

10. Time to take action and rectify a faulty Jersey drug law
(Opinion/Commentary)

... closed. Moreover, African-Americans and Latinos make up 96 percent of those convicted under these laws. Drug dealers in the suburbs are far less likely to be affected by this law because a smaller ...

11. Most New Jerseyans want health care reform
(Health/Healthquest)

...  Latinos are four times more likely to have had a gap in coverage in the past 18 months compared to whites — 21 percent to 5 percent — while 12 percent of blacks have recently been without coverage. When ...

12. New Jersey to observe World AIDS Day Tuesday
(Health/Healthquest)

... mid-2009, nearly 35,000 people were reported as living with HIV or AIDS in the state. African-Americans make up 14 percent of the state's population, but 54 percent of those living with HIV/AIDS. Latinos ...

13. Rutgers-Eagleton Poll: New Jersey supports gay marriage
(N.J./State)

... to 42 percent, and younger residents (under 40) are more supportive than their older counterparts, by 53 percent to 43 percent. About half the Latino (52 percent) and white (49 percent) respondents favor ...

14. Rutgers-Eagleton poll: When it comes to economy, New Jerseyans are worrisome bunch
(N.J./State)

... than Republicans (53 percent). Latinos (63 percent) are more hopeful than whites (61 percent) and blacks (46 percent). New Jerseyans are mixed on conditions in the state's cities, with 40 percent saying ...

15. New Jerseyans make it clear in Eagleton Poll: Cutting taxes is the No. 1 mandate for Governor-elect Chris Christie
(N.J./State)

... heavily from Democrats, winning 11 percent compared to only 3 percent of Republicans. Examining racial and ethnic voting, Christie won 52 percent of white voters, 32 percent of Latino voters and 12 percent ...

16. Nine New Jersey schools cited as national blue ribbon schools
(N.J./State)

...  Corzine recently announced that New Jersey's public schools have made notable progress in closing the achievement gap between African American, Latino and low-income students and their classmates. A ...

17. Rudy Giuliani coming to Jersey to campaign with Christie
(N.J./State)

... Hall in Paramus at 5:15 p.m., and at 6:30 p.m. at Mundo Latino Restaurant in North Bergen. Christie and Monmouth County Sheriff Kim Guadagno, the Republican lieutenant governor candidate, are making ...

18. In new radio ad, Obama urges Latinos to vote for Corzine
(N.J./State)

In a new Corzine campaign radio ad that went on the air Wednesday President Obama asks New Jersey's Latino voters to support Gov. Jon Corzine in his bid for re-election. In the 60-second ad, which is ...

19. Italian Americans
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

Italian Americans are fast becoming just another white group and will soon lose their identity. Gone are the days when famous Italian Americans proudly talked about being of Italian stock, gone are the ...

20. Clark’s Kurt Sutter, creator of FX’s ‘Sons of Anarchy,’ explains how he really feels about Jersey
(Entertainment/Movies)

... men, with the attack led by a character played by singer-songwriter Henry Rollins. That assault shakes her to the core. Later on, a Sons of Anarchy member shoots and then carves a huge initial in Latino ...