Pau Gasol has made history once again. The Spanish power forward is now the all-time scorer in NBA history by a Hispanic player. Gasol overtook Rolando Blackman, and is now in fifth place among international scorers all-time.
The 37,579,787 Spanish-speakers present in 2011 increased by 210 percent since 1980, and those numbers have continued to climb due to the influx of immigrants from Latin countries and in-nation Latino births. That said, as the U.S. Latino population grows, second and third generations of Latinos speak Spanish less and less ...but, some younger Latinos intend to change that.
Analysts have long noted that Jeb Bush's last name may prove a liability when it comes to the Republican presidential hopeful's shots at the White House, and the former Florida governor is taking the issue head-on.
This year's NBA All-Star game features numerous Latino basketball players. Latin Post.com takes a look at the Latino basketball players that were selected this year, and lists full rosters for the Eastern and Western Conference starters and reserves.
The 2014 World Series is almost here. With just three teams remaining in the postseason, Latin Post takes a look at the best Latin American baseball players left in the postseason.
On Wednesday, New Mexico gubernatorial candidates held a debate in Spanish demonstrating a trend that highlights how important the Hispanic vote is to this year's elections.
On Thursday, Puerto Rico Sen. Antonio Fas Alzamora released a proposal to make Spanish the official language of the U.S. commonwealth, making English a secondary language.
The Spanish singer also talks about how he plans his concerts. Before winning big at the Premios Juventud, Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias revealed his latest webisode of "The Freakout Diaries.
Plus, find out what the beauty queen is up to these days. Miss USA 2014 Nia Sanchez has not only won the crown; she also has gained the support of the Latino community.
He was known as an experienced skydiver. Dario Barrio, a Spanish television chef, died on Friday after his parachute failed during a wing suit jump. The "Everyone Against the Chef" host collided with a cliff face during the "International Air Festival" in the Sierra Segura mountain range, according to The Independent.
Spanish-language Latina Hope classes are equipping Hispanic women in South Texas with the necessary tools required to launch their own craft businesses, also helping those with pre-existing craft businesses to function more professionally.
The artist sang a Spanglish version of "Habla Blah Blah." Listen to it here. Gloria Trevi is known for several things -- having crazy hair at a point in her life and wearing crazy outfits -- but she's not known for singing in English.
With so few elite centers in today's NBA, Marc Gasol can show viewers why he is the best in the game. Standing at over 7 feet tall out of Barcelona, Spain, Gasol leads one of the leagues No. 1 ranked defense.
Fernández-Armesto drafted the book with the intention of filling in gaps, integrating Latin history and American History, and providing a prospective that would "go beyond the traditional, from east to west, sea-to-shining-sea narrative."
The closure of Latino news sites questions the strategy and viability of targeting Hispanics with their own sites compared to reading English-language or general market news sources. Considering that Hispanics are such a large and growing market of United States media consumers, what went wrong?
“Just sound it out” is a strategy that’s been long employed in the United States when coaching children in elementary education through reading sessions. However, this process does not translate to Spanish. Stanford University produced a new study that suggests that learning to read words in English isn’t the same as how Spanish-speakers learn to read words in Spanish, particularly in Mexico.
The share of Hispanics that speak Spanish fell to 78% in the 2000s, and the numbers continue to descend. While at the same time non-Latinos have seen the benefits of the Spanish-language, and continue to seize opportunities to learn it; and, non-Latinos will potentially govern the language if Latinos lose interest in it.
The Obama administration has made it their mission to attract Latinos to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enrollment marketplace; hosting outreach events, launching Obamacare health fairs and releasing Spanish-language advertisements -all with the promise of assisting the demographic that claims the highest number of uninsured individuals in the nation. However, there have been ongoing enrollment obstacles for those who seek coverage -particularly for individuals who speak little to no English.
