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Slow economy hits Hispanics hard
May 15 2008, TJ

Unemployment is rising faster among Hispanics than the rest of the U.S. population as the economy slows, a development that has ripple effects across the nation and into Latin America.

The steep, continuing U.S. housing downturn has had a...

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