From: HITN Online on Wed, Jan 05 2011 4:34 PM

With the election of an African American president, the nation gets the idea that racism and discrimination issues are outdated, but the reality seems quite different. These issues are still evident  even in educational institutions and at the workplace.

From: HITN Online on Wed, Jan 05 2011 4:33 PM

Ray Suarez and guest panelist Tom Bowden, Ali Younes, Marcelo Ballve, and Linda Correia offer their point of view over the situation lived by the workers of Willets point in Queens NY, an immigrant community who has been working for more of two decades in a place forgotten by the city, b...

From: HITN Online on Wed, Jan 05 2011 4:33 PM

With the economic downturn, and current anti-immigrant sentiment, there has bee a slight decrease in the immigration to U.S. Is this a temporary change, or will this have a permanenet effect on the future imigration pattern?

From: HITN Online on Wed, Jan 05 2011 4:33 PM

Host Ray Suarez and guest panelists Ambassador Lino Gutierrez, Marc Rosenblum, Maureen Meyer, and Col. Eric Rojo, analyze why despite the economic woes, and other challenges, people keep migrating to the U.S. pointing to Latin America’s poverty as the main factor.

From: HITN Online on Wed, Jan 05 2011 4:33 PM

Host Ray Suarez and guest panelists Ana Harvey, Mauricio Gaitan and Tony Jimenez discuss why loans are so important to keep small business afloat, after watching the story of Jorge Vargas, who owns a sporting goods store and is having trouble under the tough economy, and explain how the new Smal...

From: HITN Online on Wed, Jan 05 2011 4:32 PM

Michigan, a strong manufacturing state, is also a pioneer in the implementation of international alliances in order to take advantage of the Clean Energy Economy. But how will this blooming initiative include the Latino workforce?

From: HITN Online on Wed, Jan 05 2011 4:32 PM

Host Ray Suarez and guest Panelists Mark Lopez, Gloria Montaño Green, Maria Teresa Kumar and Maria Cardona discuss the role that immigration issues are playing on the mid-term elections regardless of the fact that no immigration bill has made it to the voting floor, and the issue ranks fifth out...

From: HITN Online on Wed, Jan 05 2011 4:32 PM

Host Ray Suarez and guest panelists Javier Sierra, Hector Sanchez and Jorge Madrid discuss the importance of clean energy for the Latino community who does believe global warming is a fact, and has been fighting with environmentalists since the times of Cesar Chavez.

From: HITN Online on Wed, Jan 05 2011 4:32 PM

Raging emotion sent Americans, including many Latinos, to the polls on November 2nd. But no matter who they voted for, one thing is certain, they want a government that represents them and gets matters solved.

From: HITN Online on Wed, Jan 05 2011 4:32 PM

Guest panelists Ana Sol Gutierrez and Susan Abravanel tell host Ray Suarez why the American educational system needs to be reform to allow more alternatives that provide better opportunities for all.

From: HITN Online on Wed, Jan 05 2011 4:32 PM

Host Ray Suarez and guest panelists Rudy Lopez, Steven Thomma, Danny Vargas and John Fortier, discuss how the Tea Party members who won seats might change things in Washington for the 112th Congress.

From: HITN Online on Wed, Jan 05 2011 4:32 PM

Host Ray Suarez and guest panelists Steven Thomma, John Fortier, Danny Vargas, and Rudy Lopez why people showed up to the polls to vote the way they did, to express their frustrations with the way the country is being led.

From: HITN Online on Wed, Jan 05 2011 4:32 PM

Host Ray Suarez and guest panelists Javier Sierra, Jorge Madrid and Hector Sanchez discuss the meaning of a green job, and how workers can transition from the traditional market to the green market, and how the green industry can help create new jobs for the unemployed.

From: HITN Online on Wed, Jan 05 2011 4:32 PM

Host Ray Suarez and guest panelists Carlos Santiago, Clarence Miles, Ana Sol Gutierrez and Susan Abravanel discuss the reasons behind the dropout rate and the achievement gap.

From: HITN Online on Wed, Jan 05 2011 4:32 PM

Host Ray Suarez and guest panelists Jorge Madrid, Hector Sanchez and Javier Sierra discuss environmental justice, and how communities can organize to fight for a better environment in their neighborhoods by using their voices and their voting power.

From: HITN Online on Wed, Jan 05 2011 4:32 PM

Host Ray Suarez and guest panelists Ana Sol Gutierrez, Clarence Miles and Susan Abravanel discuss the impact that the support of a mentor could have in a child’s life and his/her pursuit of an education.

From: HITN Online on Wed, Jan 05 2011 4:32 PM

Host Ray Suarez and guests panelists Ana Sol Gutierrez, Clarence Miles, Susan Abravanel and Carlos Santiago discuss why Latino students are falling through the cracks of the public school system.

From: HITN Online on Wed, Jan 05 2011 4:32 PM

From the documentary "Pandemia Invisible:" one of the subjects from the research study from the National Center of Disaster Preparedness shares her experience as an undocumented Mexican immigrant right after the H1N1 pandemic scare and her struggles in the U.S. without a legal status.

From: HITN Online on Wed, Jan 05 2011 4:32 PM

Members of the Sigma Lambda Beta International Fraternity from the New York City College are leading a mentorship program with middle school students to create role models for kids from vulnerable communities and nurture them the idea to go to college.

From: HITN Online on Wed, Jan 05 2011 4:32 PM

Host Ray Suarez and guest panelists Dr. Hector Castro, David Abramson, James O’Barr and Jenny Rejeske discuss why immigrants come to the US from Latin America, and why the number of undocumented has increased in the past ten years.