The New York Times created a great feature of user-generated photos documenting the decade pertaining to everything from President Obama’s Inauguration to immigration.

Check it out here.

From a radio booth in east Charlotte, Roberto Belen, a specialist with the U.S. Census Bureau, is  reaching out to listeners of Spanish-language radio. His message to an audience often wary of government: Don’t be afraid to be counted.

Read more at: The Charlotte Observer

Only 19 U.S. airports have received sophisticated imaging machines that can detect explosives hidden in clothing.

Security experts say the scanners may be the best defense in stopping attacks such as an attempt to bomb a Detroit-bound aircraft Christmas Day.

The Transportation Security Administration wants to install more of the devices, known as whole-body imaging scanners, but the agency has met resistance from civil liberties groups, passengers and some members of Congress.

Read the rest at NBC DFW.

Following are a list of new measures, as reported by some airlines and passengers who have traveled in recent days. The Transportation Security Administration gave only limited details of new measures on its website, but several airlines said they had been ordered by the United States to implement the new policy:

- On many international flights destined for the United States, passengers are being limited to one personal carry-on bag and are asked to check other bags and packages.

Read the rest of the list at Reuters.

Fearing that millions of illegal immigrants may not be counted in the 2010 census, Latino leaders are mobilizing a nationwide drive to urge Latinos to participate in the survey, including an intense push this week in evangelical Christian churches.

Please read more at The New York Times

Jose Feliciano, the Puerto Rican-American singer most renown for his hit Christmas song “Feliz Navidad” issues a statement in response to the anti-immigrant spoof created by Talk Radio Network’s Matt Fox and AJ Rice entitled “Illegal Aliens In My Yard.”

“I am filled with disgust that the HumanEvents.com website and Talk Radio Network producers Matt Fox and AJ Rice (‘The Fox and Rice Experience’) have utilized the joyful spirit of Feliz Navidad without authorization to spread a message of racism and fear during the Christmas season.  While I am reluctant to draw any further attention to this highly offensive recording, I feel it necessary to speak-out and distance my song from such a bigoted political agenda. When I wrote and composed Feliz Navidad, I chose to sing in both English and Spanish in order to create a bridge between two wonderful cultures during the time of year in which we hope for goodwill toward all. Instead, the appalling hate speech presented in “Illegals in my Yard” is revolting to all of us that treasure the true meaning of Christmas. They should be truly ashamed” – José Feliciano

Jose Feliciano, the Puerto Rican-American singer most renown for his hit Christmas song “Feliz Navidad” issues a statement in response to the anti-immigrant spoof created by Talk Radio Network’s Matt Fox and AJ Rice entitled “Illegal Aliens In My Yard.”

“I am filled with disgust that the HumanEvents.com website and Talk Radio Network producers Matt Fox and AJ Rice (‘The Fox and Rice Experience’) have utilized the joyful spirit of Feliz Navidad without authorization to spread a message of racism and fear during the Christmas season.  While I am reluctant to draw any further attention to this highly offensive recording, I feel it necessary to speak-out and distance my song from such a bigoted political agenda. When I wrote and composed Feliz Navidad, I chose to sing in both English and Spanish in order to create a bridge between two wonderful cultures during the time of year in which we hope for goodwill toward all. Instead, the appalling hate speech presented in “Illegals in my Yard” is revolting to all of us that treasure the true meaning of Christmas. They should be truly ashamed” – José Feliciano

MIAMI — President Barack Obama is on track to name more Hispanics to top posts than any of his predecessors, drawing appointees from a wide range of the nation’s Latino communities, including Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Dominicans and Colombians.

That won’t necessarily give the president a free pass on issues such as immigration, but it may ease Hispanics’ worries about whether Obama will continue reaching out to a group that was key to his winning the White House.

Read more at Google News.

According to the Center for Disease Control, African-American and Latino children have a greater number of H1N1 deaths since the epidemic started sweeping the nation last March.

Please read more at The Final Call

The U.S. government enlists the Grammy-winning ensemble Ozomatli to perform as part of a long-standing cultural diplomacy program. Notorious African American jazzmen, including Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie and Quincy Jones, were recruited by Uncle Sam to be the artistic face of America during the Cold War to win hearts and minds abroad for the American way of life.

Please read more at The Los Angeles Times

The U.S. government enlists the Grammy-winning ensemble Ozomatli to perform as part of a long-standing cultural diplomacy program. Notorious African American jazzmen, including Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie and Quincy Jones, were recruited by Uncle Sam to be the artistic face of America during the Cold War to win hearts and minds abroad for the American way of life.

Please read more at The Los Angeles Times

Under a skylight in her tin-ceilinged loft near Union Square in Manhattan, the abstract painter Carmen Herrera, 94, nursed a flute of Champagne last week, sitting regally in the wheelchair she resents.

After six decades of very private painting, Ms. Herrera sold her first artwork five years ago, at 89. Now, at a small ceremony in her honor, she was basking in the realization that her career had finally, undeniably, taken off. As cameras flashed, she extended long, Giacomettiesque fingers to accept an art foundation’s lifetime achievement award from the director of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.

Read more at NYTimes.com.

The recent crckdown on undocomented immigration coupled with the country’s financial meltdown have slowed the growth of minorities, according to a new report released by the Census Bureau. The new projections show that whites would continue to make up the majority of the population until 2050. Although anti-immigrant sentiment continues to grow, analysts worry about the long-term affects of a falling immigration rate. At the heart of the issue, it would mean a significant decrease of  vital workers paying Social Security and Medicare for the baby boomer generation.

Please read more at The Los Angeles Times

Justice Sotomayor arrived in Puerto Rico for the first time since becoming the U.S. Supreme Court’s first Hispanic justice. Sotomayor said she was delighted to “return to her parents’ Caribbean homeland.” The High Court justice will be participating in a few private engagements and spending time with relatives.

Please read more at the Associated Press

The Connecticut Department of Higher Education has reported that the number of minority students (including Latinos) graduating from colleges and universities in the state has increased significantly since 2008.

Please read more at: The Hartford Courant