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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks before a crowd of local leaders and law enforcement officials at the Minneapolis Police Department Special Operations Center on February 4, 2013 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Ben Garvin/Getty Images)

More diversity likely in next Obama job selections

By Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- As he prepares to announce a new wave of Cabinet and other senior posts, President Barack Obama is aiming to put a more diverse face on his … Read More

President Obama's two Latino Cabinet members, Hilda Solis and Ken Salazar, are leaving the Administration.

Opinion: Why Latinos in Obama’s cabinet is not about numbers

By Dr. Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto

The proximate departure of Secretaries Solis and Salazar will represent a 0.0 level of Latino representation in President Obama's top Cabinet posts. For … Read More

Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis at her farewell salute at the Department of Labor in Washingon, D.C. on January, 22, 2013. (Courtesy Department of Labor)

[PHOTOS] Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis bids farewell

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On Tuesday more than 300 colleagues and supporters united in Washington, D.C. to salute Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on her official last day at the U.S. … Read More

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is leaving the Obama administration in March.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar leaving Obama administration

By Julia Pace, AP White House Correspondent

WASHINGTON — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will leave the Obama administration in March, an Obama administration official said Wednesday. Salazar has run … Read More

The Colorado River is important to many Latinos in the Southwest, says Paul Chavez. (Courtesy Kevin Hinson)

Opinion: Cesar Chavez’s son on why the Colorado River must be saved

By Paul F. Chavez

President Obama joined 7,000 people on Oct. 8 in dedicating the Cesar Chavez National Monument at La Paz, the 187-acre facility in the small Tehachapi Mountain … Read More

In Profile: 100 Years In US Presidential Races

Both campaigns in mad dash to get the Latino vote

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The Obama and Romney campaigns are squeezing every last hour until Tuesday campaigning for votes, mainly in battleground states.  In conversations today with … Read More