Check out debthitshard.org – a new nationwide campaign by Campus Progress to make college more affordable and reduce student debt. Watch the three awesome videos below and get involved! ———————- Debt Hits Hard: Access 48 percent of qualified low-income high school graduates are prevented from enrolling in four year institutions within two years of graduation because of cost factors. We should make sure every academically qualified student has the opportunity to go to college. ______ Debt Hits Hard: Burden 39 percent of all students with student loans, and more than half of African American and Hispanic borrowers, are graduating with unmanageable levels of student debt. ______ Debt Hits Hard: Choices Since 1991, the percentage of young people delaying marriage because of student debt has doubled. Graduates have also cited student debt as a major factor in their decisions to purchase a home, attend for graduate school , and have children. TAKE ACTION. Text “DEBT” to 30644 or visit debthitshard.org

www.americanprogress.org The Latino population is now so large, its trajectory of growth so rapid and its contrast in relative age to that of the general population so stark, that it will not be possible for the United States to advance without substantial, and so far unimagined, gains for the nation’s Latino community. The Census Bureau’s mid-range estimates for 2050 assert that the nation’s Latino population will grow by 63 million people or a stunning 48% of total US growth, and that Latinos will constitute 25% of the United States population in 2050. Henry Cisneros and Arte P�blico Press of the University of Houston celebrate the launch of their new book, Latinos and the Nation’s Future and take part in an engaging debate on what Latino growth means for our country, and what the next administration needs to do about it. Latinos and the Nation’s Future is a landmark collection of essays by leading Latino figures such as Raul Yzaguirre, Lionel Sosa and Aida Alvarez, among others, about the most pressing issues facing Latinos today and how the future of the nation is inextricably linked to that of the Hispanic community. Featured Panelists: Henry Cisneros, Executive Chairman, cityview, former San Antonio Mayor and former Secretary of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development Sarita Brown, President, Excelencia in Education Dr. Nicol�s Kanellos, Founder and Director, Arte P�blico Press Janet Murgu�a, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Council of …