How Hispanics are revitalizing our declining economy, energizing our distressed troops, and invigorating our transitioning national government, featuring candid and revealing interviews with prominent Hispanics such as the new Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Jennifer Lopez, and George Lopez. Hispanics' involvement in society is at an all-time high--and growing exponentially. Geraldo's judicious reporting addresses the nation's most critical issues under the Obama administration and enlightens those who seek real change and a new, more progressive American era.--From publisher description.

"A Celebra book."

The first brown president --Hawkeye State Somalis: the illogic of recent immigration policies -- The storm along the border -- The Hispanic consumer: the new engine of American commerce -- How brown is my valley: how Hispanics will save Social Security -- Reverse migration: when the building stopped -- A hogar is not a home: how aspiration, greed and failed assumptions bankrupted the Latino American dream -- Ending the education siesta: because if we don't, nothing else matters -- The (not so) foreign legion: the Latinization of America's military -- The Boy Scouts get it: the importance of Latinos to U.S. institutions -- Hispanics and the new union movement -- Disfrute: Hispanic impact on the multibillion-dollar style, fashion, arts and entertainment industries -- The Spanish Republicans: the party of lost opportunity -- After Castro: relations with Cuba and Latin America in the twenty-first century -- Beisbol: how Latinos took over America's favorite pastime -- Mutts like us: the impact of intermarriage on Latino political power -- Spanglish: the rapid spread of the world's newest language -- Conclusion: the shared destiny of America and her Latino population. The first brown president -- Hawkeye State Somalis: the illogic of recent immigration policies -- The storm along the border -- The Hispanic consumer: the new engine of American commerce -- How brown is my valley: how Hispanics will save Social Security -- Reverse migration: when the building stopped -- A hogar is not a home: how aspiration, greed and failed assumptions bankrupted the Latino American dream -- Ending the education siesta: because if we don't, nothing else matters -- The (not so) foreign legion: the Latinization of America's military -- The Boy Scouts get it: the importance of Latinos to U.S. institutions -- Hispanics and the new union movement -- Disfrute: Hispanic impact on the multibillion-dollar style, fashion, arts and entertainment industries -- The Spanish Republicans: the party of lost opportunity -- After Castro: relations with Cuba and Latin America in the twenty-first century -- Beisbol: how Latinos took over America's favorite pastime -- Mutts like us: the impact of intermarriage on Latino political power -- Spanglish: the rapid spread of the world's newest language -- Conclusion: the shared destiny of America and her Latino population.