RAY SUAREZ

In a few decades, the U. S. economy will increasingly rest on the shoulders of a largely non-white, heavily Latino work force providing services and care to millions of white retirees.

As Latinos become a larger part of the American whole, quietly consigning them to failure and isolation is hardly a recipe for national prosperity and stability. Whether they realize it or not, all Americans are now deeply invested in the successful integration of Latinos. Their own futures affluence and well-being might well depend on it.

Catholic Charities is already one of the largest government contractors in the United States.

In minority communities with high levels of family dissolution, high rates of unemployment among already low-income male breadwinners, and high numbers of households headed by single women, the issue of abortion has a palpable economic dimension that is rarely reflected by the rather abstract national political debate over reproductive rights. That might explain why African Americans and Latinos tend to support politicians who are pro-choice even though the dominant Black and Hispanic religious groups disapprove of abortion

Catholic Charities is already one of the largest government contractors in the United States.

In minority communities with high levels of family dissolution, high rates of unemployment among already low-income male breadwinners, and high numbers of households headed by single women, the issue of abortion has a palpable economic dimension that is rarely reflected by the rather abstract national political debate over reproductive rights. That might explain why African Americans and Latinos tend to support politicians who are pro-choice even though the dominant Black and Hispanic religious groups disapprove of abortion

As Latinos become a larger part of the American whole, quietly consigning them to failure and isolation is hardly a recipe for national prosperity and stability. Whether they realize it or not, all Americans are now deeply invested in the successful integration of Latinos. Their own futures affluence and well-being might well depend on it.

In a few decades, the U. S. economy will increasingly rest on the shoulders of a largely non-white, heavily Latino work force providing services and care to millions of white retirees.