Latinos gaining clout in voting. With a record 5 million Hispanics voting in the last presidential election and the numbers of Hispanics swelling, it's not hard to see why both major political parties want to lure their vote.
• CNN: August 21, 2000

Clinton touts Hispanic education, threatens education bill veto. President Bill Clinton renewed his threat Thursday to veto the health and education spending bill passed this week by the House of Representatives, saying it did not adequately fund programs he supports.
• CNN: June 15, 2000

Boom in college enrollment by minorities seen. University enrollment in the United States is expected to reach 16 million students by 2015, an increase of 2.6 million from 1995 numbers -- with minority students making up 80 percent of the increase, according to a report released Wednesday by the Educational Testing Service.
• CNN: May 24, 2000

Florida governor, Cabinet vote to end affirmative action in college admissions. Florida's public colleges and universities will no longer consider race or gender as part of the admissions process after the state approved a controversial plan to overhaul affirmative action.
• CNN: February 23, 2000

President Clinton announces census initiative aimed at Hispanics. President Bill Clinton unveiled a new initiative Monday to help ensure that Hispanics are counted in the 2000 Census -- which begins next month -- and to tout the Clinton administration's record of supporting programs for Hispanics, a key constituency in the upcoming presidential election.
• CNN: February 14, 2000

NAACP targets minority gap in Internet use, TV roles. Black and Hispanic families are far less likely to use computers or surf the Internet than white families, and the NAACP is launching a program to close the digital gap.
• CNN: July 13, 1999

First lady backs president at Hispanic gathering. First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton told a Hispanic group on Tuesday night that "we're made tremendous progress in the last five and a half years...
• CNN: September 23, 1998