Presidential aspirants John McCain and Barack Obama both addressed the National Council of La Raza's annual convention.  Here are transcripts of each candidate's speech.

First, John McCain's Monday address. 

Next, Barack Obama's Tuesday speech . 

-- by Ana Rivas, The Wall St. Journal

Latino bloggers covering the presidential campaign reacted this week to recent efforts by both candidates with their usual spotting of simplistic stereotypes in the candidates’ outreach efforts, and with a new joint initiative that raises some tough questions — 38 to be precise.

-- by N.C. Aizenman, The Washington Post  

A 30-year-old single mother from Manassas recently visited a notary public to formally arrange custody for her toddler son after she's gone.

It's deportation, not death, that has her worried.

In the early 1990s, daily newspapers in cities with significant Latino populations rolled out bilingual sections and inserts to appeal to Spanish-speaking readers. The publications floundered and most bilingual sections are now a thing of the past.

Hispanic patients with diabetes appear to have less frequent eye examinations than the national average for Hispanic individuals, and many are not aware of the potential ocular complications of diabetes, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

by Annabelle Gray, Associated Press

DALLAS — Some 48 students fill each of the auditorium-style classrooms, their bulky Immigration Law Handbooks tabbed with dozens of colorful stickies and laptop computers within reach.

For the next six weeks, the men and women who make up each class will study topics such as logic, ethics, legal decision-making, discretion, immigration history and trends.

Newsweek Associate Editor and Political Blogger Andrew Romano sees very little difference between John McCain and Barack Obama on the immigration issue :

Of all the fights Barack Obama and John McCain could pick with each other--Iraq, health care, taxes--immigration is perhaps the silliest. Why? Because the Democrat and the Republican don't actually, you know, disagree.

In an editorial for The Politico, Daniel Restrepo urges the next president to "leave behind the hate-filled demagoguery that defines the immigration debate [and] instead focus on practical, effective solutions to our country’s immigration challenge ."

-- Spanish Language TV Journalists Paid Less

The San Francisco Chronicle reports on contract negotiations by studio employees at Spanish-language news station KDTV and points out that reporters and producers at Spanish-language TV stations across the country earn 25% less on average than their counterparts at English-languag stations.

-- Hispanic Radio Hits Rough Wave