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    Bilingual Education Takes a New Form in California

    By Jazzmyne Bogard EL NUEVO SOL With the passing of prop 227 in 1998, which put a ban on bilingual education, many thought bilingual learning had come to an end. This ban on language learning was not because California didn’t need bilingual education in its school system, but it helped create the need for finding […]

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    Report Urges Ban on Detaining Youth Offenders Guilty of Only “Status Offenses”

    By Gary Gately Juvenile Justice Information Exchange WASHINGTON – They’re known as status offenders – youths who commit offenses that wouldn’t even be considered offenses but for their age: truancy, running away from home, curfew violations, alcohol or tobacco possession. Too often, these status offenders are treated like criminals. Thousands of them end up in […]

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    Latina bloggers explore the Latino connection with national parks

    LatinaLista — The national trend of ‘getting back to nature’ doesn’t just mean eating organic foods or simplifying our lives. It also means connecting with nature. Some will say they do that by going to a neighborhood park, running, or tending home gardens, but while all are examples of being outside there’s only one way […]

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    Hitting the Ground Running: The story of Clemente Rodriguez

    By Virginia Brooks LatinaLista It’s before dawn and Clemente Rodriguez hits the ground running. He pulls on his work clothes and heads out to meet his power line crew somewhere in East Texas to start a 10-hour day of demanding and sometimes dangerous work. Clemente is a lineman, and he spends much of his days […]

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    Intrn’l Video: Rural Colombian town fights Canadian gold mining company for survival

    LatinaLista — Indigenous and rural people throughout the Americas have long been under constant threat of attack against their way of life since the days of the Spanish conquistadores. What used to be outright murder and enslavement has evolved into displacing them or endangering their health when seizing their lands for drilling, mining or deforestation. […]

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    New report highlights abusive practices of some banks in how they charge overdraft fees

    LatinaLista — Latinos have a love-hate history with banks. A prior story on Latina Lista revealed that nearly half of all Latino households operate outside the traditional banking system, and roughly 15 percent have never even possessed a bank account. After a report released today, it’s a wonder there aren’t more Latinos, and non-Latinos, who […]

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    Latina inventor puts a new ‘edge’ to the traditional favorite empanada

    By Juan Miret LatinaLista Who would have thought that the delicious Latin American – okay, and Spanish too! – turnovers, better known as empanadas, filled with meat, seafood, vegetables, cheeses and a never-ending list of ingredientes could be reinvented? And I am not talking about changing the frying or baking of this popular Latino street […]

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    The current state of Latinas point to a mixed future

    By Mareshah Jackson Center for American Progress Latinas are a growing and influential constituency in the United States. The Latina share of the female population in the United States will increase from 16.4 percent today to 25.7 percent in 2050. Latinas are making significant strides in education, participation, health, and other areas, but there is […]

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    Viernes Video: BABYGIRL — When mijas have to grow up too fast

    LatinaLista — A common complaint of young girls, especially Latinas, these days is that they are growing up too fast — dressing beyond their years, dating too early and having children before their time. Yet, in some families, young girls are forced to grow up too fast. They’re forced to when their own parents aren’t mature […]

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