LatinaLista — It didn’t take long before former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson was forced a few weeks ago to “explain” his controversial remarks describing Texas Sen. Ted Cruz as a Latino who should not be defined as one. When asked by ABC News whether he thought Cruz represented Latinos with his politics, Richardson answered: [...]
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New report underscores Indigenous men making political progress in South America, but women not so much
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Forty percent decline in Latina teen birthrate goes beyond sex education
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The perception of Mexico in the U.S. hits a new low, according to survey
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Video: How Chicano history shaped El Teatro Campesino
Video Showcase
Video: How Chicano history shaped El Teatro Campesino
Intrn’l Video: Mayan youth share why they’re proud to be Indigenous
Video: Latino technology entrepreneur transforms science fiction into reality one ‘cara’ at a time
Video: Another deportation rips apart yet another family with a young child growing up too fast
Viernes Video: New Latino web series vows to only post second episode if 1,000 Likes are registered on Facebook
Video: A short introduction to Latin American Women Artists of 1915-1995
Intrn’l Video: A journey through Peru and Bolivia’s most treasured landmarks
Video: Veteran organizer Marshall Ganz shares his memories of working for social change with Cesar Chavez
Video: Do the Democrats have a lock on the Hispanic vote?
Viernes Video: The cruel irony of celebrating Dia de los Muertos for families of the deceased undocumented
Video: Online campaign Global Mom Relay culminates with interactive UN conference celebrating mothers everywhere
Video: Northwestern students challenge administrators and classmates to re-evaluate diversity and racism on campus
Palabra Final
Sen. Cruz seems to forget who lives in Texas with latest anti-immigrant congressional tactic
Community Stories
The perception of Mexico in the U.S. hits a new low, according to survey
By Luis Barrio Borderzine The U.S. view of Mexico is at its worst level since 1994 and although Americans consider Mexico an important neighbor few Americans are aware of how strong the economic ties are between the two nations. In general, the perception today in the U.S. of Mexico is not favorable according to a [...]
BlogBeat
Report: Becoming an American Can Be Bad for Your Health
SaludToday A growing body of mortality research on immigrants has shown that the longer they live in the United States, the worse their rates of heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes, according to a New York Times report. According to the report: For Hispanics, now the nation’s largest immigrant group, the foreign-born live about [...]
Life Issues
Forty percent decline in Latina teen birthrate goes beyond sex education
LatinaLista — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a set of findings today that finally have longtime teen pregnancy prevention advocates optimistic. The study, Declines in State Teen Birth Rates by Race & Hispanic Origin, found that the overall teen birth rate dropped by almost half — “from 61.8 per 1,000 teenagers [...]
Children’s Book Week celebrates youth literature but needs to do more to highlight authors of color
LatinaLista — Since 1919, an official time has been set aside to celebrate children’s books. This week marks the 94th anniversary of Children’s Book Week, (May 13-17). The week is highlighted by a variety of literacy activities and readings held in over 50 cities. It’s also the time that young readers learn which of their [...]
It doesn’t take a superhero to save the planet, just a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions
By Jaclyn Lopez LatinaLista Two pieces of startling, yet intertwined news made headlines this weekend: (1) we’re eleven hundredths away from hitting a new, grim climate change marker; and (2)climate change will cause widespread species extinctions. Scientists had originally reported that readings at the Mauna Loa observatory, where we measure the amount of carbon dioxide [...]
Seven Boyle Heights Latina teens become empowered creating photo exhibit around saintly icon
LatinaLista — Visit any Mexican American community or family home and chances are there is a statue or portrait of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patron saint of Catholic Mexicans. In fact, Our Lady of Guadalupe has reached such iconic status that her image has gone from church pedestals and home altars to pop art, t-shirts, [...]
Reflections of the first-ever San Antonio to Laredo ultra marathon
By Manuel “Manny” Davila LatinaLista When I told people I wanted to do an ultra-marathon relay from San Antonio to Laredo, most people thought I was crazy. “Why would you do that?”, most asked as if I was one step away from being locked up at a mental hospital. Why? The reason why is that [...]
New apps help women of color close the gap in accessing life-saving cancer information
LatinaLista — In 2010, the Health 2.0 Developer Challenge was launched to spur creativity among developers to come up with apps that would solve issues in the healthcare field. One such issue has been the unequal access to healthcare information and treatment between women of color and Anglo women. Research has shown that Latinas and [...]
Embroidery Collective Gives Voice to Mexico’s Victims of Gender-Based Killings
By Mayela Sanchez Global Press Institute A group of mostly women remember victims of gender-based killings by embroidering their stories on handkerchiefs and displaying them at local demonstrations and events. There were more than 34,000 feminicides in Mexico from 1985 to 2009. Performing a traditional craft that requires time and patience, the embroiderers say they [...]
Study finds states with largest number of full-time Latina workers suffer from punishing wage gaps
LatinaLista — Though women have gone into space, enlist in the military, sit on the Supreme Court, head up Fortune 500 companies and have even run for president of the United States, women still get paid less than men for doing the same jobs. Nationally, women, overall, are paid 77 cents for every dollar paid [...]
Education expert says Latino parents must create mandate for their children to succeed in school
By Maria de Lourdes Perez Ramírez LatinaLista María and Luis Durán do not speak a word in English nor have a formal education. Yet, the couple who came to the US from El Salvador in 1989 was the critical element in their two children’s educational success. Success that happens because of what Mariela Dabbah, a [...]
Guest Voz: Medicare Patients Must Defend What Is Left
LatinaLista — While the federal deficit is a scary enough scenario, it remains for too many people an abstract event. It’s not until Washington starts eliminating programs and reducing funding for others that the seriousness of the situation comes home. Unfortunately, the very programs targeted for cuts or elimination are some of the very programs [...]
Video: A short introduction to Latin American Women Artists of 1915-1995
LatinaLista — Frida Kahlo is perhaps the most recognizable name among Latin American women artists who ever lived — but she is far from the only one. Rather than be seen as the definitive Latin American woman artist, a special exhibit in 1995 highlighted a range of such female artists spanning the years 1915-1995. “Latin American [...]
New study finds girls could pursue STEM careers, but they’re choosing not to
LatinaLista — As the national economy begins to transform itself to better handle its future role in a global economy, more emphasis and attention are being directed at encouraging students to major in science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) careers. As of now, the vast majority of students who do major in STEM careers are [...]
Global Views
New report underscores Indigenous men making political progress in South America, but women not so much
LatinaLista — In Latin America and the Caribbean there are approximately 50 million indigenous peoples, about 10% of the total population. However, in two countries, Peru and Guatemala, indigenous peoples encompass almost half of the population, and in Bolivia, they are over 60% of the total population. Even though in Mexico indigenous peoples cover only [...]
Causes
Spotlight Nonprofit: Latina teens get a new ‘circle’ of friends who help make their college dreams a reality
LatinaLista — While more Latinas are going to college and getting their degrees, it’s also true that young Latinas are still the largest group who are getting pregnant in high school, not finishing their education and perpetuating a cycle of poverty and low-wage jobs in their communities. In North Carolina, young Latinas, starting in the [...]
Culture
Video: How Chicano history shaped El Teatro Campesino
LatinaLista — While Latinos have had a hard time finding a ‘home’ in the Hollywood film industry, the same can’t totally be said for the world of theater. While there are some theater houses who were as discriminatory as their Hollywood counterparts, it was much easier for Latinos to create their own foothold in theater. [...]
Guest Voz
Guest Voz: Chicano history reading more like a bad translation
By Rodolfo F. Acuña LatinaLista As we distance ourselves from the sixties, more and more Chicana/o monographs and dissertations are being written in translation. Many of the young scholars have never been involved in the civil rights movement, and much of what they write about the past is hearsay. Like any other secondhand narrative, it [...]
