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    Childhood friends Ramon Rodriguez of San Carlos, Mexico and Bill Ivey of Terlingua, Texas summon people to form a human chain across the border. (Photo by Lorne Matalon)

    Two Border Villages Reunite For One Day

    By Lorne Matalon Fronteras News Desk IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RIO GRANDE — In the rural border areas of Texas, seven so-called ‘informal crossings’ were shut down following Sept. 11. These were border villages and rural economies that thrived on their interdependence. The actual border was invisible. But the shutdown destroyed that connection. Recently, [...]

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    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 [...]

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    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 [...]

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    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 [...]

    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 [...]

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    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 [...]

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    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 [...]

    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 [...]

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    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 [...]

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    Paraguay tackles math illiteracy among students starting with pre-schoolers

    LatinaLista — The United States isn’t the only country making a big push to interest students in science and math courses. One South American country is making an extra effort to not only encourage their students to like math, but are starting while the children are still in pre-school. Paraguay is a country that knows [...]

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    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 [...]

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