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Guest Voz: Time for Latinos to give back to our parks on National Public Lands Day 2018

By Felipe Benítez LatinaLista September 22 marks the 25th National Public Lands Day, the largest, all-volunteer event focused on restoring America’s public lands. Hundreds of thousands of individuals and…

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Latest poll shows Latino voters still sleeping when it comes to midterm elections

Marisa Treviño LatinaLista The upcoming midterm elections are viewed as a ‘pivotal’ election for the nation. For one side, it’s about protecting the GOP majority and the Trump administration….

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Unique online course strives to bring Puerto Rico’s ongoing crisis ‘home’ to students

LatinaLista — In the hours after Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico, it was obvious, to those islanders accustomed to weathering tropical storms, that this was no ordinary hurricane….

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Heartbreaking video of reunited mother trying to hug her toddler. Look what happens.

Marisa Treviño LatinaLista Regular readers of Latina Lista have kindly noticed that I’ve been taking a little break. After 14 years of chronicling social injustices, I felt drained, even…

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Trump’s executive order ending immigrant family separation doesn’t address getting current child detainees back to their parents

LatinaLista — President Donald Trump signed today, under duress, an executive order to stop separating immigrant families. However, this order does not address reunifying families. The ongoing trauma that…

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Look at what the White House just released to justify the Trump administration’s own policy of separating immigrant children from their parents

Marisa Treviño LatinaLista If there is one real truth about Trump and his White House staff, it’s that they lie. They distort facts, they take things out of context…

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Why People Continue to Flee Violence in Latin American Countries

By Silva Mathema ncluido The April arrival of the Central American caravan at the southern U.S. border once again placed the nation’s focus on individuals and families who…

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New online map shows aspiring Latino politicians which races they could win

LatinaLista — It’s said that the only way to change a culture is to change it from within. What better way than to change the rampant racism and insensitivity…

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Guest Voz: Time for Latinos to give back to our parks on National Public Lands Day 2018

Latest poll shows Latino voters still sleeping when it comes to midterm elections

Unique online course strives to bring Puerto Rico’s ongoing crisis ‘home’ to students

Heartbreaking video of reunited mother trying to hug her toddler. Look what happens.

Trump’s executive order ending immigrant family separation doesn’t address getting current child detainees back to their parents

Look at what the White House just released to justify the Trump administration’s own policy of separating immigrant children from their parents

Why People Continue to Flee Violence in Latin American Countries

New online map shows aspiring Latino politicians which races they could win

Guest Voz: Time for Latinos to give back to our parks on National Public Lands Day 2018

Latest poll shows Latino voters still sleeping when it comes to midterm elections

Unique online course strives to bring Puerto Rico’s ongoing crisis ‘home’ to students

Heartbreaking video of reunited mother trying to hug her toddler. Look what happens.

Trump’s executive order ending immigrant family separation doesn’t address getting current child detainees back to their parents

Look at what the White House just released to justify the Trump administration’s own policy of separating immigrant children from their parents

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