LatinaLista — It used to be Latino voters were so predictable. Any politician campaigning for office knew they could get Latino voters in their corner if they included on the stump: talk about strong family values, the immorality of abortion and homosexuality and, for Cubans, condemned Castro. Aside from strong family values, everything else has [...]
Insight Tr3s Ten years ago, the Billboard Latin Music Awards were dominated by artists that were ‘imported’ to the United States. This year, Bronx-born bachata star Prince Royce took home Artist of the Year and other bicultural acts such as Romeo Santos, Pitbull and Enrique Iglesias racked up key nominations, making it clear that Latin [...]
By Rodolfo F. Acuña LatinaLista I recently relented to pressure of a former student to go on Facebook. He persuaded on its usefulness as an organizing tool. Once I got on FB I could see that I could not break my classroom habits and I feared that I would come across as too preachy. The [...]
By Alain Castillo LatinaLista Joseph Ruiz sees the world as a big ball of mystery that still needs to be explored. Once he discovers its secrets, he wants to lead and be its hero. “There are so many things we don’t know yet…people are trying to figure out the mysteries of the world,” said Joseph, [...]
SaludToday Latino patients reported significantly higher rates of pain, numbness, cognition difficulties, vomiting and severe sadness than non-Hispanics in a recent survey of 622 cancer patients awaiting appointments at three hospitals in the Bronx, New York City’s poorest borough, Internal Medicine News reports. About 45% of Hispanic patients reported moderate to severe pain, more than [...]
By Devin Browne Fronteras News Desk PHOENIX — Last month, Time Magazine featured a 27-year-old undocumented immigrant activist from Phoenix in its list of the world’s 100 most influential people. The activist, Dulce Matuz, an advocate for undocumented migrant youth looking for a pathway to citizenship, was featured alongside Marco Rubio, the Middleton sisters, and [...]
LatinaLista — It used to be Latino voters were so predictable. Any politician campaigning for office knew they could get Latino voters in their corner if they included on the stump: talk about strong family values, the immorality of abortion and homosexuality and, for Cubans, condemned Castro. Aside from strong family values, everything else has [...]
LatinaLista — The main thesis of a new paper about immigration titled Rationalizing U.S. Immigration Policy: Reforms for Simplicity, Fairness, and Economic Growth revolves around this simple assertion: The economic consensus is that, taken as a whole, immigrants raise living standards for American workers by boosting demand and increasing productivity, contributing to innovation, and lowering prices [...]
By Devin Browne Fronteras News Desk PHOENIX — Last month, Time Magazine featured a 27-year-old undocumented immigrant activist from Phoenix in its list of the world’s 100 most influential people. The activist, Dulce Matuz, an advocate for undocumented migrant youth looking for a pathway to citizenship, was featured alongside Marco Rubio, the Middleton sisters, and [...]
Bilingual Weekly STOCKTON, CA — In an effort to give free financial literacy courses and personal finance development programs to impoverished minorities in San Joaquin; Leandro Vicuña put on a Free Financial Literacy Workshop at the Stockton Civic Auditorium — a program offered by Sus Finanzas. “100 to 150 persons attended the workshop during its [...]
SaludToday Latino patients reported significantly higher rates of pain, numbness, cognition difficulties, vomiting and severe sadness than non-Hispanics in a recent survey of 622 cancer patients awaiting appointments at three hospitals in the Bronx, New York City’s poorest borough, Internal Medicine News reports. About 45% of Hispanic patients reported moderate to severe pain, more than [...]
By Katherine Leal Unmuth Latino Ed Beat The achievement gap between Latino and white eighth-graders in science is narrowing, according to National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) data released on Thursday. Between 2009 and 2011, average science scores among Hispanic students increased by five points, compared with a three-point increase for black students and one [...]
By Lilly Zeller LatinaLista We have a tendency to associate each month with one or several causes. Many of us do not realize that that are a vast number of causes celebrated each month. Unless we have a certain condition or diagnosis, or someone close to us happens to be affected by any given cause, [...]
LatinaLista — Cancer sucks! For anyone diagnosed with it, it’s a horrific, painful, scary thing to go through. Watching someone go through the treatments, especially loved ones, is hard but watching a child endure the pain and fear of the disease is heart-wrenching. Rabbi Elimelech Goldberg, or Rabbi G as he’s called, knew firsthand how [...]
By Alain Castillo LatinaLista Joseph Ruiz sees the world as a big ball of mystery that still needs to be explored. Once he discovers its secrets, he wants to lead and be its hero. “There are so many things we don’t know yet…people are trying to figure out the mysteries of the world,” said Joseph, [...]
LatinaLista — Critics of the death penalty have ample ammunition to prove their case when using Texas as an example. The state has become almost as widely known for its exonerations as its executions. One case that is drawing renewed interest is the execution of Carlos DeLuna from Corpus Christi, Texas. DeLuna was arrested in [...]
By Anna-Claire Bevan LatinaLista GUATEMALA CITY — When in July of 2010 the municipality of Guatemala City called for all red buses to be removed from certain parts of the capital, Hugo Cristal and his business partner Alexander Escobar came up with a novel way to keep their bus in service — a fast-food restaurant [...]
by Dina Gonzalez Global Press Institute Although paco, a drug derived from cocaine, has a reputation of being a lower-class drug, it has extended to affect middle-class families as well. Families of people addicted to the popular street drug are demanding more state intervention, while authorities say families must take more responsibility for their drug-addicted [...]
By Gaby Pacheco LatinaLista Next month, the country’s educational community celebrates the 30th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Plyler vs. Doe. In Plyer vs. Doe, the high court ruled in June 1982 that it was against the law to prohibit primary and secondary education to an undocumented student. Although the decision [...]
By Elena Shore New America Media Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio on Wednesday dismissed speculation that he could be the vice presidential nominee, but he is preparing to make another political play
Insight Tr3s Ten years ago, the Billboard Latin Music Awards were dominated by artists that were ‘imported’ to the United States. This year, Bronx-born bachata star Prince Royce took home Artist of the Year and other bicultural acts such as Romeo Santos, Pitbull and Enrique Iglesias racked up key nominations, making it clear that Latin [...]
LatinaLista — The perception that there are a lot of Latino children running and skipping on playgrounds across the country is no mirage. According to the Pew Hispanic Center, the number of Latino students in the nation’s public schools nearly doubled from 1990 to 2006. Currently, according to Childstats.gov, Latino children (0-17) account for 24 [...]
By Rodolfo F. Acuña LatinaLista I recently relented to pressure of a former student to go on Facebook. He persuaded on its usefulness as an organizing tool. Once I got on FB I could see that I could not break my classroom habits and I feared that I would come across as too preachy. The [...]
By Norma Espinosa Center for American Progress Over the past few months, the fight to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, or VAWA, has been caught up in the perpetually stifling congressional environment. Passed in 1994 VAWA was intended to improve the criminal justice system by strengthening federal penalties for domestic violence offenders, training for [...]
LatinaLista — What does it say when someone endorses a political candidate and then turns around and cautions that same candidate to tweak his message? It actually says a lot more than we think. Two days ago, Jeb Bush — a GOP favorite to throw his hat into the presidential ring — made it clear [...]
LatinaLista — Sadly, some of the GOP presidential candidates are still trying to show the extent of their conservatism to their political base by going on record saying anything — even when it insults a demographic that will someday soon be in the majority. Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum have each conveyed their willingness to [...]
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