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Nearly 50 years of Earth Day and at the doorstep of the climate decade: A vision for engagement with U.S. Latinos around climate change

By Juan Declet Barreto LatinaLista This year will mark nearly a half-century of the celebration of Earth Day. Enacted in 1970 by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson (D-WI) and Congressman…

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Young Latina ‘speaks out’ on the importance of including diversity

LatinaLista — Many politicians like to invoke the facts that “we are a nation of immigrants” or that our nation was built on the back of immigrants. Either phrase…

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What Do We Know About Immigrants with Temporary Protected Status?

By Nicole Prchal Svajlenka LatinaLista (Editor’s Note: This column originally appeared on the Center for American Progress website.) Temporary Protected Status (TPS) is a little-known program that offers…

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New climate initiative ‘heats up’ in Latino communities across the country

By Mark Magaña and Dominique Browning LatinaLista It is a myth that Latinos don’t have the time nor interest to care about climate change. The truth is quite the…

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Education Immigration zNew Headline

New study finds immigrant students lead the way in pursuit of U.S. STEM careers

Marisa Treviño LatinaLista Mathematics is called the universal language. According to the website, Omniglot: There is no universal language we can talk with one another for everyone to understand,…

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Money zNew Headline

Even those on a tight budget can make and keep a New Year’s resolution to save

By Marisa Treviño LatinaLista A common resolution on everyone’s list of New Year promises to ourselves, alongside ‘exercise more,’ is saving money. With talks of a potential recession looming…

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Latinx workers may have a great work ethic but it doesn’t always translate into comfortable living

By Danyelle Solomon and Christian E. Weller LatinaLista (Editor’s Note: The following is the summary for an in-depth report by the Center for American Progress on the wealth disparity…

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A midterm election unlike others calls for new rules for electoral analysis

by Dr. G.S. Potter LatinaLista (Editor’s Note: The following article originally appeared at StrategyCamp) The November 2018 Midterm Elections will be like no other in modern American history….

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