LatinaLista — For those of us who have entertained the idea of seeing the first Hispanic President of the United States, well, we might have to wait a few more years. Today, Young Voter Strategies released a poll titled Polling Young Voters, Volume III: Early 2008 Presidential Picks. The poll asked young adults who they [...]
Is New Mexican Site Calling for Deportation of the Undocumented the Real Thing?
LatinaLista — It’s a well-known fact within Latino communities that the truest victims, who are most powerless in this immigration debate, are not the undocumented who are here or even the children born or brought here, but the spouses and children left behind south of the border. Too many times, the men who leave their [...]
America’s Concentration Camp Feeling the Heat
LatinaLista — There are a few updates regarding the T. Don Hutto Residential Facility in Taylor, Texas. An eyewitness reports: The razor wire has finally come down around the perimeter fence at the T. Don Hutto prison in Taylor Texas. As I was driving down Welch Street this Thursday afternoon (1:06PM), I witnessed the last [...]
Not All Life’s Lessons Can be Learned from Telenovelas
LatinaLista — This morning, it was revealed that Univision, the nation’s largest supplier of Spanish-language imported programming, got slapped with a record $24 million fine from the Federal Communications Commission. It seems that Univision was lacking when it came to educational programming for children. It’s no surprise since the network’s moneymakers are the Mexican-made telenovelas. [...]
Dallas Latino Middle School Students are Saying Cheese – But Nobody is Smiling; They’re Dying
LatinaLista — The emails started coming this past Monday: “Latino kids being targeted. Please help. Get involved.” That was the gist of a city-wide campaign in Dallas spearheaded by Latino community leaders when they heard the news of a 15-year-old Latino student, Oscar Gutierrez, who died last weekend after a long struggle with drug use. [...]
Scholarship List for Undocumented Students
LatinaLista hi right now im about to graduate and i come from a low income family since my father left us my mom has to take care of 4 children (including me) on a low wage and i want to go to college but im not eligible for scholarships because of my residency status…could you [...]