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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
LatinaLista — If ever proof was needed to show that this Administration would go out of its way to connect terrorism with undocumented immigrants, we have it now, courtesy of a federal audit. The Department of Justice’s Internal Controls…
LatinaLista — It was only a matter of time. It was only a matter of time before some in the Latino community would feel that they had to take a more public and vocal stance against the wave of…
It’s been widely believed in the illegal immigration debate that there are only two ways to see this debate: you’re either for it or against it. Either way involves just seeing where the issue stands today. Some see the…
LatinaLista — It really is difficult being an undocumented immigrant in this country. Forget the ICE round-ups or the vague immigration reform debate supposedly happening in DC or even the penalizing ordinances being passed by towns and cities across…
LatinaLista — If Homeland Security had had their way, in addition to watching Super Bowl commercials of men pulling out their chest hairs after eating a Snickers bar, we would have been subject to watching a recruitment ad for…
LatinaLista — Sometimes songs really do say it all. Happy Valentine’s Day — today and every day! (click on the title to hear the song) What The World Needs Now Is Love What the world needs now is love,…
LatinaLista World War II (1941 -1945) It has been estimated that anywhere from 250,000 to 500,000 Hispanics served in the armed forces during World War II. This represents a range of 2.5 to 5% of all persons who served…
LatinaLista — One of the reasons why the immigration marches and rallies of last spring were so powerful was because the actual voices of those affected by the debate were speaking out. Too often their voices get lost amid…
LatinaLista — “It’s my fault. I make him mad.” I don’t know how many times I’ve heard or read that sentence from young Latinas trying to justify the reason why their novios (boyfriends) gave them a black eye. For…
LatinaLista “To put this death toll in perspective, the fortified US border with Mexico has been more than 10 times deadlier to migrants from Mexico during the past nine years than the Berlin Wall was to East Germans throughout…
LatinaLista — The answer to the title of this post sounds like it should be a no-brainer but with the Army under pressure to meet its quota to help with the additional troops President Bush has decided is needed…
LatinaLista — For every five steps we think we’re taking to cleanse this country of racism, discrimination and prejudice, we always end up sliding back and starting all over again. The latest example of how we’re dancing around the…
LatinaLista — An interesting study released by the University of Chicago last week titled the Black Youth Project surveyed attitudes of young people ages 15 to 25. Though the study focused on young Blacks, Whites and Latinos also comprised…
LatinaLista — As we reported this morning, the Ibrahim family has been released from the T. Don Hutto Residential facility. Mrs. Ibrahim hugs her 3-year-old daughter whom she hasn’t seen in 3 months. Children hug their long-missed 3-year-old sister….
LatinaLista — The first family at the T. Don Hutto Residential Facility, the converted prison where non-Mexican immigrant families awaiting processing of their deportation cases, have been released. T. Don Hutto Residential facility E-rumors were circulated late last night…
LatinaLista — Red as in today is “National Wear Red Day!” Today, is when we mujeres remind ourselves that heart disease is the Number One killer among Latinas! Though the risk rises as we get older, Latinas of all…
LatinaLista — Whenever there is a problem to be solved, thousands of dollars will be spent on consultants, focus groups and meetings — all dedicated to trying to solve a problem that usually affects “other” people. Take for instance…
LatinaLista — On December 20, 2006, Nielsen Media Research released their “Most Popular” lists for 2006. The lists are pretty comprhensive. From tv shows and songs to web sites and advertising trends, the list seems extremely thorough. Given their…
