Archive for September, 2011
New study shows youth gun violence among at-risk Latinos and blacks is all too common and “easy”
LatinaLista — According to the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, California ranks as the top state in the nation with the “strongest gun laws that help combat the illegal gun market, prevent the sale of guns without background checks and reduce risks to children.” Yet, a new report on youth gun violence released this [...]
Spotlight Nonprofit: Protecting the rights of crime victims
LatinaLista — Being a crime victim can be the most helpless and lonely position a person can find themselves in. For the vast majority of crime victims, it is a new experience that creates a whole new range of emotions to be experienced and thrusts a person into a legal system most only know via [...]
New Organization Offers Alternative Model for Matching Latinos’ Numbers with Local Political Influence
The Venture HOUSTON — A New Organization is forming with the hopes of transforming how Latino voters cast their ballots and conceptualize the voting process in Harris County. The group’s name tells a great deal about their concept; the Progresista Voter Union took many months to find their identity, but finally came up with a [...]
Salsa Dance Club Brings “Pure Flavor” to Campus
By Rachel Giles, Courtesy of The Voyager, University of West Florida La Costa Latina PENSACOLA, FL — “One taste is all it takes” is the spicy slogan for Pura Sabrosura, the University of West Florida salsa club. Pura Sabrosura meets Thursday nights at 7 p.m. in the [UWF] Green Room Studio in the Health, Sports, [...]
Are Latinos and blacks really brainwashed into voting for liberals?
LatinaLista — Herman Cain, the only black Republican contender for the GOP presidential nomination, is worried that he can’t count on the support of his fellow blacks to win the presidency. In a CNN interview that aired last night, Cain said “black voters have been “brainwashed” into voting for liberals…” The same argument can be [...]
Pew report paints telling profile of Latino families in poverty
LatinaLista — The latest report from the Pew Hispanic Center declaring that childhood poverty in the Latino community leads the nation isn’t a total surprise. It’s known that the recession, which triggered the loss of construction jobs, hit Latino workers the hardest. Also, the passage of anti-immigrant legislation and the increase in deportations, which lead [...]
Guest Voz: Women’s delegation to get the word out about the harm of Georgia’s immigration laws
LatinaLista – A delegation of women leaders from over two dozen national human rights organizations traveled to Georgia to spend today and tomorrow speaking out against the recent anti-immigrant laws passed in that state. The women, part of the We Belong Together delegation, plan not only on speaking out against the inhumane bill but listening too. [...]
Q&A Roundtable between President Obama and Hispanic Journalists
Remarks by the President during Hispanic Roundtable September 28, 2011 MR. SIADE: Ladies and gentlemen, señores y señoras, welcome to “Open for Questions with President Obama.” I’m Jose Siade from Yahoo Español — your host today, coming to you from the White House. I’m honored to be joined by industry colleagues Karine Medina from MSN [...]
National population campaign counts down to when planet hits 7 billion mark on Oct. 31
LatinaLista — This year, October 31, 2011 will mean something more than just a day when kids and kids-at-heart dress up in their favorite costumes, try to scare each other and go trick-or-treating. It actually will mark a very scary milestone — when the planet will have a world population of 7 billion people. The [...]
The Plight of the Miseducated: In Search of the Texan Latino Identity
By Richard G. Santos La Voz de Austin I used to tell my students and now tell audiences when the occasion arises, that U. S. history is written and taught in black and white images from the East Coast and east of the Mississippi. This automatically means that the anti-Spanish, anti-Mediterranean Black Legend is subtlety [...]
