Archive for December, 2011
Campaigns across the country remind people to not start 2012 shooting their guns in the air
LatinaLista — 2012 is only several hours away and, yet, neighborhoods and law enforcement are bracing, not for that New York Times Square ball to drop at midnight, but for those inevitable gunshots marking the new year. Some people think it’s ok to shoot their guns at midnight tonight. After all, they’re not shooting at [...]
Spotlight Nonprofit: Making kids “TOPS” of their game on and off the court
LatinaLista — Sports has long been considered the “great equalizer.” No matter a person’s financial background, ethnicity or race, if he/she had the ability and the persistence it was believed they could make it in that sport. Yet, there are some sports, because of their cost, special equipment and playing facilities, automatically bar some children [...]
Hispanics Have Been in Texas Since November 6, 1528
By Lino Garcia Rio Grande Guardian BROWNSVILLE, TX — Pánfilo Narváez left Spain on June 12, 1526, for the voyage to the New World. On board the five vessels were 600 men, also on board, and serving as treasurer for the expedition was Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca. It took them four months to cross [...]
Less Affluent Schools, Lower Physical Education Scores?
By Monica Rohr Latino Ed Beat Latino children from low-income families face more than just academic struggles. As this story in the New York Times points out, they may also face health problems, which in turn, can contribute to lower school achievement. The story, produced by the Bay Citizen for the Times, examined state data [...]
A Deportation Love Story
Tony & Janina’s American Wedding: A Deportation Love Story premiered in October 2010 and quickly garnered awards. The documentary follows the pain of Tony and Janina and their son Brian as Janina is deported. Mother and son left together leaving behind Tony to fight for the unjust separation of families due to current immigration laws. [...]
Guest Voz: Rebuttal to Pew Hispanic survey — “Are Hispanics better off today than four years ago? NO!”
Latina Lista — The recently released Pew Hispanic survey regarding Latino voters’ feelings about the upcoming 2012 election hit a nerve with some readers. One reader, Raoul Lowery Contreras, was motivated to submit an opinion column to Latina Lista regarding his perspective on how he feels Latinos have been treated by the Obama administration. In [...]
Poor Guatemalan women escape garbage dump scavenging by becoming jewelry entrepreneurs
By Anna-Claire Bevan REVUE: Guatemala’s English-language Magazine What started out as a fun crafts workshop has become a resource for entrepreneurship, enabling many of its members to escape the dangers of working in one of Central America’s largest garbage dumps. Soda cans, milk cartons and newspapers aren’t at the top of most people’s Christmas lists, [...]
Critics call ICE’s new hotline for immigrant detainees “inadequate”
LatinaLista — No matter where he turns these days, President Obama is being soundly rebuked for his administration’s immigration enforcement policies. It doesn’t seem to matter what policy changes are issued from Washington because reports from immigrants, immigration lawyers, and immigrant advocates out in the field always tell a different story than the one Washington [...]
New Latino “action tank” creates list of projects with priority to convince Latino voters to shed parties and vote Independent
LatinaLista — No poll has to be taken to understand that Latinos are as frustrated with our nation’s politicians as the rest of the country. Just as the Tea Party gave rise to a group that gained political influence in Washington, other groups are taking their cue from them. These groups are learning that if [...]
One Latina defies critics and creates Lazy Girl Tamales
By Darlene Tenes CasaQ Okay, let’s talk about those Lazy Girl tamales. Many of you saw the article in the Mercury News that had a picture of my mom, sister and I making tamales entitled The ‘Lazy Girl’s Tamales’ mess with Latino tradition, which isn’t all that traditional, anyway.. Yes, I thought it was a [...]
