By Lucia Almanza La Prensa San Antonio SAN ANTONIO — As families head back to school, not every child is as fortunate to depend on a strong family foundation to help them make that smooth transition. As a matter of fact, there are numerous children in San Antonio without a family who are in great [...]
New Pew survey shows social media driven by women, Latinos and blacks
LatinaLista — With every natural disaster, juicy celebrity gossip or disruptive political happening, the role of social media takes on greater importance. Yet, there are two other things people do online that overshadow the popularity of social media — send and check email and use search engines. That’s according to the latest study by the [...]
Is the American public reaching a tipping point over legislators’ handling of illegal immigration?
LatinaLista — This Thursday, Alabama was to have implemented one of the harshest immigration crackdowns in the state’s history. Yet, a judge has temporarily blocked enforcement of the law until she can determine whether or not it is constitutional. She will issue a ruling on September 28. Marchers leave Linn Park during a silent protest [...]
New Pew research underscores something is wrong with the education of Latino students
LatinaLista — The latest report on the status of Latino college enrollment rounds out an interesting snapshot. Though the high school dropout rate is the highest among Latino students, and is a statistic that fits with the popular stereotype of what some believe is the norm among Latino youth, today’s report from the Pew Hispanic [...]
AZ Dem lawmaker to John McCain: Apologize for comment on wildfire, illegal immigrants
By Anna Consie Cronkite News Service PHOENIX – A day after two Arizona men were charged with starting the Wallow Fire, a Democratic state lawmaker accused U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., of erroneously blaming the wildfire on illegal immigrants. Joined at a news conference by several Latino community leaders, Sen. Steve Gallardo, D-Phoenix, said Thursday [...]
Commentary: Diabetes in the U.S. Latino community
By Mona Alvarado Frazier Amigos805.com Last week I shared a family incident, which many people said they identified with on two levels. One was the “Sandwich Generation,” which I also call the “Quesadilla Generation,” because I often feel like sticky queso pulled between two big tortillas. And the other identification is that everyone knows someone [...]
