LatinaLista — Before there was Ricky Martin or Shakira, people who use their celebrity status to give back to the Latino community, there was Puerto Rican baseball player Roberto Clemente. Clemente was known as much for his humanitarian generosity as he was for his powerful throw and 3000 hits in the game, even though he [...]
Commentary: Celebrating 50th anniversary of escaping Cuba taught my three sisters and I how to survive, especially when cancer hits
By Dalia Diaz Rumbo News As February 11th is approaching, I have been preparing to celebrate the 50th anniversary of my arrival to this country; after all, escaping from Cuba in a boat and being rescued by a tanker in the middle of the Atlantic was no small feat. Now I have to step back [...]
Latino online visionaries to be recognized at official Latino SXSW Interactive event
LatinaLista — SXSW has evolved into one of the premier seen-and-be-seen events in the country. The only problem was Latinos, as an organized group, were barely seen at all. That changed last year when Austin-based Cultural Strategies launched The Social Revolución during SXSW Interactive. Described as “an interactive movement of Latinos using social media to [...]
Video: ‘The Latino poet of his generation’ uses verse to break ‘taken-for-granted” realities
LatinaLista — The recent re-election of President Obama may not have drawn the same amount of public jubilation as back in 2008 but it reaffirmed the nation’s commitment to stand behind a Democrat who is a man of color. His re-election signals the progress being made towards Dr. King’s vision of looking past the color [...]
Delaware school district makes changes in teaching English to English Language Learners
Gabriel Pilonieta-Blanco El Tiempo Hispano The Christina School District is preparing to implement changes in teaching English as a second language. As we reported in our last issue, the Christina District administration will implement a series of measures to improve the teaching of English to English language learners in the different schools in the district. [...]
White House loud and clear on immigration reform but ignores Latino community’s outcry over abusive actions by ICE and Border Patrol
LatinaLista — Even though two different immigration reform plans have been laid out, there is still criticism that existing White House directives to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to not apprehend and place in deportation proceedings non-threatening undocumented immigrants is routinely being ignored by ICE agents out in the field. News reports of mass [...]
