LatinaLista — Ever since the GOP garnered big wins in the 2010 midterm elections, the immigration extremists in the party, who couldn’t care less about the Latino vote or Latinos, have acted like the mid-term wins were a sign from the American people to act upon their agenda of persecuting undocumented immigrants and revoking the [...]
Arizona’s new State Attorney General, Tom Horne, says “increased academic achievement for Latino students” violates new law
LatinaLista — Nobody can argue with the fact that when it comes to academic performance among Latino students, too many fail or drop out. To counter that dismal statistic, there are programs in place across the country specifically focused on Latino academic achievement. Most consider that a good thing since the goal is to get [...]
Backlash against GOP for failure to pass DREAM begins to be heard
LatinaLista — Something interesting has been happening since the Senate defeat of the DREAM Act before Christmas. It seems more columnists and constituents, who never wrote about the issue before, are writing about it now and all seem to be chastising the GOP and conservative Democrats for their decision to deny deserving students a chance [...]
New site promotes global crowd funding for Mexican businesses that preserve cultural heritage
LatinaLista — Over the last ten years, microlending — ordinary people donating small amounts to struggling entrepreneurs in other countries — has taken off, especially because of the Internet. Microlending organizations like KIVA or the Chiapas Project have utilized the Internet to connect donors with the entrepreneurs. Traditionally, the microlending organizations have acted as the [...]
USA: Former undocumented student shows what happens when DREAMS are realized
By Mariana D. Zamboni LatinaLista USA — Just three years ago, my friends and I gathered a compilation of different stories of undocumented immigrant students and titled it, “Underground Undergrounds: UCLA Undocumented Immigrant Students Speak Out.” Three years later, I stand amazed at their overt activism for they, we, are no longer underground. The purpose [...]
