Category: Social Justice
Indigent women of Latin America blaze new trails for themselves, their families and countries
LatinaLista — Inequality between women and men still exists in greater degrees in South America than they do anywhere else in the Western Hemisphere. A review of any telenovela makes the disparity between the sexes immediately apparent and underscores how social attitudes towards women in South America lag behind those of the United States. As [...]
New HUD report shows increase outreach to immigrants, minorities, the disabled and the LGBT
LatinaLista — Housing discrimination exists in this country. It’s a fact. In 2010, more than 10,000 fair housing discrimination complaints were received by the US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development according to the recently released analysis, Live Free: Annual Report on Fair Housing 2010. Guess who is the largest group of people discriminated against when [...]
CASA: Making a difference for San Antonio’s Children
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 [...]
Change in immigration policy helps thwart deportation of two Georgia boys — none too soon
LatinaLista — When the Obama administration announced last week the changes to how Immigration and Customs Enforcement would prioritize the deportation cases of undocumented immigrants — deport those with criminal backgrounds and defer others with no criminal history — the news was met with cautious enthusiasm. After all, no one knew how soon the changes [...]
Desperate CA farmworkers start 200-mile march to convince Gov. Brown to sign bill ensuring fair treatment
LatinaLista — Everyone thought it was a done deal. Both houses of the California legislature have passed the Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Act. The Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Act.” Introduced by Senator Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento), SB 104 would give the state’s more than 400,000 farm workers an alternative to on-the-job polling place elections [...]
Guest Voz: AT&T and T-Mobile merger — a bad call for Latinos, blacks and low-income
LatinaLista — The only time people give a second thought to their mobile phone service is when they don’t have service. Well, according to the Center for Media Justice, if the merger of T-Mobile and AT&T is approved a lot more people will give more than a second thought to their phone service, especially if [...]
Latinas and feminism go hand-in-hand in more ways than stereotypes allow
LatinaLista — There was a time among most Latinas that the term “feminism” evoked very mixed emotions. It was hard for those Latinas to take to the streets and burn their bras in protest for the dismissive treatment of women by society and then come home and, as tradition dictated, serve the men in the [...]
Commentary: Dealing with prejudice
By David Magallanes Amigos805.com Prejudice has not been a major problem in my life — at least as far as I know. I’ve brushed against it throughout my lifetime, as we all have in one form or another, whether because of our color, religion, politics, or orientation of one kind or another. I’d like to [...]
Guest Voz: LULAC celebrates 82 years of Latino advocacy with new initiative to combat childhood obesity
LatinaLista — The gains made by Latinos since the Civil Rights era have been numerous. They have been achieved in areas such as voting and property rights, access to education and healthcare, etc. None of these gains could have been made without the help and voice of Latino advocacy organizations. The role these organizations have [...]
New UN report shows women achieve varying success in equality and empowerment
LatinaLista — “We’ve come a long way baby” is something women like to say every time a new collective milestone is reached or glass ceiling cracked. In the United States, though women have achieved many accomplishments that gets them closer to parity with men, there is still a lot left to be accomplished. For example, [...]
