LatinaLista In 1989, a young girl named Elizabeth “Lizzie” Velasquez was born to two excited first-time parents, Rita and Lupe. Doctors soon discovered that Lizzie was one of only three people in the entire world who possess an extremely…
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HIPGive Campaign: Solidaridad — Developing tomorrow’s farmworker leaders
May 12, 2014, 5:55 PM 0
HIPGive is a Latino-focused online giving platform focused on facilitating smart investments in innovation and Latino communities across the U.S. and the Americas. Every Monday, HIPGive and Latina Lista team together to highlight one of HIPGive’s worthy campaigns. Provide…
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Latina Lista launches partnership with HIPGive to highlight Latino-focused crowd sourcing campaigns
May 5, 2014, 12:29 PM 0
LatinaLista — Ever since Latina Lista‘s own experience with crowdfunding among our readers to send a reporter to cover a hate crime trial in 2011, I have been a huge fan of supporting crowdfunding campaigns. So, when the new…
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Video: Increasing the minimum wage — a debate that doesn’t add up
Apr 14, 2014, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — The issue of what is a fair wage has garnered increasing debate with the House of Representatives’ opposition to federally increase the minimum wage. This legislative void has spurred more states to take up the cause and…
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Viernes Video: Al Jazeera English creates reality show thrusting ordinary Americans into the heart and death of undocumented immigration
Apr 11, 2014, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — In the vein of MTV’s iconic “Real World” reality series, Al Jazeera English debuts a new series that could be said to literally follow in its predecessor’s footsteps. However, these footsteps have less to do with MTV…
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Victory for Philadelphia’s immigrant community
Mar 26, 2014, 4:28 PM 0
J.Smith LatinaLista Philadelphia – “Sin Papeles, No Miedo.” Without Papers, We’re Not Afraid.” For more than five years, this was the defiant cry of immigrant advocacy groups fighting against the collaborative relationship between local law enforcement and federal immigration…
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New UN report shines glaring spotlight on US handling of unaccompanied children crossing US-Mexico border
Mar 14, 2014, 2:45 PM 0
LatinaLista — Since the start of the Syrian conflict, network news shows have devoted hours of coverage on the traumatizing effect that the conflict is having on the children — and, rightly so. Whenever children are victimized by situations…
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Latino Scholar Q&A: Deportees shuttled within “largely unknown bureaucratic system”
Mar 11, 2014, 3:01 PM 0
By Emily Weir LatinaLista Throughout America, immigrants — most of whom haven’t even been accused of a crime — are jailed alongside convicted criminals. Immigration officials can legally hold noncitizens indefinitely before deporting them, and without giving them legal…
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Video: New documentary forces nation to remember how a young generation helped turn the tide for Civil Rights
Mar 3, 2014, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — Civil rights is synonymous with the struggles of black citizens for equality. Yet, it is not often remembered that during the summer of 1964, college students took an active, and dangerous, part in helping African Americans attain…
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National “Rolling Jubilee” campaign strives to liberate people from debt
Feb 24, 2014, 1:49 PM 0
By Anna-Claire Bevan LatinaLista A group of former Occupy Wall Street activists has abolished nearly $15 million of medical debt as part of a debt cancellation initiative to liberate debtors at random. Since November 2012, Rolling Jubilee, which is…
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Intrn’l Video: Protesting displacement of 4,000 Brazilian families ahead of World Cup
Feb 19, 2014, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — When Brazil was awarded the 2014 World Cup, media images showed Brazilians overjoyed at the prospect of hosting the megagames of their beloved sport, “futebol,” on their home turf. Yet, as preparations accelerate for the monthlong tournament…
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Video: Couture designer makes caring for the environment runway chic
Feb 18, 2014, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — Nancy Judd is a couture fashion designer. Her designs are included in the Smithsonian’s permanent collection. She has been featured on the frontpage of the Wall Street Journal. Her couture designs routinely are included in traveling exhibits…
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Video: Hawaiian judge creates new program for parolees that gives HOPE they won’t return behind bars
Feb 10, 2014, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — The penal system is big business in the United States, especially when most of the inmates go through the revolving door. Those released on probation usually find themselves back behind bars after violating their probations – at…
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Video: Former juvenile offender turns life around with education and advocacy
Feb 3, 2014, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — William Lopez had a rough childhood. “Had” is the operative word. Pleading to manslaughter at the age of 18, Lopez spent more than 15 years in the juvenile and adult prison system. While he was locked up,…
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Latest study shames Sunday morning political talk shows over egregious lack of diversity and thinking only white males are smart
Jan 30, 2014, 3:54 PM 0
LatinaLista — Anyone who regularly watches the Sunday morning political talk shows knows that the hosts and vast majority of guests are white and male. For anyone who tries to refute that obvious diversity imbalance, there’s a quarterly study…
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Intrn’l Video: Documentary premieres online & in theaters challenging to take a stand ending child slavery
Jan 29, 2014, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — It is no coincidence that the new documentary #standwithme makes its global debut on February 1, National Freedom Day. The film is about a 9-year-old girl named Vivienne Harr, who was so disturbed seeing a picture of…
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Video: PBS airs new documentary looking at the “State of Arizona” since passage of SB1070
Jan 27, 2014, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — Tomorrow night, January 28, 2014, President Obama will deliver his sixth State of the Union address (SOTU). And as he has in past addresses, it’s expected he will discuss the need to pass immigration reform. A couple…
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Video: Docu-Series examines Latino identity among Afro-Latinos
Jan 6, 2014, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — The struggles of African Americans throughout U.S. history are well-documented. Unfortunately, the same can’t be said about blacks in Latin America. In many cases, blacks south of the U.S. border have been rendered socially invisible and are…
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Spotlight Nonprofit: Creating a way to tackle poverty with coffee and “Simply Smiles”
Dec 16, 2013, 5:36 PM 0
LatinaLista — Indian-American singer Anand Bhatt is what many would call a “Latino at heart.” This 37-year-old who grew up in Chicago has a love affair with Mexico. So much so, that it’s not surprising he found himself picking…
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Video: Catholic group raises red flag on faith-based organizations’ release of Development Aid treating HIV-AIDS sufferers in Africa
Dec 2, 2013, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013, was the 25th anniversary of World Aids Day. A different kind of video, from an unlikely source, marked the anniversary of a disease that has garnered worldwide financial support for research and treatment….
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Video: Inspiring animation reminds people it’s “In Our Hands” to fulfill UN’s Millennium Development Goals
Nov 25, 2013, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — Though the world is cut up into territories, separated by imaginary lines in the sand, sea and air, the fact remains that the human race is the only unifying element in a world that is separate and…
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Video: 2010 documentary tracing Hollywood’s treatment of Native Americans available online
Nov 19, 2013, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — Hollywood movies are known for romanticizing, distorting, embellishing, and even inventing, when it comes to portraying communities of color. There’s no greater example than how Hollywood has portrayed the Native American. From the admirable to the pathetic…
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Viernes Video: Filmmaker creates mini-film about the plight of migrant farmworker children
Nov 8, 2013, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — The plight of migrant farm workers has never gotten the full attention it deserves. No matter that the only reason the nation is able to enjoy the convenience of having fruits and vegetables at our neighborhood markets…
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National Latino group criticizes PBS for marginalizing former PBS NewsHour correspondent Ray Suarez and lack of Latino hiring
Nov 7, 2013, 2:48 PM 0
LatinaLista — Like all major industries in the United States, the media industry is suffering its share of holding on to workers. Newspapers and magazines have folded, companies are laying off journalists and everyone seems to be doing these…
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Video: Dominican NY police officer shares what it’s like to be stopped and frisked in new video series campaign
Nov 4, 2013, 5:38 PM 0
LatinaLista — The policy of Stop-and-Frisk, the act of stopping random people and frisking them without a search warrant, is a common tactic by some police departments to deter crime. In New York City, the New York police has…
