LatinaLista — Think of domestic violence and images of women bruised and beaten immediately come to mind. Yet, we know there are other types of abusive behavior that leave women just as beaten down. One type of abuse that doesn’t get nearly enough attention is financial abuse. The family’s finances are used to control and [...]
Spotlight Nonprofit: Helping the homeless find a home and a new future
LatinaLista – Green Doors of Austin, Texas has a simple mission — help end homelessness and poverty housing in Central Texas. What would ordinarily sound like a lofty goal has been transformed into a reachable reality for the 21-year non-profit. Started by a young woman who once was homeless, Green Doors is known for creating affordable [...]
Record Latino voter turnout in 2008 didn’t please everyone as new report shows increase in states change voting laws
LatinaLista — Record turnout among Latinos and youth during the 2008 presidential election was something that has been celebrated and talked about ever since it happened. Yet, the release of a new analysis by the Brennan Center of Justice at New York University School of Law, reveals that such a milestone in civic duty didn’t [...]
Spotlight Nonprofit: Protecting the rights of crime victims
LatinaLista — Being a crime victim can be the most helpless and lonely position a person can find themselves in. For the vast majority of crime victims, it is a new experience that creates a whole new range of emotions to be experienced and thrusts a person into a legal system most only know via [...]
National population campaign counts down to when planet hits 7 billion mark on Oct. 31
LatinaLista — This year, October 31, 2011 will mean something more than just a day when kids and kids-at-heart dress up in their favorite costumes, try to scare each other and go trick-or-treating. It actually will mark a very scary milestone — when the planet will have a world population of 7 billion people. The [...]
US medical volunteers bring impoverished Guatemalan women the dream of walking without pain
LatinaLista — Antigua, Guatemala has a lot of things going for it — beautifully preserved Spanish Mudéjar-influenced Baroque architecture; spectacular ruins of colonial churches; an internationally recognized destination for Spanish language study and within sight of three large volcanoes. Yet, the city, like the rest of Guatemala, is home to many indigenous people who can’t [...]
