LatinaLista — The grief of a parent over the murder of their child can manifest in a variety of ways. For Mexican poet, Javier Sicilia, whose 24-year-old son was kidnapped and killed in Cuernavaca this year by cartel members, his grief has manifested into a caravan of like-minded Mexican citizens who are tired of the [...]
Anastasio Hernández; A year without justice
By Mariana Martínez La Prensa San Diego SAN DIEGO — A year has passed since that night on May 28th 2010, when about twenty federal agents beat and tasered an undocumented immigrant, Anastasio Hernández, as he was being deported to Tijuana. The beating and tasing left him brain dead; he was declared dead at a [...]
New site spreads message “Muslims are our fellow Americans”
LatinaLista — When it comes to being feared, insulted or ignored based on who you physically are as a person, a lot of Latinos know what that feels like. Another group who knows equally well how it feels is Muslim Americans. Take what happened last month: On May 6, five days after the killing of [...]
Spotlight Nonprofit: Giving urban teens tools to build a better future for themselves and others
LatinaLista – Most people think that just keeping kids busy with sports, music lessons or after-school activities will round out their characters and give them that edge in school. And to a degree, that’s true. But also giving kids something positive to do in their communities on a year-round basis works just as well — if [...]
New report “grows” awareness of climate change worsening global food crisis
LatinaLista — The world is suffering from a global food crisis, says a new report by the international human rights organization Oxfam. That’s not new or surprising news. The high cost of food at the grocery store is an easy tip-off but Oxfam says it goes much deeper than that. We now risk a wholesale [...]
Tulsa race riot approaches 90-year mark
By Juan Miret Hispano de Tulsa TULSA, Oklahoma – About 90 years ago and close to downtown Tulsa there once flourished a vibrant community, so prosperous that it was defined as the Black Wall Street. It was the Greenwood district, home to 15 grocery stores, four pharmacies, two newspapers, two public schools and two theaters. [...]
