Category: BlogBeat
A first step in diversifying the children’s book publishing industry
By Cheryl Klein CBC Diversity One of the goals of the CBC Diversity Committee is to recruit a wider, more diverse range of people to work in the children’s publishing industry. In service of this goal, committee members visit schools in the New York area to talk about how we got into the industry and [...]
Study: Latino Cancer Patients Suffer More Pain, Severe Sadness
SaludToday Latino patients reported significantly higher rates of pain, numbness, cognition difficulties, vomiting and severe sadness than non-Hispanics in a recent survey of 622 cancer patients awaiting appointments at three hospitals in the Bronx, New York City’s poorest borough, Internal Medicine News reports. About 45% of Hispanic patients reported moderate to severe pain, more than [...]
Hispanic Students Narrow Science Achievement Gap on NAEP Exam
By Katherine Leal Unmuth Latino Ed Beat The achievement gap between Latino and white eighth-graders in science is narrowing, according to National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) data released on Thursday. Between 2009 and 2011, average science scores among Hispanic students increased by five points, compared with a three-point increase for black students and one [...]
Latino immigrant works his way up the vine to create own label
Vino Latino Fernando Candelario followed in the footsteps of his parents, Jose and Anita Candelario, who have been working in the vineyards of the Napa Valley since they arrived from Mexico in 1979 by coming here himself in 1984. His first job was working in the cellar at Mondavi. While working there, he met Greg [...]
Discovering new trends – Tribal music: Musical or cultural movement?
By Juan Miret A Hispanic Matter What happens when you mix pre-Hispanic sounds with electronic music played with the rhythm of cumbia? The birth of the tribal guarachero movement. According to Esteban Cárdenas, who authored an article and a nine-minute documentary for Vice magazine about Matehuala boots with elongated toes, tribal guarachera “is a musical [...]
Hips, Heart, and Soul: Shakira Shakes It for the Kids
By Mary Liepold Peace X Peace When the scandal around President Obama’s Secret Service took over the headlines last month, it all but obscured the reason he went to Colombia: the 2012 Summit of the Americas. Pan-American relations were rocky even before the scandal broke, unfortunately. US policies on Latin America have hardly changed since [...]
The Wind Map: We Share The Air
By Dominique Browning Moms Clean Air Force I still remember the first time I sprawled on my back across the grass and watched the clouds drift by. I was about four or five years old. I found animal shapes and people shapes, and excitedly pointed them out to my little sister. The afternoon flew by [...]
TV Novela Series Teaches Importance of Safe Medication Use
SaludToday! The ¡Nunca Más! Novela Health Series seeks to educate Latinas and their families about the importance of safe medication use. The series, launched in October 2011 by the Office of Women’s Health at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, provides consumers and community leaders with access to four video novelas and free health materials [...]
How Clinical Psychology is Improving our Understanding of Internet Addiction
By Angélica Pérez-Litwin New Latina: Psychology Corner The emergence of the internet in the past twenty years has changed the way we communicate, conduct business, and spend our free time. In many ways it has made our lives easier – we have at our fingertips a wealth of information about every topic under the sun [...]
In the News: New books from Alegría, Sheen and Estevez, Arte Público
By Jessica DeLeon The Hispanic Reader It’s May! It’s time to celebrate one of the Latino community’s favorite holidays – Cinco de Mayo – and read some good books. Here’s what’s coming up on the bookshelves: • May 1: Border Town: Crossing the Line by Malín Alegría, author of the popular Estrella’s Quinceañera, focuses on [...]
