By Tom Perriello and Vanessa Cardenas LatinaLista The 2012 presidential race is less a contest between two men than it is a choice between two very different versions of the American Dream. President Barack Obama emphasizes a strong middle class through expanded access to education, health care, a secure retirement, and good-paying jobs. In contrast, [...]
Guest Voz: Latina Moms Leading their Families to the Voting Booth
By Mary Olivella MomsRising Teresa Rey is one of the millions of mothers across the nation who carefully watched the first presidential debate of 2012. In a snap shot, it is fair to say that Teresa felt frustrated with the moderator’s lack of questions around family economic security issues. Questions about unfair wages for mothers, [...]
Guest Voz: A new direction for the Dominican Republic — a country already in critical distress
By Ivan G. Marte LatinaLista I want my first words to be this: We’ll accomplish, without fear and without taking a moment to rest, what we dreamed not too long ago! We’ll overcome whatever challenges and difficulties will come along in our path. We’ll build the biggest and most respected Dominican Republic in the world. [...]
Guest Voz: Understanding demise of Tucson’s Mexican Americans Studies means knowing history differs from education
By Rodolfo F. Acuña LatinaLista When anything titled a “white paper” comes across my email, I usually ignore it. Why is truth always called “white”? Why not brown, yellow or black? Is it because black is considered negative, i.e., Black Friday, black as sin, Halloween, or death whereas white is the color of god and [...]
Guest Voz: Anti-Latino Laws Ignite The South
By Lamont Lilly LatinaLista In its original format, Alabama’s Beason-Hammon Act granted school resource officers the right to badger 5th graders on the basis of their immigration status. The state of Alabama, which passed the Beason-Hammon Act (or HB 56) in June of 2011, was the only state in the country requiring public school administrators [...]
Guest Voz: No más costly phone calls — Standing up to predatory rates charged to families of Latino inmates
By Amalia Deloney The Center for Media Justice Yesterday, Alex Nogales, President & CEO of the National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC), delivered the keynote address at the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) annual Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration (sic) in Washington, DC. The event included a welcome by FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski and introductory remarks by former [...]