Category: Guest Voz
Guest Voz: Congresswoman Solis demands oil companies stop withholding oil from the market
LatinaLista — Democratic Congresswoman Hilda L. Solis represents California’s 32nd Congressional District. The Congresswoman has been instrumental in creating legislation that has addressed issues important to Latinos: H.R. 359 – Cesar Estrada Chavez Study Act of 2007, H.R. 468, Communities of Color Teen Pregnancy Prevention Act of 2007, H.R. 1103 – Environmental Justice Act of [...]
Guest Voz: Nebraska Educator Values Mexican Government’s Efforts to Elevate Quality of Life for U.S.-based Mexican Immigrants
By Maria Vazquez LatinaLista College Dean Maria Vazquez Maria Vazquez is Dean of the South Omaha Campus of the Metropolitan Community College in Omaha, Nebraska. This daughter of Mexican immigrants has a distinguished career in the state ranging from being the first Latina to serve on the cabinet of Omaha Mayor Mike Fahey as director [...]
Guest Voz: Latino BBC Correspondent Makes Cross-Country Discovery about Who Are U.S. Latinos
By Jose Baig Jose Baig is one-half of the BBC Mundo team —¿Hablas español? — which recently finished a unique experiment exploring the presence of Hispanics and the use of Spanish in the United States. While on the road, Jose Baig checks email and updates the blog site for the project “¿Hablas español? . On [...]
Guest Voz: Mass Media Expert Explains the Impact of Political Campaign Spots on Latinos
LatinaLista — Dr. Federico Subervi, a professor at the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Texas State University-San Marcos, is well-known for his research into mass media and their impact on ethnic minorities. He is the director of the Latinos and Media Project and is the author of the recently published academic title “The [...]
Guest Voz: AZ Mayor Sees No Justice in One Sheriff’s Hunt for Undocumented Immigrants
LatinaLista By Hon. Rebecca Jimenez The state of Arizona has enacted some of the most punitive legislation targeting undocumented immigrants. One man, Joe Arpaio, the Sheriff of Maricopa County, has made it his mission to root out the undocumented in the Phoenix area. The Sheriff conducts “crime suppression sweeps” which means that he gathers a [...]
Guest Voz: Hollywood Filmmaker Examines the Day-Laborer Issue From a New Angle
LatinaLista By Jonathan Browning Jonathan Browning is a Midwest-raised actor and filmmaker who now lives in Los Angeles, California pursuing his passion. With a background in comedy, it’s not unusual for Browning to see things from a “twisted” angle. It was exactly that vision that he brings to his work and which inspired him to [...]
Guest Voz: British Researcher Finds US Deportations to Blame for Rise in Violent Gang Crime in Central America
By Dr. Dennis Rodgers Dr. Dennis Rodgers is a political anthropologist and a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Manchester’s Brooks World Poverty Institute in the United Kingdom. He is also an Associate Fellow of the University of London Institute for the Study of the Americas, and a Visiting Senior Fellow in the Crisis [...]
Guest Voz: It’s Time Women are Recognized for Skills They Have to Build Peace
By Benita Ferrero-Waldner LatinaLista
Guest Voz: A Priest’s Appeal to the Federal Government to Stop Offending God with a Border Fence
LatinaLista — Over the last several months, Latina Lista has posted numerous posts about the strong efforts of some Texas border residents who are fighting back against the federal government’s insistence that the country will be safer with a physical barrier dividing Mexico and the United States. Because of these residents pushing back against the [...]
Guest Voz: Racial Hatred is Alive and Well
By Cecilia Muñoz LatinaLista Cecilia Muñoz is senior vice president of research, advocacy and legislation for the National Council of La Raza (NCLR). As such, she monitors developments across the country resulting from the enforcement/enactment of federal policies as they relate to the greater Latino community. In the following piece, Muñoz talks about the racial [...]
