By Obed Manuel LatinaLista As the crowd chanted “Bernie! Bernie!” I felt a bit emotionally overwhelmed. Watching Bernie Sanders rail against income inequality and the influence of Wall Street on American politics at the Dallas Sheraton Hotel was the…
LatinaLista — In much pomp and circumstance, Cuba officially opened its Washington DC embassy today, raising its flag in the United States for the first time in 54 years. It’s a diplomatic and economic move that the Cuban government,…
By Norma Burgos Vázquez LatinaLista The Feast of San Sebastian hit the bookstands in 2013, but it was not until 2015 that Jonathan Marcantoni’s literary force would ride into my tropical sunset like a cavalry of one. You see,…
By Martha Ramos LatinaLista The struggle for gender equality is very closely associated with defending the environment, both relate to human rights. They serve as the three main pillars for the development of a civilized society. So the events…
By Joáquin H. Guerra LatinaLista Since Leticia Van de Putte lost to Ivy Taylor in the runoff election for mayor of San Antonio, much has been written about what it means. Blame is the theme that’s emerged, and most…
By Ramona Ortega LatinaLista After months of grassroots and political maneuvering, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti signed into law a bill that will gradually increase the minimum wage from $9 to $15 by 2020. This win for the Garcetti…
By Rodrigo Juarez, Jr. LatinaLista Sara fled her home in Central America after gangs tried to recruit her 12-year-old son. They would wait for him after work and tell him that he had to join. He would reply that…
By Linda Tirado LatinaLista There’s no point beating around this bush. An anti-poverty movement led by the middle and upper classes is doomed to failure. Equally, a partisan movement will never manage to get much done. That said, it’s…
By Sharita Gruberg LatinaLista The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, or DHS, has taken commendable steps to improve the immigration detention system, including an automated tool to improve transparency and uniformity in detention-custody decisions and recent guidance on prosecutorial…
By Cecilia Knadler LatinaLista I came to the United States from Peru when I was 17 years old. I was undocumented and didn’t speak a word of English. Talking about sex is very taboo where I come from, and…
By Hon. Lena Levario LatinaLista I couldn’t believe what I was reading. It was one of the most horrific crimes perpetrated on a child I had ever encountered. The child I was reading about was now an adult, who…
I thought the hardest part would be surviving one of the worst types of rejection one can experience – the expulsion from the country that I lived most of my life. Even more painful was to arrive to a…
By Dr. Ana Arjona LatinaLista At least seven Afro-Colombians have been shot in Colombia’s capital Bogota this year. According to community members, these are homicides incited by racism. The assassins of the last two victims — dancers dedicated to…
By Jose Alejandro LatinaLista Our children spend the majority of their days and years learning. The vast majority are spending nine months a year sitting in classrooms with their classmates as teachers expose them to the fundamentals of math,…
By Jose David Cantu Hispanic News Online Normally I don’t get involved in issues concerning Hollywood personalities. So when I received a letter written by Cristela Alonzo which was posted in the Atlantic Journal about the possibility of her…
By Milia Fisher Center for American Progress Video: The Gender Pay Gap Explained Women of all races and ethnicities working full time, year round in the United States earned an average of only 78 percent of what men earned…
By Ralph de la Vega LatinaLista I’m a firm believer that opportunities are often disguised as obstacles. What may look like an obstacle or a challenge often contains hidden opportunities. That’s particularly true during turbulent times. I learned that…
By TX State Rep. Ruth McClendon Jones LatinaLista Fifteen years ago, Congress officially acknowledged a very troubling fact: this country has a problem with race and health. At that time, a study by the National Academy of Science’s Institute…
By Dolores Sosa Green LatinaLista I was a racist. I was taught all the racial stereotypes I heard from my Mexican-American parents and others where I grew up in Dallas. I was told that mixing races wasn’t good, especially…
By Rinku Sen LatinaLista The conversation on race in our country is changing. Once a subject left to be discussed by civil rights leaders, organizers and a few non-profits, race is now a topic for many. Names like Renisha…
By Jackie Odum and Vanessa Cardenas LatinaLista Last Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released their Employment Report for the month of February. The monthly ritual brought good news for the labor market. Overall, an additional 295,000 jobs…
By Anna Ochoa O’Leary LatinaLista Curious about Women’s History Month, I browsed the pages of womenshistorymonth.gov. I learned that it originated in 1981 when Congress first passed Public Law 97-28 establishing “Women’s History Week.” Then in 1987, Congress passed…
By Liz Ortiz LatinaLista Good health, and good health care, is something everyone deserves, but unfortunately too many have gone without. Access to affordable, quality health care is such an important issue right now, especially in my community. One…
By Vanessa Cardenas Center for American Progress President Obama used his penultimate State of the Union to call for a significant expansion in college access and increased investments in early childhood. This follows his administration’s efforts in the last…
By Erik de la Cruz LatinaLista Surrounded by my entire family as we watched the Golden Globe awards felt like a surreal feeling because of its rarity. With the distraction that is cell phones, I would moderately fade out…
