Category: Columns & Features
Parents Want Their Kids to Speak Spanish, Too
By Monica Rohr Latino Ed Beat Amid all the coverage of English Language Learner programs and whether they are successful in teaching English to Spanish-language speakers, one issue often gets lost. Namely, how to preserve heritage languages in the children and grandchildren of immigrants. Recent studies have shown that Latino students who maintain strong ties [...]
New Research Briefs Examine Obesity Epidemic Among Latino Youths
Salud America!, a national obesity prevention program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) based at The UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, has released a comprehensive collection of research briefs examining the obesity epidemic among Latino children and teens. Three new national briefs review current evidence with respect to Latino youth in three [...]
Guest Voz: Report — Obama Misrepresenting Deportation Statistics
LatinaLista — Frustration and disappointment continue to rise among the Latino community with the Obama administration over its policy for deporting undocumented immigrants. In spite of a much publicized announcement earlier this year that those immigrants not considered a national security threat nor had a criminal record would be spared deportation, the opposite has occurred [...]
New kind of diner’s guide helps discriminated restaurant employees get a fair shake
LatinaLista — To say Latinos have a love affair with food would be an understatement. Food is enjoyed whether it’s in the family kitchen or out eating in restaurants. In fact, according to an article in FoodBusinessNews.net, the restaurant industry heavily depends on Latinos. According to Packaged Facts, without the influence of Hispanic spending and [...]
A rising hemispheric awareness of Afro Latinos
LatinaLista — In the United States, while Latinos and blacks are always lumped together under the “minority” or “people of color” labels, for all other intentions, both camps are seen as separate and distinct. That’s not always the case. Afro-Latinos is a strong category within the U.S. Latino family of sub-groups. So, it’s very fitting [...]
Online exhibit celebrates the voices of mothers from around the world
LatinaLista — It is reported that among the vast majority of the world’s languages, the word for “mother” begins with the letter M. This simple bit of trivia underscores how the experience of motherhood is an uniting force for women everywhere. To showcase the unique perspectives of mothers from around the world, a special advance [...]
Guest Voz: Eliminate “illegal aliens” once and for all!
LatinaLista – There has been an ongoing debate within and outside the Latino community over the usage of the term “illegal alien.” Currently, there is the Drop the I-Word campaign that is asking people to sign a pledge to not use the word “illegal” when referring to people with undocumented status. There has been a national [...]
Guest Voz: Medicare Patients Must Defend What Is Left
LatinaLista — While the federal deficit is a scary enough scenario, it remains for too many people an abstract event. It’s not until Washington starts eliminating programs and reducing funding for others that the seriousness of the situation comes home. Unfortunately, the very programs targeted for cuts or elimination are some of the very programs [...]
Guest Voz: On this Veteran’s Day, we should start treating our veterans better than we do
LatinaLista — On Veteran’s Day, it’s easy to read opinion pieces praising veterans and veterans’ families for their sacrifices. Yet, it’s not often that we read a commentary that goes beyond praising and takes the nation to task for how veterans are treated once the parades are done and the applause dies down. In the [...]
Mexico: Understanding the Motivation to Migrate
By Dr. Jacqueline Zaleski Mackenzie LatinaLista GUANAJUATO, MEXICO– My stomach knots when my gate bell fails to ring a few seconds after the 3:45 p.m. bus passes. I replay a familiar assumption: “Kirt’s mother must not have had four pesos this week.” When I last saw 3-year-old Kirt, his spine behaved as though it was [...]
