By Kevin A. Wright The Conversation Pope Francis is going to prison. After visiting with incarcerated individuals in a correctional facility in Philadelphia, he might offer us a simple suggestion: treat prisoners better. But this advice hides an inconvenient…
By Yasmin Anwar Futurity Immigration is shaping up to be among the top wedge issues in the 2016 presidential race. GOP front-runner Donald Trump is stoking the debate with threats to build a wall between the United States…
SaludToday U.S. adult obesity rates remained mostly steady―but high―this past year, although Latino adults and children continue to suffer higher rates than whites, according to a new report by the Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood…
By Marcia G. Yerman Moms Clean Air Force The People’s Climate March was a watershed moment. Participants, politicians, and the media got a complete overview of the seriousness of individual and group commitment to making change on the ground….
By Maira Isabel Morales LatinaLista Puerto Ricans – and Hispanics generally – are passionate about food. We have a famous saying: “Where one eats, 10 do”. We always make more than enough food, just in case someone comes along….
By Jim Patterson Futurity Calling the proposal for an immense wall between Mexico and the United States nonsense, the author of a new book suggests a better option would be to open the border between the two countries….
By Hon. Henry F. De Sio, Jr LatinaLista This Op-Ed first appeared and was featured as the "Editor's Pick" on the Thomson Reuters website. Something transformative is happening in our schools. Changemaking and empathy are fast taking their places alongside reading…
By Charlotte Taylor The Conversation Across Europe, a debate is raging about how to describe the thousands of people escaping war and turmoil in their own countries and making the journey to safer places. Are they refugees or migrants?…
By Patricia Campos-Medina LatinaLista I have spent most of my professional life in the leadership ranks of labor and politics and for most of that time I felt I was the only woman in the room. I never…
By Erik De La Cruz LatinaLista I blankly stared at my computer with San Diego State University’s homepage open. I hesitated to click into the admission status. I breathed deeply. My education’s fate awaited me after the click. Denied….
By Natalie Gross Latino Ed Beat Fewer options for preschool, inexperienced teachers and low-performing schools are just some of the disadvantages children of immigrants face early in their education, a new Migration Policy Institute report points out. The…
By Lizette Escobedo Moms Clean Air Force In his groundbreaking encyclical on climate change, “Laudato Si,” Pope Francis calls on our nation’s leaders to take action. He sends a clear message that without the courage to address the…
By Steve Koppes Futurity A new study of more than 500 black and Latino college students confirms that many encounter obstacles after enrolling in college without adequate financial resources. “This project focuses on black and Latino students because…
By John Rennie Short The Conversation The mass media are filled with images of desperate refugees struggling to escape civil unrest. But it is not only the poor and the displaced who are on the move. The rich,…
By Rebecca White Juvenile Justice Information Exchange NEW YORK — After apologizing for how hot it was — his office had no air conditioning — then nodding at a floor fan whizzing loudly, Kellen Felmine sat down at his…
By Azul Uribe LatinaLista It’s been a few weeks of soul searching and conversation between myself and God. During a 4 hour drive from Cancun to Merida, I took advantage of the nighttime darkness and the starry stretches of…
By Robin Smith Futurity Voters seem to prefer candidates with deeper voices, and researchers suspect our “caveman instincts” could explain why. “Modern-day political leadership is more about competing ideologies than brute force,” says Casey Klofstad, associate professor of political…
By Christine Eber and Ana Cristina Vázquez Carpizo LatinaLista Christine Eber and Ana Cristina Vázquez Carpizo met in Chiapas, Mexico through their work with the Maya Educational Foundation which provides scholarships to Maya students in Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala….
language Magazine Spanish is one of the ten main languages of the Internet, meaning that a growth in speakers as well as online content is imminent. As the language has adapted to a globalized and technological world, the number…
By Natalie Gross Latino Ed Beat In the 10 years since Hurricane Katrina devastated much of southeastern Louisiana, New Orleans and its surrounding areas have seen an influx of Hispanic immigrants who are establishing permanent roots, with many being…
By Arkady Bukh, Esq LatinaLista (Editor’s Note:The following is an excerpt from the full article which can be found online at nyccriminallawyer.com) When he announced his candidacy for the American presidency, Donald Trump delivered remarks that have echoed across…
Cultural Survival On August 22, 2015 Asociacion Mujb’ abl ‘yol celebrated the closure of a 9-month series of workshops and trainings for 40 community radio volunteers on “Democracy, Development and Community Media.” The project was partially funded by DEMOS…
By Lisette Escobedo Moms Clean Air Force As a hard-working single mother of a five year old, I am deeply concerned by environmental issues that impact my daughter’s well-being, such as carbon pollution. The damage we have caused our…
By Patricia E Grieve The Conversation In 1492, the Spanish Inquisition forced Jews to convert to Christianity or to leave the Iberian peninsula – on pain of death. Some five centuries later, in June 2015, the Spanish Parliament invited…
By Farah Z. Ahmad and Tiffany D. Miller Center for American Progress Today’s students will be tomorrow’s workers. As such, high student achievement is the benchmark, not only for an individual’s prosperity, but also for the prosperity of the…
