By Elizabeth Clarke Juvenile Justice Information Exchange The other night my grandson, who is 8 years old, came over for dinner. It was one of those perfect summer evenings, warm with a slight breeze, and we decided to walk…
By Jessica Buterbaugh Futurity Two-year-olds who know lots of words are more likely to start kindergarten ready to read, to do math, and to pay attention, a new study suggests. Previous research has shown that children who are doing…
By Sarina Prabasi LatinaLista On my first visit to Nicaragua, I was astonished by its beauty. I was headed to one of the most geographically and culturally isolated parts of the country, situated along the Miskito Coast. The marine…
By Jamesha Gibson Preservation Nation Preservationists know how difficult it is not only to protect, but also interpret cultural landscapes that are in highly vulnerable or frequently transitioning circumstances. Asma Jaber and her fiancé Sami Jitan saw the extent…
BeVisible Latina You know that feeling you get when you meet someone who is so bold and has so much gumption that you just want to bottle it up so you can take a swig whenever you need a…
By Gerardo M Gonzalez The Conversation The thawing of diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba will be good for people on the island and in America – and that includes students and academics. American universities, such as…
SaludToday On Spanish-language TV, food and beverage advertising is out of whack. Just 1% of food ads show water, fruits, or veggies, and 70% of ads show fast-food or other restaurants, candy, gum, snacks, and sugary drinks, according to…
By Corina Martinez Chaudhry TheLatinoAuthor.com Negras: Stories of Puerto Rican Slave Women by Yolanda Arroyo Puzarro; Publisher: Independently Published The slave trade is nothing short of a holocaust. Many people’s lives were stolen, uprooted, and destroyed for the greed…
By Natalie Gross Latino Ed Beat This summer, native Spanish-speaking immigrant students in Los Angeles participated in a five-week pilot program testing a new algebra curriculum aligned with the Common Core. Sarah Tully of EdSource reported last week that…
By Nancy Landa LatinaLista (Editor’s note: The following post originally appeared on the author’s blog Mundo Citizen.) It has been a busy year and part of the reason for writing sporadically is because activism has become a priority in…
PreservationNation Located in the heart of downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico, the Palace of the Governors is one of the oldest, in-use public building in the United States. Once the seat of power, the Palace now showcases the diverse…
By Carolyn Muñoz LatinaLista The disparity in the workforce at technology companies is discouraging. While many technology giants work hard at inclusion, some just aren’t building teams who are the best they could be in the technology game. In…
LatinasRepresent Watch footage from a recent event in Miami and hear from Latinas across the political spectrum on why your voice matters. Share your #LatinasRepresent story with us on Twitter and Facebook
Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council Broadband & Social Justice (MMTCBBSJ) The Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council (MMTC) announced the adoption of the Santana Resolution, in honor of Feidin Santana, encouraging MMTC members to become proficient in using…
By Veronica Vargas Stidvent LatinaLista Employers know that the challenges businesses face finding workers who are skilled, educated and ready to succeed in some of the high-demand fields such as health care, high tech and STEM fields tempers the…
SaludToday Compared to the general women population in the U.S. the rate of breast cancer and cervical cancer screenings are low among Latinas. In a new study published in the Journal of Health Communication: International Perspectives, researchers attribute the…
by Emily Starbuck Crone NerdWallet As college costs rise, more students are taking out loans to help pay for school. Of those who graduated from college in 2013, 69% had student loans, with an average debt amount of $28,400…
By Yvette Donado LatinaLista (Editor’s Note: Yvette Donado, SVP and Chief Administrative Officer of Educational Testing Services, delivered the following address at the annual conference of the National Association of Elementary School Principals on July 1. It has been…
By Sarah Zahedi Juvenile Justice Information Exchange Through times of trauma and distress, often all a child needs is to be showered with love. It may sound corny, but for the estimated 100,000 children who are sexually exploited per…
By Kristal Bivona, Sandra Ruiz, and Daniel Ward Language Magazine Kristal Bivona, Sandra Ruiz, and Daniel Ward discuss the movements and histories that made Spanish such an important language for activism El pueblo unido jamás será vencido… U.S.-based activists,…
By Natalie Gross Latino Ed Beat Ray Salazar calls himself a “white rhino.” He’s Latino and a high school English teacher, a description and perspective that’s perhaps as rare as the critically endangered northern rhinoceros, he says on his…
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…
By Nicole Castillo BeVisible When Joyce Santeliz started #HispanicGirlsUnited, she never imagined that it would spread as quickly as it did. The story of her hashtag has been written about widely from the Huffington Post and BuzzFeed to MIC.com…
David S. Pedulla, University of Texas at Austin and Devah Pager, Harvard University The Conversation Discrimination in the hiring process has limited the opportunities available to both racial minorities – such as African Americans – and women, with important…
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,…
