By Katherine Leal Unmuth Latino Ed Beat San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro introduced himself to millions of Americans Tuesday night when he became the first Hispanic to deliver a keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention. Squeezed into his speech supporting President Obama and telling his own story, he briefly mentioned a passion project of [...]
Guest Voz: National Hispanic conservative pro-immigrant group outlines reasons for believing in Romney-Ryan ticket
By Bob Quasius Cafe con Leche Republicans Marshall, MN – America is at a crossroads. The national debt has skyrocketed. Americans continue to struggle as the economy slogs through a seemingly endless recession. Obama’s failed economic policies remind us of FDR’s failed Keynsian economic policies. After eight years of massive stimulus spending and an explosion [...]
American Dream: The Road Much Travelled — From Deportation to Shattered DREAMs
By Nancy Landa LatinaLista It is a typical weekday morning. As usual, I wake up 30 minutes after my alarm clock goes off and I am forced to hastily get out of bed, get quickly dressed and rush out of my apartment. I hit the road and as I drive my daily route to work, [...]
Guest Voz: Paul Ryan’s Proposed Budget Cuts Threaten Hispanic Students’ Gains in Higher Education
By Steve Steigleder Center for American Progress Action Fund The addition of Congressman Paul Ryan, (R-WI), to the Republican presidential ticket should be alarming to the growing number of Hispanic students enrolling in college. Rep. Ryan’s budget plan would cut more than $15 billion from the Pell Grant program next year — an irresponsible budget [...]
Latina Still Standing: Cancer picked the wrong Diva
By Diana Bejarano Latina Still Standing A Latina Still Standing survivor who beat the odds! For six months, while going through chemotherapy and radiation treatments, she woke up every day, rallied up the strength to go to work as the “Mid-Day Diva” disc jockey on Mega 104.3 local radio station. What some of her loyal [...]
Prioritizing the Right to Health: Cuba
By Diana Duarte MADRE We often hear the claim that the only way to improve healthcare, at home and around the world, is through free trade, privatization, and corporate deregulation. Yet Cuba demonstrates that high standards of health and healthcare are attainable if governments meet their obligation to ensure health care for all. In Cuba, [...]
