By Anna-Claire Bevan LatinaLista NICARAGUA — I used to think you needed water, waves and a wetsuit to surf. I was wrong. When I first arrived in Nicaragua, I’d never heard of volcano boarding and thought it would be…
By David Sloan Wilson This View of Life I’m attending an event called the Guiding Lights Weekend at the Seattle Center, the site of the 1962 World’s Fair and therefore a 50-year old vision of the future. Evidently, we…
Anonymous New Latina: Psychology Corner (Editor’s Note: This is part III of a three-part series under our “New Latina Voices” column. Part I is HERE and Part II is HERE.) Baby on Board Many people cannot have children; I…
By Vanessa Perez LatinaLista “No? That wasn’t any better?” my mother would ask. “Say it one more time.” “Chip, ship, sheep.” These three little words had distinct sounds and meanings when I said them. They lost all distinction when…
By Moms Clean Air Force Ground-level Ozone (Smog) and Particle Pollution (Soot) Standards The Clean Air Act requires EPA to set standards for ozone, particulates and other kinds of pollution — and to periodically review and update those standards to…
By Richard Lakin CSRwire In the past year, the ability of digital media to promote social change has been amply proven by the Arab Spring, WikiLeaks, and the Occupy movement. We saw this start a few years ago in…
Traveling Latina Over the last year I have noticed a wedding trend happening, couples asking their friends to help them pay for their honeymoon. If you think about it, it makes sense! Many of these couples have already been…
By Carlyn Montes De Oca Modern Alchemy Oh No! Now What Can’t I Eat? When patients call me for nutritional consultations I can sometimes feel that they are bracing themselves to hear the bad news – which of their…
Edited by Gaby Pacheco LatinaLista In the ongoing effort to highlight the stories of DREAMers on Latina Lista, I want to introduce readers to Tereza Lee. It was her story that spurred Sen. Durbin to introduce the DREAM Act,…
By Mike Ruggeri THE ANCIENT AMERICAS BREAKING NEWS MEXICO — The Mesaoamerican board game “Patolli” has been found by INAH at the site of Dzibilnocac in Campeche during restoration at the Central Tower Building. The game was apparently played…
By Katherine Leal Unmuth Latino Ed Beat Researchers at The Civil Rights Project at UCLA released a trio of studies this month showing that while community colleges are the gateway to higher education for most Latinos and blacks in…
By Anna-Claire Bevan LatinaLista GUATEMALA — “Ever since I filmed these Generals in 1982 I’ve wanted to see them pay for their crimes,” says filmmaker Pamela Yates. Accompanied by a fierce determination to unmask a hidden war, Yates originally…
By Carlo Lorenzo Garcia Living Philanthropic It doesn’t matter your age, your religion, the color of your skin, the place you grew up, none of that matters, what matters is that you have the power and the unique heritage…
LatinaLista — The recent attacks by conservatives, from talk show personality Rush Limbaugh to congressional politicians, against having insurance companies cover at no-cost contraceptive coverage has propelled the progress of women’s rights in this nation backwards to a time…
By Tim Urista Latino Gamer After reading The Function of Role-playing Games by Sarah Lynne Bowman (2011), I felt it was most appropriate to begin a longer discussion about the healing powers of video games rather than a single…
By Ivonne Jeannot Laens Global Press Institute QUEBRADA DE HUMAHUACA, ARGENTINA – Communities of the Quebrada de Humahuaca, a UNESCO National and Cultural Heritage of Humanity site, celebrated one of the most traditional and famous Carnivals in Argentina from…
By Andres Ramirez LatinoYurbano I have noticed that the most successful immigrant families accomplish several vital things very well and they do this in different time frames. Some accomplish these sets of tasks very fast and others take several…
By Anna-Claire Bevan LatinaLista GUATEMALA — When you open a newspaper in Guatemala you are invariably greeted by a series of numbers: • How many people were killed the previous day, • How many people have been arrested in…
By Robert Kadar This View of Life It is Black History Month and the airwaves and the print media are filled with self congratulatory reports concerning progress in black civil rights. Overall, the blitz of news gives the impression…
By Juan Miret A Hispanic Matter Mexican cowboy boots are exotic, eccentric and ultimately can be very strange. To wear them, one needs not only a pair of tight-fitting jeans, a belt that matches the color of the sophisticated…
By Zahreen Ghaznavi Peace X Peace “We may be more independent and free than some of our sisters in other parts of the world, but post-9/11 there is a real fear within the American Muslim community about putting women…
By Dominique Browning Mom’s Clean Air Force The fight for strong protections against mercury pollution begins all over again. Senator James Inhofe (R-Oklahoma) has just filed a Congressional Review Act against the historic Mercury and Air Toxics Standards. He…
By Ana Serafin Traveling Latina Words that describe Bangkok: bustling, hustling, loud, traffic, madness, sa-nuk, dirty, friendly, and smiles. Bangkok was definitely everything that I expected it to be from its horrendous traffic that drove me nuts after the…
By Anna-Claire Bevan LatinaLista GUATEMALA — From Nostradamus to Y2K, end-of-the-world prophesies are nothing new. This year, the ancient Mayans find themselves at the center of the Doomsday hype with conspiracy theorists and New Age authors all profiting greatly…
By Angélica Pérez-Litwin New Latina: PSYCHOLOGY CORNER Can’t stop working? Do you set unrealistic expectations for your performance (perfectionism)? Do friends and loved ones complain that you’re “always working…” It’s all a matter of degree of course. Working hard…
