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Community Stories, West, zNew Headline

SF Mission Organizers Debut Film on Alex Nieto Case

Jan 5, 2016, 11:46 AM 0

By Laura Wenus MissionLocal   The Brava Theater was adorned Sunday afternoon with a banner declaring “Amor for Alex” during the screening of a new film examining the fatal police shooting of 28-year-old Alex Nieto in 2014. Supporters of…

Community Stories, Southwest, zNew Headline

In one West Valley community, ever-shifting demographics are changing the face of Phoenix

Dec 21, 2015, 10:46 AM 0

By Erica Lang  Cronkite News   PHOENIX – Where the city of Phoenix once ended at 83rd Avenue, onion fields began — stretching into the distance in a nearly straight shot to Luke Air Force Base. Almost 50 years…

Community Stories, U.S.-Mexico border, zNew Headline

Rio Grande Valley teachers urged not to turn away students who want to join robotics teams

Dec 17, 2015, 11:19 AM 0

By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian   PHARR, RGV – Robotics instructor and mentor Juan Carlos Suarez is urging Rio Grande Valley teachers not to turn away any student that wants to join a robotics team. Interest in robotics…

Community Stories, U.S.-Mexico border, zNew Headline

U.S. speech and debate teams dig deep for material to overcome literary void of Latino voices

Dec 16, 2015, 2:37 PM 0

By Katherine Alanis Ramirez Borderzine   EL PASO — For a while now, UTEP’s Speech and Debate team has faced a lack of literary diversity and its inaccessibility for use in competitive speeches and interpretive events. With a minimal…

Community Stories, Great Plains, zNew Headline

In All Cases, Oklahoma Police Find No Proof of Racial Profiling

Dec 15, 2015, 12:05 PM 0

By Clifton Adcock and Nate Robson Oklahoma Watch   Over a four-year period, Oklahoma’s two largest police departments and two state agencies received about 60 complaints alleging illegal racial profiling by officers. Investigators substantiated none of the allegations, according to…

Community Stories, West, zNew Headline

Bridging a border to unite my transnational family

Dec 10, 2015, 2:05 PM 0

By María Leal  EL NUEVO SOL As a little girl, growing up in Los Angeles, everything seemed perfect for the most part. I remember that when I was about 6 or 7 years old I would always go on…

Community Stories, West, zNew Headline

San Diego’s Balboa Park Hosts 32 International Cottages, but Mexico is not one of them

Dec 9, 2015, 1:22 PM 0

By Estephania Baez La Prensa San Diego   Balboa Park is one of the most important and emblematic cultural spaces in the United States. With a length of one thousand and two hundred acres, it is also the largest…

Community Stories, Midwest, zNew Headline

One of Chicago’s most prolific artists, Marcos Raya, highlighted at city museum

Dec 8, 2015, 11:19 AM 0

By Sandra Treviño EXTRA!   Marcos Raya, one of the city’s most prolific artists, will be featured as part of the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago’s upcoming exhibit “Surrealism: The Conjured Life,” which opens Nov. 21 and runs through…

Community Stories, Southwest, zNew Headline

Young refugees who arrive at the border alone struggle in U.S.

Dec 7, 2015, 9:54 AM 0

By Alexa D'Angelo Cronkite News   PHOENIX – Immigrant youth who arrive at the border alone and have no family to take care of them in the U.S. often struggle to build a life. Jose Montoya set off from…

Community Stories, U.S.-Mexico border, zNew Headline

New guide spells out health risks, options for women on the border

Dec 3, 2015, 11:00 AM 0

By Anai Ramirez Borderzine   EL PASO –Twenty years ago, Maria Elena Ramos Rodriguez faced the difficult task of finding foster homes for four possibly HIV-positive babies born to mothers who were heroin addicts and were already infected with…

Community Stories, U.S.-Mexico border, zNew Headline

Maquila group tries to lure Reynosa kids away from a life of crime

Dec 2, 2015, 11:12 AM 0

By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian   McALLEN, RGV – It could be tempting for the child of a low-wage family living in Reynosa to think that assisting a colonia gang leader by, for example, standing on a street…

Community Stories, South, zNew Headline

Latino ballplayers come to East Tennessee to chase dreams

Dec 1, 2015, 11:45 AM 0

By Garrett Tumlin El Nuevo Tennessean In minor league baseball, athletes come from thousands of miles away in hopes of making it to that next level. They only have a few months to prove themselves or be sent back…

Community Stories, Northeast, zNew Headline

Connecticut Family Makes ‘Sofrito’ Their Business

Nov 30, 2015, 1:55 PM 0

Bill Sarno CTLatinoNews.com When it comes to traditional Spanish-style cuisine, whether it be soup, beans, chicken, shrimp or anything else bolstered by a zesty sauce, it is very likely that what gives these dishes their distinctive flavor and aroma…

Community Stories, West, zNew Headline

Drone Technology Takes Filmmakers to New Heights

Nov 24, 2015, 1:46 PM 0

By Laura Waxman MissionLocal SAN FRANCISCO — The winner of the “drones for good” category of the first Flying Robot International Film Festival shows Mark Jacobson using humanitarian drones to “end the use of starvation and medical deprivation as weapons…

Community Stories, West, zNew Headline

California School District Declares State of Emergency over Student Homelessness

Nov 23, 2015, 12:40 PM 0

By Eduardo Rueda La Prensa San Diego   The San Ysidro School District on Thursday voted unanimously to declare a local state of emergency to deal with issues related to homelessness among over 1,550 of their students. The Board…

Community Stories, Southwest, zNew Headline

Reconsidering the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo

Nov 19, 2015, 4:09 PM 0

Frontera NorteSur   Dr. Luzma Fabiola Nava was somewhat startled by the recreational activities she witnessed on a New Mexico stretch of the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo.  Arriving in the Land of Enchantment to study the Rio Grande, Nava was…

Community Stories, Northeast, zNew Headline

Making Breastfeeding The Norm Among Hartford, CT’s Inner City Latinas

Nov 18, 2015, 10:21 AM 0

By Bill Sarno CTLatinoNews.com A culture which prevailed in the mid-20th century America viewed breastfeeding as outside the norm, as “the special way,” became entrenched in Puerto Rico because of its close relationship with the United States.  The prevalence…

Community Stories, West, zNew Headline

Congresswomen Loretta Sánchez fights for the environment and binational rights

Nov 17, 2015, 3:06 PM 0

By María González Amarillo La Prensa San Diego On Thursday, November 12, Congresswoman and candidate to Senate Loretta Sanchez met local officials at Border Field State Park. Her goal was to learn about the environmental challenges that this area…

Community Stories, Southwest, zNew Headline

Tucson school garden grows sustainable students

Nov 16, 2015, 12:58 PM 0

By Claire Cleveland Cronkite News    TUCSON – A whistle blows and little feet run through the hallway and out to the open courtyard of Manzo Elementary that contains the school’s garden. A frenzy of chatter and chicken squawks…

Community Stories, South, zNew Headline

Latino Tennessean José Vázquez: A bracero for life

Nov 12, 2015, 12:50 PM 0

By Brenn Dowdy El Nuevo Tennessean   His smile was inviting, and the red apples José Vázquez’s daughter placed on the table were starting to turn the color of his warm, brown complexion. Vázquez, 77, laughed as he tried…

Community Stories, U.S.-Mexico border, zNew Headline

High-speed rail between San Antonio, Texas and Monterrey, Mexico will happen

Nov 11, 2015, 1:59 PM 0

By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian   McALLEN, RGV – A high-speed passenger rail line between San Antonio and Monterrey is going to happen, says state Rep. Richard Peña Raymond. The Laredo Democrat made the prediction at a news…

Community Stories, South, zNew Headline

Internet radio DJ shares passion with Bluffton, South Carolina Latinos

Nov 10, 2015, 11:18 AM 0

By John Newton La Voz Latina   Ernesto Espinoza, age 43, is handsome, easy going, and possesses a quick sense of humor. He enjoys talking to other Latinos about all the issues that are important to them- their jobs,…

Community Stories, Midwest, zNew Headline

Sandra Cisneros Lets Us In “Her House”

Nov 9, 2015, 11:00 AM 0

By Amelia Orozco EXTRA!   She may not be writing her stories on typewriters these days, but author Sandra Cisneros has never stopped writing. She only has one requirement to do so though, and that’s a space of her…

Community Stories, Southwest, zNew Headline

Push to extend Arizona border zone statewide looks to attract shoppers from Mexico

Nov 5, 2015, 12:49 PM 0

By Alexa D'Angelo  Cronkite News TEMPE – Walking through Arizona Mills in Tempe announcements of sales can be heard echoing out of the outlet stores first in English, then in Spanish. “I’m buying clothes for myself, my husband and…

Community Stories, South, zNew Headline

Facebook doesn’t believe in Pancho Claus

Nov 4, 2015, 1:38 PM 0

By Valeria Merino The Venture   With his signature red and black zoot suit inspired by the Chicano movement, Richard Reyes, also known as Pancho Claus, has been a staple among Latinos in the Houston community. But to Facebook,…

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