By Danny Contreras CT Latino News As Latino voters are increasingly courted by political parties and their candidates, CTLatinoNews.com researched the Latino employment records of the state’s congressional delegation to provide a snapshot of how campaign speeches and promises translate into their congressional hiring practices once they are elected to office. Among the state’s seven [...]
Clean water is a prayer answered in El Paso’s colonias
By Nicole Chavez Borderzine EL PASO – After more than six years of negotiations with city, county and federal authorities around 300 families in two Canutillo colonias will have potable water running in their kitchens and bathrooms by the end of the year. Schuman Estates and Mayfair Nuway are two colonias located just outside city [...]
No money to build more border walls in Rio Grande Valley
By Raul de la Cruz Rio Grande Guardian RIO GRANDE CITY – U.S. Texas Representative Henry Cuellar says an official from Customs and Border Protection has told him the agency does not have enough money right now to build border walls in Roma, Rio Grande City and Los Ebanos. Opposition from the general public to [...]
San Diego community health center, with immigrant beginnings, expands the dream of healthcare for all
By Pablo Jaime Sáinz La Prensa San Diego In 1969, a group of immigrant women got together to try to bring quality health care service to the underserved community of San Ysidro. Their dream was to make health care available to everyone there, no matter if they had health insurance coverage or not. What began [...]
Puerto Rican Latina scientist participates in NASA project in Hawaii
By José Villa Hawaii Hispanic News ITHACA, New York – Dr. Yajaira Sierra-Sastre is a materials scientist and educator with ten years of research experience in academic, federal, and private institutions. She is participating in the HI-SEAS (Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation) project on the Big Island next year. The crew has been selected [...]
Creating a non–traditional bilingual school for high-risk students
By Gabriel Pilonieta-Blanco El Tiempo Hispano The initiative to launch a bilingual Charter School in the city of Wilmington, Delaware is booming. DELAWARE — For many years, to have a bilingual school has been the dream of María Matos, Executive Director of the Centro Comunitario Latinoamericano, and all those who know her, know that when [...]
