LatinaLista — This week is being globally recognized as World Glaucoma Week. Called the “silent disease,” glaucoma affects almost 70 million people worldwide and 2.2 million in the United States. Of that U.S. population, Mexican-Americans over age 60 are at a higher risk for contracting the disease and eventually losing their eyesight. Why? For one [...]
Comprehensive Immigration Reform needed now to stop suffering of undocumented women and their families
LatinaLista — Today is International Women’s Day, a day that celebrates the strides women have made and the hardships they still endure. When we think of those hardships, those of us who are middle-class, college-educated or have good jobs, tend to think of the women in third-world countries or countries where men and women are [...]
International Museum of Women creates online exhibits celebrating women year-round
LatinaLista — In 1997, the International Museum of Women (IMOW) was founded on the premise that it would be a museum that inspired visitors with “powerful ideas” and “new ways of thinking that transform women’s lives and the world.” Since then, the museum has hosted a number of exhibits that fulfilled that mission. Yet, as [...]
The sad state of Latino unemployment
LatinaLista — Everyone is suffering in this economy but until the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ February report spelled it out in numbers, the high degree of unemployment in the Latino community wasn’t truly appreciated. While national unemployment stands at 9.7 percent, Latino unemployment is at 12.4 percent and blacks suffer at 15 percent. A few [...]
Spotlight Non-profit: Creating a place in society for Hispanic elderly
LatinaLista–According to the U.S. Census, thirteen percent of the total population is 65 years and older, with Latino elderly comprising six percent of that total population. Latinos are touted as the fastest growing ethnic group in the nation. The National Hispanic Council on Aging projects that by 2030 the Hispanic elderly will comprise 11.2 percent [...]
Texas 2010 Republican Primary Election: Prejudice at the polls
LatinaLista –Incumbent Texas Railroad Commissioner Victor Carrillo should have won his bid this week for re-election, but he didn’t. In fact, he was soundly beaten — 61%-39%. Who was his opponent? A man by the name of Porter. According to Carrillo, that says it all. Though Carrillo spent $600,000 on his re-election campaign to Porter’s [...]
