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Environment, zNew Headline

Guest Voz: Earth Day 50 reminds us to demand strong & just climate action amidst pandemic

Apr 22, 2020, 1:16 PM 0

By Sonia Rangel LatinaLista This public health crisis is an important reminder that the worst of times has the power to bring out the best in us. That was certainly true 50 years ago when the United States commemorated…

Politics, Voting, Women, zNew Headline

New report offers in-depth analysis on women’s place in politics — now and in 2020

Oct 10, 2019, 1:00 PM 0

LatinaLista — Women rule — when it comes to voter turnout. Over the last few years, women voters have consistently turned out at higher rates than men. As has been the case in the last five midterm elections dating…

Money, zNew Headline

Even those on a tight budget can make and keep a New Year’s resolution to save

Dec 31, 2018, 9:00 AM 0

By Marisa Treviño LatinaLista A common resolution on everyone’s list of New Year promises to ourselves, alongside ‘exercise more,’ is saving money. With talks of a potential recession looming in this new year, the intention to improve our financial…

Sports, zNew Headline

Mental health only one part of bigger problem US has with school shootings

Feb 15, 2018, 11:57 AM 0

LatinaLista — It’s not even March yet and the latest act of senseless violence, that happened in Parkland, Florida and took 17 precious lives yesterday, is already the 18th school shooting of 2018. From listening to Florida authorities —…

Health, zNew Headline

New study underscores ethnic pride important to well-being of Latino students

Dec 5, 2017, 10:22 AM 0

LatinaLista — The argument for the importance of ethnic clubs just got a boost from new research from the University of Michigan (U-M). Dr. Edward Chang, U-M professor of psychology and social work, and his team, found that when…

Guest Voz, Health, zNew Headline

Guest Voz: Treating diabetes among migrant farmworkers is an ongoing challenge

Nov 17, 2017, 9:51 AM 0

By Elisabeth Almekinder, RN, BA, CDE LatinaLista (Editor’s Note: For brevity, the following article was edited for length. The full column can be found at The Diabetes Council website.) One of my favorite diabetes classes to teach is my…

Women, zNew Headline

New projections show Latinas fare worst among all women in achieving pay equality

Nov 1, 2017, 11:32 AM 0

LatinaLista — Education is supposed to be the great equalizer. A better education gets you a better job with more money. Nobody ever tells us Latinas, that though we might make more money than our own parents did, it…

Health, Youth, zNew Headline

In the age of “screenagers,” digital dating abuse emerges as new epidemic

Oct 4, 2017, 11:59 AM 0

LatinaLista  — Teenagers with their faces caught in the traction beams of their smartphone screens are so ubiquitous these days that it’s spawned a documentary and new term — “screenagers.” With psychologists sounding the alarm that teens are addicted…

Health, Women, zNew Headline

New breast cancer campaign focuses on getting more Latinas into clinical trials

Oct 2, 2017, 11:46 AM 0

LatinaLista — Though all women are biologically endowed the same, we’re not all alike. Beyond our visual differences, our heritage sets us apart more than we, or medical researchers, ever knew. It’s especially true when it comes to battling…

Human Rights, zNew Headline

Rep. Luis Gutiérrez delivers stinging rebuke to Trump’s tweets on Puerto Rico

Sep 26, 2017, 10:25 AM 0

LatinaLista — Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez is a Member of the Judiciary Committee and the Chair of the Immigration Task Force of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. Today, he spoke on the House floor about the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Puerto Rico…

Women, zNew Headline

New study highlighting today’s Latinas reveals a new stereotype to be proud of

Sep 12, 2017, 1:08 PM 0

LatinaLista — A strength of being Latina is the skillset unconsciously learned from infancy in assimilating two distinct cultures into everyday life. Living in two cultures simultaneously impacts our attitudes, aspirations and abilities that, in turn, produces unique traits…

Education, Money, Tech, zNew Headline

Bilingual micro-investment platform aims to get Latinos into the habit of investing & saving

Aug 17, 2017, 1:46 PM 0

LatinaLista — In 2013, when Pew Research surveyed how many Americans invest in the stock market, they discovered a telling fact — 81 percent of Latinos don’t own stock. But it doesn’t stop at stocks. Latinos are the first…

Health, Women, zNew Headline

CDC study finds Latinas more likely to die at the hands of jealous lovers

Jul 20, 2017, 3:10 PM 0

LatinaLista — Latinas with abusive, jealous novios, ex-novios (boyfriends) or husbands be warned — you have a higher than likely chance of dying at the hands of that guy who says he loves you with his fists or verbal…

Education, zNew Headline

5 tips for supporting immigrant and refugee students

Jun 29, 2017, 9:00 AM 0

By Katrina Landa, Ed.D. LatinaLista   In 2016, the United States welcomed 96,874 refugees, including 15,479 from Syria alone, according to the US Department of State’s Refugee Processing Center. Nearly 60 percent of those refugees were children. As these…

Discrimination, zNew Headline

Understanding who commits hate crimes and why

Jun 6, 2017, 11:09 AM 0

LatinaLista — Hate crimes are on the rise. The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has documented a steady increase in hate crimes across the United States since the election of Trump. According to the SPLC, there are now 917…

Environment, zNew Headline

Latin America Continues Climate Action Despite Trump

Jun 5, 2017, 2:54 PM 0

By Amanda Maxwell LatinaLista     Although President Trump has announced his plan to pull the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement, Latin American countries are taking no heed. Trump’s reckless decision may hold America back, but Latin America…

Discrimination, Immigration, zNew Headline

Military veterans fight immigrant haters in new social media initiative

May 3, 2017, 1:54 PM 0

LatinaLista — All eyes may be on North Korea wondering if Trump will drag the nation into our most dangerous conflict abroad yet but a group of veterans are engaged in a conflict on U.S. soil that has the…

Environment, Environment, zNew Headline

Latinos, on either side of border, battle “not so innocent” America over environment

Feb 7, 2017, 3:04 PM 0

LatinaLista — When Donald Trump pushed back against Fox News Bill O’Reilly’s characterization of Vladimir Putin “as a killer,” by saying that our country “is not so innocent,” he ignited a barrage of criticism from both sides of the…

Health, Women, zNew Headline

Junt@s Vamos provides last hope for many women with cancer in Juarez. How to help.

Dec 22, 2016, 8:58 AM 0

By Dr. Christine Eber & Dr. Mary Alice Scott LatinaLista (Editor’s Note: The final installment in a series examining a preventable death sentence facing women in Juarez, Mexico. Read: Women in Juarez find themselves stalked by another kind of killer; The…

Health, Women, zNew Headline

Women in Juarez battle cancer “in the company of others”

Dec 21, 2016, 10:55 AM 0

By Dr. Christine Eber & Dr. Mary Alice Scott LatinaLista (Editor’s Note: The third of four installments examining a preventable death sentence facing women in Juarez, Mexico. Read first installment, second installment.)   In Cuidad Juárez alone several groups have formed…

Health, Human Rights, Women, zNew Headline

The cancer-stricken poor of Juarez condemned to a “slow form of violence”

Dec 20, 2016, 8:46 AM 0

By Dr. Christine Eber & Dr. Mary Alice Scott LatinaLista (Editor’s Note: The second of four installments examining a preventable death sentence facing women in Juarez, Mexico. Read first installment.)   The month following Cynthia’s death, the five founding…

Health, U.S.-Mexico border, zNew Headline

Women in Juarez find themselves stalked by another kind of killer

Dec 19, 2016, 2:22 PM 0

By Dr. Christine Eber & Dr. Mary Alice Scott LatinaLista   (Editor’s Note: The first of four installments examining a preventable death sentence facing women in Juarez, Mexico) “We’re not surviving; we’re living.”            …

Discrimination, zNew Headline

Federal gov’t has horrendous track record for recognizing minority media. Some in Congress want to change that.

Nov 30, 2016, 3:00 PM 0

Marisa Treviño LatinaLista When President-Elect Donald Trump summoned the top network executives and high-profile anchors to Trump Tower for an off-the-record meeting on November 21, it didn’t go unnoticed that executives or anchors from the two biggest Spanish-language networks…

Education, zNew Headline

New school segregation study finds troubling trends exist for Latino student success

May 17, 2016, 5:32 PM 0

LatinaLista — While the country, as a whole, likes to believe that we’ve achieved the utopian vision of equality, the sad truth is that inequality persists in all sectors of society. The extent of that inequality is more than…

Economy, Sports, zNew Headline

Are professional sports games sidelining too many fans?

Apr 25, 2016, 2:35 PM 0

By Andres Trujillo LatinaLista   Ask any sports fan what it’s like holding a ticket to a home game to their favorite sports team and they’ll tell you there’s no denying the escape that a live sporting event can…

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