Category: Life Issues
Too many Latinas with dark skin falsely assume they don’t need sunscreen
LatinaLista — The official start of summer may still be a few weeks off but Mother Nature didn’t get the memo with a lot of the country experiencing high temps this Memorial Day weekend. What that means is that Latinas will be among the crowds soaking up the sun, and it doesn’t even have to [...]
Without Social Security, majority of older Latinas would live in poverty
LatinaLista — As Congress begins to tackle the budget deficit and slashes programs they say are bankrupting the country, the truth is that without one particular program older black women and Latinas would be the ones going bankrupt. The program is Social Security and according to new research from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, [...]
New interactive tool shows which country offers a better life
LatinaLista — With all the griping that we may do about life in the United States, a new tool developed by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) shows exactly how the U.S. measures up to other developed nations — and how they measure up compared to the U.S. The Your Better Life Index [...]
Conference sounds global alarm to stop rape as tool of war
LatinaLista — Rape has always been a weapon of warfare in civil wars and uprisings since history was first recorded. Yet, thanks to two recent cases — CBS 60 Minutes reporter Lara Logan who was assaulted while covering the Egyptian uprising and Libyan attorney Iman al-Obeidi who was raped by Libyan troops and fled to [...]
Bolivia: Teaching children to move beyond asking to be pitied towards showing compassion
By Angie Washington Latina Lista COCHABAMBA, BOLIVIA — Pity is the lazy cousin of compassion. A small girl sits on a swing. Not a week has passed since she was removed from an abusive situation and put in the orphanage. Her feet are covered in sores. She must be carried from place to place. One [...]
Spotlight Nonprofit: Opening up young Latinas’ eyes to a world of possibilities via photography
LatinaLista — The power of photography can’t be underestimated. Simple pictures that show the joy, complexity, sadness of life are more powerful than words could ever convey. Photographers who have the opportunity to bring those images to life and share them with a wider audience are bound to feel pretty special. For those who created [...]
Latina entrepreneurs help themselves and others
by Elías Cepeda | trad. Victor Flores Extra News CHICAGO — Tanya Diaz, a working mother of three and supportive wife, knew all the excuses for not exercising throughout a busy week. “I used them all,” she says. “I’d say, ‘I’m too busy with the kids.’ Then I’d come home from work and by the [...]
Boxer Brandon Rios shows that dreams can come true
By Mariana Llamas-Cendon Amigos805.com OXNARD — At 24 years of age, Brandon “Bam Bam” Rios is a professional in the boxing ring. As an amateur fighter Rios had won the Silver Gloves, the Ringside Nationals, the USA Nationals, and was chosen as an alternate for the Olympics in 2004. As a pro, he had won [...]
Mexican education campaign reaches out to Mexican-Americans and migrants for help
LatinaLista — The United States isn’t the only country that has problems with its teachers’ unions. In Mexico, the national teachers’ union — The National Syndicate of Educational Workers — has garnered so much power over the years that a new national campaign to improve the country’s educational policies is calling the union out on [...]
New sleep study finds too many urban Latino students suffer from sleep problems
LatinaLista — Latino urban students have a host of challenges that keep them from doing well in school but thanks to a new study there may be one underlying root cause for not doing well — sleep. Actually, come to find out, thanks to a new study, it’s the lack of sleep that affects more [...]
