LatinaLista — On March 26, 2009, the DREAM Act was reintroduced in the U.S. Senate by Senator Durbin and in the House by Rep. Howard Berman. (Source: AP Photo/Morry Gash) Because it’s a different administration, one run by a…
LatinaLista — Every year, 100,000 children travel by themselves to enter the United States illegally, across the harsh U.S.-Mexico border and at the mercy of coyotes, with one goal in mind — to reunite with a parent or parents….
LatinaLista — Though the DREAM Act is currently making the rounds of congressional committees, two recent state versions failed to pass. Legislators who opposed granting in-state tuition to undocumented students cite arguments, that upon closer examination, get failing grades….
LatinaLista — Two weeks ago, the DREAM Act was reintroduced in Congress. It is a bill that recognizes that undocumented children, who have lived and graduated from high school or gotten their GED, should be allowed to either enter…
LatinaLista — It’s no secret that Latinos can no longer be defined as only living in the “Little Mexico,” “Little Havana” or any other Hispanic-centric part of a city. Latinos have been moving to the suburbs for years now…
LatinaLista — No need to rehash the fact that going to college is as expensive as ever. Now, with the new guidelines that says everyone who gets a Sallie Mae loan will have to pay the monthly interest on…
By Professor Paolo Annino LatinaLista Clinical Law Professor Paolo Annino is a supervising attorney at Florida State University’s Public Interest Law Center. At the school, Professor Annino leads select law students in a special program focused on bringing attention…
LatinaLista — The teen birth rate in the United States increased 1% in 2007, according to data released today by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). This is the second year in a row that the teen birth…
LatinaLista — Abstinence-only has ruled sex education curriculum in public schools for the last several years. However, teenage pregnancy rates among certain communities have escalated to frightening heights. Finally, there is a push in state legislatures across the country…
LatinaLista — The upper most thought in most college students’ minds this month is where they are going to spend their Spring Break. Yet for some kids, it’s whether or not they will be able to afford to go…
LatinaLista — The unemployment rate is at a 25-year high. Every single day, stories emerge of companies laying off hundreds of people. The odds that a good number of these laid off people are family breadwinners is staggering” which…
LatinaLista — If you count yourself a longtime, die-hard fan of the MTV The Real World (TRL) series, then you should know the name Pedro Zamora. Pedro Zamora, AIDS activist and TRL participant. Pedro was on The Real World:…
LatinaLista — One of the best ways to broaden someone’s horizons, a.k.a. expose them to situations outside their comfort zones, is through travel. It is one of the reasons why students who have experienced life in another country are…
LatinaLista — You don’t have to know Spanish to understand the headlines appearing in Chilean and Spanish-language newspapers regarding the senseless murders in Florida of two young Chilean students and the wounding of three others. “Gringo loco” is how…
LatinaLista — Gender abuse is a real issue within the Latino community. Back in 2006, a survey of American teenagers’ attitudes towards abuse in dating relationships, conducted by Teenage Research Unlimited, found that “fully 13 percent of Hispanic middle-…
LatinaLista — What happens when you combine college students, a social networking site and philanthropy all together? You get a new site called Givology.org. Givology.org is a site created by Wharton graduate students to empower everyday people by connecting…
LatinaLista — A lot has been said about how children of all ages are at risk in coming into contact with sexual predators on the Internet. Yet, a new PBS special uncovers that there is a greater risk for…
LatinaLista — One of the best ways to empower girls has been involving them in sports. In fact, sports programs are being created all around the world with the main purpose of building self-esteem and empowering girls to know…
LatinaLista — Mañana may be the internationally observed day of L-O-V-E, otherwise known as Valentine’s Day but it’s also the start of Condom Awareness Week. The link between the two should be obvious — people in love usually want…
LatinaLista — The fields of advertising, marketing and public relations still woefully lack the kind of diversity these fields need, especially in light of the fact that various ethnic groups comprise the targeted consumer groups most wanted by advertisers….
LatinaLista — Between today and yesterday, my Inbox has been filling up with emails from students who are undocumented but want to go to college, earn a degree and put it to use. Due to laws in most states,…
LatinaLista – The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released their annual report on teenage pregnancy rates and found that the teen birth rate for the nation as a whole has increased for the first time in 15 years in…
LatinaLista — A New Year’s Day ritual in city newspapers across the country is to identify the first baby born in the New Year in that particular city. On the heels of the news that former Republican vice presidential…
LatinaLista — Their full title is: Homies Organizing the Mission to Empower Youth. Unlike most nonprofits that target at-risk kids, the Executive Director of H.O.M.E.Y. was himself very much at-risk. A former gang member and drug dealer, Rene Quinonez,…
LatinaLista _ For the Hispanic College Fund, Christmas came early — almost. A real-life Santa Claus is willing to match every donation to the Hispanic College Fund $3 to $1. But Father Time is ticking. The offer is only…
