LatinaLista — Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid. It’s the capital of the region known as Catelonia and is home to many artistic and architectural wonders such as La Sagrada Familia Cathedral and Casa Batlló. However, these days one place that rivals the port city’s traditional sights is the local soccer [...]
Video: Getting the story out to all about the heroics and bravery of the only Latino-segregated Active-Duty military unit in US history
LatinaLista — They were officially known as the 65th Infantry Regiment. Yet to their families and friends they were the Borinqueneers — “the only Hispanic/Latino-segregated Active-Duty military unit in US history that played a prominent role in the American military, participating in three major wars (WWI, WWII, and the Korean War).” The regiment was comprised [...]
Video: Creating awareness that too many Latino neighborhoods still lack easy access to healthy food
LatinaLista — The disturbing childhood obesity rates and skyrocketing cases of Type 2 diabetes in Latino communities reinforce the fact of just how imperative it is for Latinos to start eating healthy. In a lot of neighborhoods, that’s a losing battle. Data shows that most predominant Latino neighborhoods have 1/3 less the number of supermarkets [...]
Viernes Video: Filmmaker goes beyond the fence at the U.S.-Mexico border to reveal a ‘purgatory’ where souls wait…
LatinaLista — Listening to Congress debate how to reform immigration, it doesn’t take long to figure out that those who are opposed to any kind of reform or legalization of the 11 million undocumented immigrants are individuals who have refused to accept the fact that immigrants are real people. Some U.S. politicians prefer to live [...]
Video: New documentary chronicles importance of music in Cesar Chavez’s quest for social change
LatinaLista — History knows Cesar Chavez as a Latino Civil Rights leader and an advocate for farm workers. Yet, more of us are learning just how much Chavez integrated Latino culture into his fight for justice and fairness for farm workers. In a prior Latina Lista post, it was discovered how theater was used to [...]
Intrn’l Video: Argentinian photojournalist creates special project taking people “Back to the Future”
LatinaLista — Buenos Aires-born Irina Werning has two Master’s degrees. One is in history and the other in photo journalism. Two different subject areas that Irina has combined to create an unique global photo history project. A lover of old photos, Werning didn’t see them as keyholes to the past of someone’s life but rather [...]