LatinaLista — Nowadays, anything that’s worth anything has an app. It’s as if having an app adds a cool factor to what is otherwise mundane. So, is it really any surprise that the federal government now has an app too? Last week, the federal government unveiled a redesigned web site at USA.gov that features a [...]
ACLU launches multimedia Arizona travel alert campaign
LatinaLista — Unfortunately, travel alerts have become all too common when it comes to traveling outside the United States. But inside the country? For immigrant and Latino travelers who just have to see the Grand Canyon or visit a spa in Sedona, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and 32 of its affiliates across the [...]
New site tracks immigration enforcement
LatinaLista — In this country, the notion that someone would be arrested and jailed for not committing a crime is considered one of the risks for being at the wrong place at the wrong time for members of communities of color. If someone is an undocumented immigrant, then deportation is the ultimate punishment for being [...]
Hondureño artist’s exhibit to be featured in live online global gallery broadcast
LatinaLista — When it comes to technology, some people feel it’s a work of art. In fact, when you actually think about it, technology and art do go hand-in-hand. So, it’s a no-brainer when an art gallery wants to widen its promotion of an artist’s exhibit by using technology. It’s easy and the Fremont Gallery [...]
National “life-skills” program for immigrant Latinas launches with a waiting list
LatinaLista — On a busy Dallas street corner, in the heart of a neighborhood where Spanish is heard as often as English, a converted 7-11 serves as the home of the latest test site for a new national pilot program that teaches “life skills” to Latina immigrant women — for free. Christened Entre Comadres, the [...]
Latest report showing Latinos lag in Internet usage underscores troubling omission
LatinaLista A new report released today by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Digital Nation: 21st Century America’s Progress Toward Universal Broadband Internet Access, found that of all the ethnic groups, Latinos are the least likely to be on the Internet. Asian non-Hispanics led all other groups with 67.3 percent using broadband at home, with [...]
