It’s not enough that Trump’s border wall is seizing private property, some that has been in families for generations, but a new National Park Service analysis reports a disturbing consequence of the wall; Student debt is at an all-time…
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Guest Voz: Latino voters care little if politicians speak Spanish if they can’t speak to their concerns
Sep 18, 2019, 1:02 PM 0
By Dr. Jessica Lavariega Monforti LatinaLista Every year it feels like you can hear more and more people speaking Spanish across the country, and these days that includes presidential candidates on the debate stage. So far, a number of Democratic…
Is the Congressional Hispanic Caucus finally recognizing Latina voters with its newest initiative?; We knew there would be consequences when Trump froze aid to Guatemala, and now it begins.; Are UFO sightings on the increase? Well, it’s enough for…
Immigration, Politics, zNew Headline
Ranchers in one border town, losing their lands to Trump’s immigration wall, have their sights set on 2020 election too
Sep 17, 2019, 2:01 PM 0
By Marisa Treviño Latina Lista Real estate moguls, hotel entrepreneurs and land developers must have thought they hit pay dirt when one of their own was elected president. But recent headlines reveal that their enthusiasm is running dry. Nowhere…
Finally, someone in Washington has common sense when it comes to money and the border wall, though Trump isn’t going to like it; Mass shooters share one common characteristic yet gun-right advocates would rather focus on a more ‘inclusive’…
Social Justice, zNew Headline
A bold new plan to keep child migrants from being victimized under federal watch
Jul 10, 2019, 1:46 PM 0
Marisa Treviño LatinaLista The calls by activists to shut down migrant detention centers have been steady, but little noticed. Yet, after this morning’s New York Times report, those calls no doubt will be amplified by several octaves and taken…
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Border policy, practices and migrant mistreatment brings one blogger out of retirement
Jul 9, 2019, 1:38 PM 0
LatinaLista By Marisa Treviño Was it last week or last month when the world was simultaneously repulsed and heartbroken at seeing the image of the young El Salvador migrant father, Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez, face-down along the weedy shore…
Latino Politics, zNew Headline
Have native-born Latino voters surrendered to the ‘new normal’?
May 2, 2019, 1:13 PM 0
Marisa Treviño LatinaLista Since Donald Trump was elected president, there’s a general consensus that a ‘new normal’ exists in our country. It’s not a flattering description. It usually refers to the ongoing gaslighting tactics used by the Trump administration…
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Nearly 50 years of Earth Day and at the doorstep of the climate decade: A vision for engagement with U.S. Latinos around climate change
Apr 22, 2019, 6:03 AM 0
By Juan Declet Barreto LatinaLista This year will mark nearly a half-century of the celebration of Earth Day. Enacted in 1970 by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson (D-WI) and Congressman Pete McCloskey – a California Republican, the first Earth Day…
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Young Latina ‘speaks out’ on the importance of including diversity
Apr 4, 2019, 1:20 PM 0
LatinaLista — Many politicians like to invoke the facts that “we are a nation of immigrants” or that our nation was built on the back of immigrants. Either phrase implies that people from all over the world have had…
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What Do We Know About Immigrants with Temporary Protected Status?
Feb 11, 2019, 12:19 PM 0
By Nicole Prchal Svajlenka LatinaLista (Editor’s Note: This column originally appeared on the Center for American Progress website.) Temporary Protected Status (TPS) is a little-known program that offers a temporary legal status to certain immigrants in the United…
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New climate initiative ‘heats up’ in Latino communities across the country
Jan 28, 2019, 11:28 AM 0
By Mark Magaña and Dominique Browning LatinaLista It is a myth that Latinos don’t have the time nor interest to care about climate change. The truth is quite the opposite: Latinos have long been leading the fight against dangerous…
Education, Immigration, zNew Headline
New study finds immigrant students lead the way in pursuit of U.S. STEM careers
Jan 9, 2019, 5:44 PM 0
Marisa Treviño LatinaLista Mathematics is called the universal language. According to the website, Omniglot: There is no universal language we can talk with one another for everyone to understand, however, there is a universal language we can all quantify…
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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…
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Latinx workers may have a great work ethic but it doesn’t always translate into comfortable living
Dec 5, 2018, 3:50 PM 0
By Danyelle Solomon and Christian E. Weller LatinaLista (Editor’s Note: The following is the summary for an in-depth report by the Center for American Progress on the wealth disparity between whites and Latinx families. Read the full report here.)…
Politics, zNew Headline
A midterm election unlike others calls for new rules for electoral analysis
Nov 5, 2018, 1:18 PM 0
by Dr. G.S. Potter LatinaLista (Editor’s Note: The following article originally appeared at StrategyCamp) The November 2018 Midterm Elections will be like no other in modern American history. We need new rules for electoral landscaping and analysis. When…
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Latinx Entrepreneurs and the New Face of Opportunity
Oct 17, 2018, 9:58 AM 0
By Ramona Ortega LatinaLista As we celebrate Hispanic Heritage month across the nation, it is a good time to highlight the cultural and economic contributions of the largest and fastest-growing millennial population in the country. In 2016, 61% of…
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Guest Voz: Did Trump administration get it right blaming court ruling for increase in families arriving at the Southwest Border?
Oct 16, 2018, 9:47 AM 0
By Tom Wong LatinaLista (Editor’s Note: This column originally appeared on the Center for American Progress website.) In a recent notice of proposed rulemaking, the Trump administration claimed that the Flores settlement agreement led to an increase in the…
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Guest Voz: A tight Texas Senate race exposes the true meaning of political ‘Hispandering’
Oct 15, 2018, 11:56 AM 0
By Dr. Edward T. Rincón LatinaLista The first debate between Senator Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke was intensive and covered many issues of substance to Texas voters. Interestingly, news coverage of the debate also highlighted the accusation by the…
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Guest Voz: Time for Latinos to give back to our parks on National Public Lands Day 2018
Sep 21, 2018, 9:41 AM 0
By Felipe Benítez LatinaLista September 22 marks the 25th National Public Lands Day, the largest, all-volunteer event focused on restoring America’s public lands. Hundreds of thousands of individuals and volunteer organizations from all across the country team up with…
Latino Politics, zNew Headline
Latest poll shows Latino voters still sleeping when it comes to midterm elections
Sep 5, 2018, 12:01 PM 0
Marisa Treviño LatinaLista The upcoming midterm elections are viewed as a ‘pivotal’ election for the nation. For one side, it’s about protecting the GOP majority and the Trump administration. For the other side, it’s all about displacing the majority…
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Unique online course strives to bring Puerto Rico’s ongoing crisis ‘home’ to students
Aug 29, 2018, 12:54 PM 0
LatinaLista — In the hours after Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico, it was obvious, to those islanders accustomed to weathering tropical storms, that this was no ordinary hurricane. In the days and weeks that followed, as federal relief…
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Heartbreaking video of reunited mother trying to hug her toddler. Look what happens.
Aug 28, 2018, 10:11 AM 0
Marisa Treviño LatinaLista Regular readers of Latina Lista have kindly noticed that I’ve been taking a little break. After 14 years of chronicling social injustices, I felt drained, even more so since Trump took office. Like many of you,…
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Trump’s executive order ending immigrant family separation doesn’t address getting current child detainees back to their parents
Jun 20, 2018, 2:08 PM 0
LatinaLista — President Donald Trump signed today, under duress, an executive order to stop separating immigrant families. However, this order does not address reunifying families. The ongoing trauma that detained children are being subjected to needs to end and,…
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Look at what the White House just released to justify the Trump administration’s own policy of separating immigrant children from their parents
Jun 15, 2018, 2:44 PM 0
Marisa Treviño LatinaLista If there is one real truth about Trump and his White House staff, it’s that they lie. They distort facts, they take things out of context to purposely create a narrative that makes Trump look either…
