LatinaLista — After a nationwide, bipartisan consensus that last week was not President Donald J. Trump’s finest moments as Commander-in-Chief, Trump is on his way to Arizona today to asauge his bruised ego with a rally of his most…
By Jim Hanchett Futurity Raising the minimum wage by $1 could lead to a substantial decrease in the number of reported cases of child neglect, research shows. “When caregivers have more disposable income, they’re better able to provide…
LatinaLista — In 2013, when Pew Research surveyed how many Americans invest in the stock market, they discovered a telling fact — 81 percent of Latinos don’t own stock. But it doesn’t stop at stocks. Latinos are the first…
By Ken Jeremiah Ancient Origins Peru has a rich and mysterious history. With extant indigenous groups such as the Uros, Quechua, Aymara, and the Jivaro, which are known for their head-shrinking techniques, and historical populations like the Wari and…
By Adam G. Klein The Conversation In late February, the headline of a news commentary website that receives more than 2.8 million monthly visitors announced, “Jews Destroy Another One of Their Own Graveyards to Blame Trump.” The story, inspired…
By Erika Ebsworth-Goold Futurity After conducting a new research approach using actual commutes, engineers discovered a simple shift can reduce the health risks of air pollution on the road. Research has linked an increased amount of air pollutants…
By Lourdes Ortiz ncluido El Paso might be touted as one of the safest cities in the United States, yet on July 25, the city woke up to a terrifying death toll — 4 bodies were found in the…
By Jared Foretek Saving Places For lawyer and author Bryan Stevenson, the United States can’t fully recover from its racial history until it honestly confronts its past. “Truth and reconciliation has always been sequential,” he says. “You can’t get…
GritoBlast! — College completion rates among Latinos, while improving, are still astronomically low across the country. According to some of the most recent statistics, only 15 percent of Latinos have a bachelor’s degree or higher. The problem is that…
US Ambassador (Ret.) Antonio Garza ncluido It looks to be construction season in South Texas. Along this stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border, 31 miles of wall may soon be going up and companies are wading through the final…
By Catherine Snow The Conversation A recent report from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences calls for more attention to language teaching in the U.S. The report notes that U.S. students have much less access to foreign language…
By Ashley Nellis Juvenile Justice Information Exchange Decades of research from the fields of criminology and adolescent brain science find that the decisions made in youth — even very unwise decisions — do not crystallize criminality. Instead, as young…
By Eric Moreno SaludToday Latinos have historically lagged behind whites in education. They have made strides, like a declining dropout rate and increased college enrollment, but are still more disconnected (not in school, not working) and lag in college…
By Ada M. Wilkinson-Lee ncluido Watching all the recent media reports and discussions about baseball legend Sammy Sosa’s skin bleaching brings back painful memories for me. It began when I was a teen. My mom encouraged me to use…
LatinaLista — Latinos are the third-highest ethnic group afflicted with diabetes, according to the American Diabetes Association: The rates of diagnosed diabetes in adults by race/ethnic background are: 7.4% of non-Hispanic whites 8.0% of Asian Americans 12.1% of Hispanics…
By Merrill Singer The Conversation Last week’s record-setting heat in the Pacific Northwest and current triple-digit temperatures in Arizona are the latest reminders that climate change is heating up the Earth. This trend is a serious threat to cities,…
Marisa Treviño LatinaLista Many a desktop across the country, and the world, start their days staring at the Google homepage. It’s not just for its popular search engine that ‘draws’ (pun intended) people to its site but the anticipation…
By Brett Israel Futurity As white people move out of neighborhoods, noise pollution rises. And noise pollution is inescapable in segregated cities, where it is worse for everyone, according to the first breakdown of noise exposure along racial, ethnic,…
By Theodoros Karasavvas Ancient Origins Park officials from the Mesa Verde National Park in Montezuma County, Colorado, announced that vandals severely damaged archaeological artifacts in order to write graffiti on the side of a sandstone cliff. Vandals Don’t Show…
Moms Clean Air Force Air pollution can cause serious health problems. Rarely, it can even kill people — and we’re not exaggerating. That’s why we care so much about the laws that protect us from air pollution. Read on…
By Juana Bordas ncluido Fighter for justice, seeker of truth, powerful, and stunningly beautiful while dodging bullets? Could this be the new female Super Hero? Say hello to Wonder Woman and while we are at it – let’s call…
Sponsored Content LatinaLista — Since 2012, over half of the births in the United States have been to people of color. This birthrate bolsters the US Census Bureau’s projections that by the year 2044, the country will be ‘majority-minority.’…
By Sanford Schram The Conversation The budget blueprint the House of Representatives recently unveiled isn’t a carbon copy of President Donald Trump’s proposal, dubbed “A New Foundation for American Greatness.” But they would both make what’s left of the already…
GritoBlast! Dehydration. Fatigue. Poor classroom performance. Water can help solve these issues for kids, but Latino kids don’t have access to clean drinking water as often as white kids, and they are more dehydrated. That’s why Salud America! is launching the #SaludWaterhealth…
By Amy McCaig Futurity More children are living in high-poverty neighborhoods after the Great Recession of 2008, a new study suggests. Researchers also found that these children lag behind in academic performance by a full school year on average….
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Graduate creates apparel from plastic shopping bags
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