By Marilyn Garateix Latino Ed Beat More Hispanic students are taking the ACT college-entrance exam, and in some states their scores inched up, new data show. But the achievement gap persists for the class of 2017, with many…
By Josh Hoxie ncluido Many people see progress on racial equity in the U.S. as a steady march forward, in which people of color become more equal with their white counterparts as the years go by. Those are…
By Amanda Merck SaludAmerica! The science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) workforce is no more diverse than it was 20 years ago. In fact, less than 2% of the STEM workforce is Latino youth, although they make up about…
LatinaLista — With current political rhetoric painting a broad characterization of who Latinos are these days, amplifying the Latinx voice and experience is as important as ever. A new imprint of Ohio State University (OSU) is creating such an…
By Wayne Cornelius The Conversation President Donald Trump has asked Congress to do what former President Barack Obama and his Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program could not: Provide permanent protection from deportation for more than one million…
By Marisa Treviño ncluido There’s no question that women are on TV. From primetime shows to daytime soaps and cable programs to streaming series, women can be seen. But for those who know better, like the researchers at the…
By Kelli Gibson Saving Places Anyone familiar with San Francisco’s Mission District can tell you about the giant, colorful murals that cascade across area buildings. Representing a variety of themes, from humorous to political to religious, these murals reflect…
LatinaLista — A strength of being Latina is the skillset unconsciously learned from infancy in assimilating two distinct cultures into everyday life. Living in two cultures simultaneously impacts our attitudes, aspirations and abilities that, in turn, produces unique traits…
By Milenko Martinovich Futurity A new study sheds light on the impact of rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program on immigrant mothers and their children’s health. The Trump administration’s recent decision to end the DACA program,…
GritoBlast! Google is synonymous with “search.” Whether it’s using it’s unmistakable search engine to find online information or news or using Google Earth to rediscover family roots, Google is using its tech expertise to foster a public curiosity about the…
Moms Clean Air Force The oceans are warming. Surface temperature of the oceans has warmed about 1 to 3 degrees F over the last century. Warmer oceans feed more energy into hurricanes, so they grow stronger. Wind speeds are…
By Elizabeth Aranda & Elizabeth Vaquera The Conversation “I am getting this wonderful education. I have a job. I fit in. At the same time, I feel at any moment that can change. I don’t think that most Americans…
By Luis V. Gutierrez ncluido Ending the Deferred Action for Child Arrivals program was a serious mistake that will harm the United States and will spark a national political crisis. Approximately 800,000 young immigrants who qualify for DACA have…
By Sheena Rice Futurity When disasters like Hurricane Harvey strike, victims of domestic violence are often particularly vulnerable. “Disasters can cause significant emotional trauma or stress, injure or kill individuals, and threaten basic human needs such as access to…
LatinaLista — The following is the Memorandum sent by Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Elaine Duke announcing the steps going forward with the DACA program. Rescission of the June 15, 2012 Memorandum Entitled “Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with…
By Adrianna Quintero ncluido Without a doubt, Hurricane Harvey is a historic catastrophe. After making landfall Friday and becoming a tropical storm, it has continued to wreak havoc: death, loss, missing persons, and an immediate and lingering fear among…
By Jessie Daniels The Conversation White supremacy is woven into the tapestry of American culture, online and off – in both physical monuments and online domain names. A band of tiki-torch-carrying white nationalists gathered first online, and then at…
Marisa Treviño ncluido Tuesday, September 5, 2017, is a day that about 800,000 undocumented youth are nervously awaiting. On that day, Trump will decide what to do about a program that has been a literal lifeline, to a normal…
By Marilyn Garateix Latino Ed Beat New U.S. Census data show a dramatic increase in the number of Hispanics attending school, reaching nearly 18 million in 2016. The figure — which covers education at all levels — is double the…
LatinaLista CC*— By cultural training, Latinas are taught the noble art of self-sacrifice. Our time, money and love are showered on our children, significant others, parents, extended families, friends, etc. before we begin to think of ourselves. Shivaun Palmer,…
GritoBlast! Hurricane Harvey is breaking all kinds of records for the amount of rainfall, destruction, and the number of people forced from their homes. Harvey has broken the record for the greatest amount of rain recorded from a single…
By George Diepenbrock Futurity Detention centers that hold immigrant women and their families function like jails and prisons, report researchers. The findings challenge federal officials’ description of the centers as “alternative to detention.” Women held with their children in…
By Sam Dogen ncluido (Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared on the site Financial Sumarai.) The Financial Samurai In the summer of 1996, I got in my rusty Toyota Corolla hatchback and took off on a five and a…
By Eric Moreno SaludToday Heart disease does not discriminate, but Latina women are greatly affected by it. Latina women are more likely to develop heart disease 10 years earlier than non-Latinos, according to the American Heart Association. Often, the…
By Max Pensky and Nadia Rubaii The Conversation There are those who say that comparing President Donald Trump’s rhetoric to that of Adolf Hitler is alarmist, unfair and counterproductive. And yet, there has been no dearth of such…
