LatinaLista — It is said that the first printing press in the United States was a Spanish-language press that arrived almost 80 years before the first recorded arrival of the English-language press. Yet, because the press was in Spanish,…
LatinaLista — A disturbing event happened at an elementary school in Phoenix, Arizona this month. A 9-year-old boy was suspended for committing a hate crime — he is accused of using the term “brown people.” Whether or not he…
LatinaLista Who was Pancho Villa? Savior or outlaw? Saint or sinner? One thing is certain. Francisco (Pancho) Villa is synonymous with the Mexican Revolution and a leader whose notoriety crossed borders. Whether he was working the fields as a…
LatinaLista — It’s a chapter in history that historians have known about since 1965 but nobody likes to rock the boat especially when that boat is the esteemed Mayflower. In 1965, historian Michael Gannon revealed that 56 years before…
LatinaLista — Anti-Latino rhetoric has become so rampant in the last few days that it rivals the speed and ferocity of the San Diego fires. Speaking of which, for some inexplicable reason, San Diego has become Ground Zero in…
LatinaLista — The Senate just completed voting on whether or not to go to the next stage in the debate to move the DREAM Act to the next level — it failed. Sixty votes were needed to move the…
LatinaLista — I couldn’t help but be drawn to the subject line of one of the first emails of the morning: PLEASE HELP US! I would have probably deleted it without opening it, assuming it was another one of…
By Mariana Zamboni LatinaLista I am free at last! But, even though I received my green card just six months ago, it still doesn’t wash away the 16 years of mental incarceration and humiliation one lives with when they…
LatinaLista — The Hour of Reckoning is fast approaching for the fate of the Dream Act. In the balance hangs the hopes of roughly 60,000 young people who want nothing more to be able to afford college and put…
LatinaLista — Today in Washington, in Room 2141 of the Rayburn Building, the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law held a hearing on the STRIVE Act — a bipartisan immigration reform legislation introduced…
LatinaLista — Colorado Attorney General John Suthers outlined in his 6-page opinion that U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants have the right to receive in-state tuition. Earlier this month, with universities and colleges gearing up for fall enrollment, Republican and Democrat…
LatinaLista — The Annie E. Casey Foundation has released The 2007 KIDS COUNT data book online. The book is a compilation of kid-centric data and how states rank against one another in meeting the needs of the children living…
LatinaLista — In just a few weeks, school starts. But for some of the 65,000 undocumented high school graduates, they would need to win the lottery to be able to afford to attend their hometown colleges. (Source: uga.edu)
LatinaLista — What happens when state legislators targeting undocumented immigrants decide to penalize the kids as well by not allowing them to pay in-state tuition for college? A school counselor comes to the rescue.
Have shock-jock radio DJs not learned anything from Imus’ example? Don Imus (Source: wikipedia.org) It would appear not since the latest contributor to the Hall of Fame of Beyond Bad Taste thinks it’s okay to wish death upon a…
LatinaLista — From all news accounts, the bill designed to fix our “broken immigration system” narrowly missed losing one of its key components of being an effective bill — addressing the humanitarian reality of the undocumented immigrants. The missile…
LatinaLista — Sometimes the people in Washington say the darndest things. Education Secretary, Margaret Spellings, appearing before a special conference in Washington D.C. last week said that inner-city schools are nothing more than dropout factories — DUH! It’s taken…
LatinaLista — As everyone across the country waited today to see just how many marchers will try to duplicate last year’s stunning success of the immigration marches, an article that appeared in the media yesterday seemed to fan the…
LatinaLista — In the shadow of the worst shooting in this country’s history, college campuses everywhere are feeling the repercussions. Yet, there are good things being accomplished on college campuses which deserve just as much attention as a monumental…
LatinaLista — Today’s senseless tragedy on the campus of Virginia Tech which left 33 dead, more than 25 injured and scores traumatized leaves most of us speechless that someone could even think of doing such a thing. Virginia Tech…
LatinaLista — It’s a rather ironic situation: When it comes to family and friends, the majority of Latino teens don’t think twice about lending a hand. Yet, according to a new federal study by the Corporation for National &…
LatinaLista — Though there aren’t many Latino leaders in Washington to emulate these days, it’s time to remember one man who is not only worth remembering and emulating — but celebrating. Cesar Chavez (Source: americaslibrary.gov) I’m talking about Cesar…
LatinaLista — Babies having babies. It’s a thought that runs through everyone’s minds when they see a young teenage girl pregnant. It’s common knowledge that the majority of these “babies having babies” are young Latinas. In the state of…
LatinaLista — It’s so easy to take for granted the strides women have made in countries that are developed and where educational access is equal for both men and women, or those women lucky enough to be born in…
LatinaLista — In light of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, we must ask: When is a girl too flaca (thin)? When you can see her huesos (bones). To many of us, eating disorders like anorexia or bulimia affect other…
