By Amelie Ramirez, Dr. PH U.S.A. — May 31 is World No Tobacco Day. It’s a perfect opportunity to reflect on the effects of smoking and the opportunities to quit smoking, especially among Latinos. For every one person that dies from a tobacco-related cause, there are 20 more people who are suffering with at least [...]
Yale social psychologist says AZ immigration law can’t help but lead to racial profiling
LatinaLista — When it comes to the new Arizona immigration law, everybody has an opinion. The latest organization to weigh in on the new law is the American Psychological Association (APA). The APA wanted to know if such could really be implemented without invoking assumptions, a.k.a. racial profiling about certain people. Yale Social Psychologist Dr. [...]
Mexico: What about our kids?
By Martha Ramos LatinaLista MEXICO CITY — A couple of days ago, I was talking with a friend about old times. When we were kids, we played on the streets in Chihuahua. Last week, he was at a neighbor’s funeral. This guy lived near where we played. Now, the violence there took his life. My [...]
Latino families need to be vigilant against lead poisoning
LatinaLista — Who worries about lead poisoning these days? Evidently not many people. Otherwise, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) wouldn’t have joined forces with the Ad Council and the Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning on a new national multimedia ad campaign to raise [...]
When it comes to “going green” Latinos get the message loud and clear
LatinaLista — A new survey reveals that Latinos have embraced the concept of “going green.” Of all the ethnic groups, Latinos rank the highest when it comes to being in tune to the planet, according to the survey Eco Pulse. Of course, this same survey revealed that most people buy green products as a way [...]
Dump Day campaign raises money to feed people who live at Honduras dump
LatinaLista — It wasn’t that long ago that Honduras dominated world headlines due to the country’s political turmoil, and remains in the spotlight because of the increase in violence and murders of journalists. Yet there is another story in Honduras that, unfortunately, has never attracted the kind of global outcry as has the country’s internal [...]
