LatinaLista – The old media adage “Sex Sells” has never been as true as it is today. Thanks to two researchers from the Dept. of Sociology at State University of New York at Buffalo there is now proof of just how much sex media uses to sell their products. Assistant Professors Erin Hatton and Mary Nell [...]
Change in immigration case reviews signals a more humane approach to deportations
LatinaLista — Today, senior White House officials delivered the news Latino community activist groups have been waiting for — all 300,000 cases pending for removal from the country will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. What does that mean? It means that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is going to review each case individually [...]
New research shows how vital the role of all Latinos is to the US economy
LatinaLista — The power of political action committees is fierce. One has only to look at the Tea Party to see what happens when determination sets in to elect only like-minded candidates. That’s why news today that a new political action committee was being formed with another laser-specific agenda caught most people off guard. Former [...]
ACT report shows Latino students want to academically succeed but face challenges out of their control
LatinaLista — It’s one thing for adults to stress the importance of education to young people but quite another when students realize it for themselves — and it seems Latino students are slowly but surely getting that message. In their yearly report The Condition of College and Career Readiness 2011 released today by ACT, the [...]
How much longer will Obama administration pretend it doesn’t have a Latino problem?
LatinaLista — Listening to “man-on-the-street” interviews being done by various news networks following President Obama’s three-day bus tour throughout the Midwest, it’s interesting to hear more than one person say they’re tired of hearing Obama continually shift the blame rather than begin to take responsibility. The Latino community is experiencing that same kind of tiredness [...]
War of words between Lawrence, MA’s Dominicans and Puerto Ricans
by José Alfonso García Rumbo LAWRENCE, MA — The humiliating and discriminatory remarks by Rev. Edwin Rodriguez and his followers against Dominicans are not an attack from the Puerto Rican Community. In his radio show on Saturday, July 23rd. Rev. Edwin Rodriguez blasted again with derogatory accusations against Dominicans residing in Lawrence, MA. He charged [...]