LatinaLista — The term “natural life” refers to those sentenced to life without parole. It is a merciless sentence reserved for those criminals whose crimes were ruled as the most heinous acts committed against their fellow man. The natural…
SaludToday U.S. adult obesity rates remained mostly steady―but high―this past year, although Latino adults and children continue to suffer higher rates than whites, according to a new report by the Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood…
Hispanic News Online (HNOnline) (Editor’s Note: For Hispanic Heritage Month, HNOnline has created the 30-4-30 podcast series highlighting 30 Latino leaders/trailblazers across the country for the 30 days of Hispanic Heritage Month. HNOnline is the sister publication of Latina…
LatinaLista — Campaign: The Nature Project -Amazon & Animal Conservation Véronique Grand and Yvan Bouvier, of Swiss nationality, went to live in the Ecuadorian Amazonia in 2002. As many, they were worried for the environment and the treatment toward…
By Lucia Murguia Borderzine Griselda Reyna, never imagined she would be fleeing a group of armed men who had just kidnapped and murdered her two sons. She knew she would be killed if she stayed in Ciudad Juarez….
By Marcia G. Yerman Moms Clean Air Force The People’s Climate March was a watershed moment. Participants, politicians, and the media got a complete overview of the seriousness of individual and group commitment to making change on the ground….
Hispanic News Online (HNOnline) (Editor’s Note: For Hispanic Heritage Month, HNOnline has created the 30-4-30 podcast series highlighting 30 Latino leaders/trailblazers across the country for the 30 days of Hispanic Heritage Month. HNOnline is the sister publication of Latina…
By Maira Isabel Morales LatinaLista Puerto Ricans – and Hispanics generally – are passionate about food. We have a famous saying: “Where one eats, 10 do”. We always make more than enough food, just in case someone comes along….
LatinaLista — Campaign: Spanglish the Webseries Spanglish is an interactive web series about Mariola, the anti-typical Hispanic woman, living in New York City. With Latinos becoming a larger and larger demographic in America, the creators of this web series think…
By Amelia Orozco Extra! “Don Chipotle” is a new play by award-winning writer and performer Juan Francisco Villa, and is directed by Jo Cattell. Presented by terraNova, The Playground Theater, and the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and…
LatinaLista — Campaign: liftUPlift.com * Shop From Women liftUPlift.com is the first e-commerce marketplace for women entrepreneurs. liftUPlift is a tool for the empowerment of women, which makes it fast and easy for every person to work together to create equal…
By Jim Patterson Futurity Calling the proposal for an immense wall between Mexico and the United States nonsense, the author of a new book suggests a better option would be to open the border between the two countries….
By Obed Manuel Latina Lista They’ve marched. They’ve sat in congressional offices. They’ve been deported. DREAMers around the nation have take a leading role in the fight for immigration reform. And on Saturday, Dallas became the first city in…
By Aubrie Iverson VoiceBox Media What happens when war, broken families and a spike in illegal border crossings combine? For the 110,000 children and families apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border last summer, the result is back logged immigration…
By Laura Wenus Mission Local The latest tool to help the homeless? Gift cards. HandUp, a public benefit corportation that helps homeless people pay for things they need by creating an online account for them that donors can contribute…
Managing editor Obed Manuel gives a brief rundown of the week’s news. Recording and editing by Obed Manuel
LatinaLista — Saying undocumented immigrants are here in the United States only for handouts and to take advantage of the system is nothing more than rhetoric by desperate politicians who want to capture votes on the tailwind of manufactured…
By Lisa Rapaport Reuters Health Cancer remains the leading cause of death among Hispanics in the U.S., driven in large part by lung malignancies in men and breast tumors in women, a new report finds. This year, Hispanics in…
By Hon. Henry F. De Sio, Jr LatinaLista This Op-Ed first appeared and was featured as the "Editor's Pick" on the Thomson Reuters website. Something transformative is happening in our schools. Changemaking and empathy are fast taking their places alongside reading…
By Nick Wooldridge LatinaLista The murder of a Latino gang member reported this past May in Vice serves as the backdrop to the widespread attention currently being pushed on California’s record dryness and its struggling agriculture production, much of…
By Jim Logan Amigos805.com When César Chávez founded the National Farm Workers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers (UFW), he did it mostly in Spanish. For more than 30 years, he inspired millions of people —…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Oakland Superheroes Mural Project Public art has the ability to create community change and enliven and inspire neighborhoods. Visible to the entire community, the mural in heavily trafficked areas can send the message that youth and…
LatinaLista — Latin America has long been considered one of the last remaining strongholds in the world for obedience to Catholic teachings. Yet, a recent article on Global Post identified Buenos Aires, Argentina as becoming a "mecca for gay marriage…
By Zoe Greenberg & Brie Shea RH Reality Check (Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt of the fuller investigative piece found at RH Reality Check.) Coors Light is the second most popular beer in the United States, bringing…
By Charlotte Taylor The Conversation Across Europe, a debate is raging about how to describe the thousands of people escaping war and turmoil in their own countries and making the journey to safer places. Are they refugees or migrants?…
