By Denis O’Leary Amigos805.com The national conversation around immigration is at its core about how we will define ourselves as Americans, and about our relationships with one another. What we expect and what we consider just are too often one sided arguments with political points repeated for brinkmanship more than collaborative policy building as the [...]
Video: Documentary shows that the hungry in the nation don’t always have ‘A Place at the Table’
LatinaLista — The politically correct term is “food insecurity” but most people know it as “going hungry.” Over 50 million people in the United States are reported to not know where their next meal is coming from. As a result of the recent recession and continuing hard economic times, people who never before worried about [...]
Spotlight Nonprofit: Giving at-risk newborns a warm start to life
LatinaLista — Giving birth and taking that new bundle of love home is supposed to be the most joyous event in any mother’s life, and it usually is, but when that mother doesn’t have enough money or family or friends to help her prepare for that little one’s arrival then a joyous event turns into [...]
Children’s Book Diversity: News Highlights
CBC Diversity March 7th – March 14th, 2013 ON OUR RADAR HarperCollins and Lee & Low create winning proposals for First Book’s Stories for All Project The Diversity in YA Tumblr, managed by YA authors Cindy Pon and Malinda Lo, is back! On Goodreads: Best YA Books with Non-White Protagonist Lovely interview with Grace Lin [...]
Guest Voz: Making the case for Texas Latinos to not endure second-hand smoke
By Juan Flores LatinaLista Every day, thousands of Texans’ lives are put in danger as a result of second-hand smoke exposure in the workplace. Texas Latinos, which constitute 41 percent of the state’s population, and 35 percent of the labor force, often work in the food industry where only one third of workers are protected [...]
Latina Cubicle Confidential™–Manage Your Privacy at Work—Carefully!
By Dr. Maria G. Hernandez Latina Cubicle Confidential™ If you think your web-surfing information, your phone calls, and your texts belong just to you — you are right, only if you are talking about your home computer and your personal smart phone. But if these devices belong to your employer it may surprise you to [...]
