By Trey Hilburn La Prensa de San Antonio SAN ANTONIO — Lately San Antonio has seen an increasing number of deputies being arrested for drunk driving. In fact after winning the election, newly appointed Sheriff Susan Pamerleau has seen four deputies arrested for DWI in Bexar County alone. “My first week as sheriff I woke [...]
Viernes Video: Latino Rock n Roll artists keeping the music alive
LatinaLista — Over the years, music critics have declared rock n roll dead. Yet, for one Los Angeles-based indie music label comprised of young Latino rock n roll artists, it’s a question that the label is fighting hard to dispel. Courtesy of a new documentary, Los Wild Ones, set to make its world premiere at [...]
New study shows Latinas wait longer to find out if they have breast cancer after getting abnormal mammogram
LatinaLista — One of the most frightening messages any woman can receive is being told that she had an abnormal mammogram. Most women immediately follow instructions for follow-up examination and proceed with treatment, if it’s needed. Most women, just not most Latinas. A new study released today by the Redes En Acción research network found [...]
Violence against women: Progress in some parts of the world, violations continue elsewhere
LatinaLista — It was no coincidence that President Obama signed the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) the day before International Women’s Day, whose theme is violence against women. The expanded version of the Act is an important milestone in recognizing the rights of women, whomever they are, to be protected and guarded against domestic violence [...]
Guest Voz: Understanding that immigration reform is about them, not us
By Rodolfo F. Acuña LatinaLista For the past forty years, the most pressing issue for Mexican Americans and other Latinos has been immigration reform. It has dominated our conversations, our agendas, and for the more politically conscious among us, it goes to the core of who we are. Seemingly the Democrats have come to the [...]
Declining Interest In ‘Chicano Studies’ Reflects A Latino Identify Shift
By Adrian Florido Fronteras News Desk SAN DIEGO — On the campus of San Diego State University recently, Sandy Chavez, the daughter of Mexican immigrants, said, without hesitation, that she thinks of herself primarily as American. Yes, she is Latina, of Mexican heritage. She’s visited family in Mexico, and on weekends as a child she [...]