LatinaLista — In 2011, Arizona State University (ASU) biomedical engineering junior Tina Hakimi read an article posted on the university’s web site about a fellow student’s work with orphans in Mexico. The article sparked an idea and gave her…
By Elena Shore New America Media Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio on Wednesday dismissed speculation that he could be the vice presidential nominee, but he is preparing to make another political play
By John Newton La Voz Latina SAVANNAH — Armstrong Atlantic State University’s Office of International Education welcomed its favorite archaeologist back to Savannah in February, as Dr. Constanza Ceruti returned to the Savannah campus for a series of lectures…
By Tom Rees This View of Life There’s quite a lot of research showing that subtly reminding people of death can make them more religious. But what’s not clear is why that should be
LatinaLista — Most immigrant advocates and members of the Latino community, who care about immigration reform, have just about given up hope that the issue will ever be tackled by Congress.
LatinaLista — The bigger question of the 2012 election is not: Who will win but how will voters in swing states vote?
by Mary Liepold Peace X Peace As my dear friend the artist Huong would say, I’m a lucky ducky. I get to write about poetry for peace. Yippee! Only . . . where to begin? So many cultures, so…
By Bobby Sanchez The Curandero of Dallas Curanderos are either thought to be relics of the past or considered nothing more than folk healers. Neither is completely true. I use the title curandero in my practice because of its…
By Dennis Rocha – Bilingual Weekly Sacramento, CA — Only two days away from celebrating the 85th anniversary of civil rights activist Cesar Chavez’s birthday, dozens of farm workers and supporters along the United Farm Workers Union (UFW) continued…
LatinaLista — In today’s Pew Hispanic report When Labels Don’t Fit: Hispanics and Their Views of Identity, an inconvenient truth is laid bare — we are a conflicted bunch.
By Dr. Maria G. Hernandez Latina Cubicle Confidential™ At some point in your career you may feel like you’re stuck in neutral. ¡Ni adelante, ni al revés!
LatinaLista — April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. When most of us think about sexual assaults, we think of the ending rather than the beginning.
By Dr. Jacqueline Zaleski Mackenzie LatinaLista GUANAJUATO, MEXICO — On Friday, March 23rd at 4:30pm the local church bell began to chime loudly as I was packing up my laptop to head home from my new office space in…
By Andres Ramirez Latino Y Urbano Many families come to the United States with big hopes and dreams for their children. They understand that they are making a big investment in the future of their families and are willing…
By Dennis M. Ayotte, Jr La Prensa SAN ANTONIO — To date, in Bexar county alone six children ranging from ages of three days to 17 have died because of child abuse or neglect, this year. Last year, an…
LatinaLista — His full name was Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo. Yet the world knew this prolific Argentine poet and writer simply as Jorge Luis Borges. Born in Buenos Aires on August 24, 1899 and died in Geneva,…
LatinaLista — Since its founding in 1999, Scenarios USA has been an organization that empowers at-risk youth via film and writing. The way it works is that the Scenarios USA team sets a yearly theme as part of its Real…
By Juan Miret A Hispanic Matter Some say the hat may have been created in Europe in the 14th century. If so, many country folk on this side of the ocean are thankful. The transformation into a tropical version…
La Costa Latina OKALOOSA COUNTY, FL — On March 6, the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO) donated inventory seized from a business that had served as a front for a major cocaine smuggling and distribution ring. More than 60-thousand dollars…
By Leslie J. López LatinaLista SPAIN — Jesús Méndez Lastrucci has his sculpting workshop in Seville close to Imaginero Castillo Lastrucci Street – the street named after his great-grandfather for whom more than one thousand religious images are attributed….
By David Magallanes Amigos805.com OXNARD, CA — As I walk across campus at the community college where I teach, I sometimes get the impression that I can almost hear my own footsteps as I walk toward my classroom or…
LatinaLista — Autism. When most people hear the word, images of children not making eye contact, flapping their hands, repeating words, overreacting to being touched, or hearing sounds, and being obsessive about certain things are among the actions, thanks…
By Vanessa Perez Latina Lista Over 20 years ago, when my friend Ana was brought to this country at the age of three, her Mexican parents were pursuing the American Dream. Today, at 24, Ana is still chasing it….
By Gustavo Martínez Contreras Mojado Citizen A Mexican man will be finally able to travel to his 10-year-old son’s burial in Pennsylvania after immigration officials granted his request for humanitarian permission to enter the United States, according to a…
LatinaLista — The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) department of Homeland Security has not had a good last couple of weeks. No matter which way they turned they were getting hammered for not being transparent enough either in their…
