By Carlyn Montes De Oca Modern Alchemy Do you know anyone who doesn’t want to be in a relationship? I don’t. Most people yearn for the gifts of closeness, companionship and connection that a healthy and long lasting relationship…
By Wendy Esparza Extra News CHICAGO — Walking around the streets of the Pilsen neighborhood you are sure to run into his work. For Mexican-American artist and muralist, Francisco Mendoza, art was his passion and Pilsen his canvas. “He…
LatinaLista — Immigrant advocates have long contended that there are some U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents who abuse their authority and/or the law when dealing with undocumented immigrants. Those allegations took on new scrutiny today in Dallas,…
LatinaLista — Friday, March 23, is the two-year anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), known in conservative circles (negatively) as “Obamacare.” Yet, for the person/family who doesn’t have the luxury of having an employer supply…
LatinaLista — Most experts believe that once children enter the juvenile justice system, their hope for a brighter future is diminished, if not erased. Statistics reveal that 75 percent of children who spent time behind bars, or a barbed…
By Dr. Miriam Vega SaludToday “La Familia en la Cocina is Speaking Two Languages” In her Salud America! pilot research project, Dr. Miriam Vega of the Latino Commission on AIDS in New York south interviewed Latina mothers and children…
By Alfredo Santos La Voz Newspaper AUSTIN — Dove Springs, a very large and mostly Spanish-speaking community in southeast Austin, is about to get a technology makeover. Spurred on by a new initiative, TechComunidad, a multifaceted plan launches this…
By Gaby Pacheco LatinaLista Recently, I had the opportunity to meet a wonderful 19-year-old Salvadorian woman, fighting for the DREAM Act. At first, I thought she was a DREAMer, but on the contrary, Jocelyne Cardona, is a US Citizen,…
LatinaLista — Journalist Richard Prince noted in his Journal-isms blog that the use of “Obamacare” to negatively refer to the President’s Affordable Care Act appears to have been accepted into the mainstream vernacular and is showing up more and…
LatinaLista — News headlines tell us that the economy is recovering slowly but surely. For many in the country, their reality isn’t catching up with these headlines — unless they are Latino, Asian or immigrants. According to a new…
By Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (Editor’s note: the following remarks were delivered on the House floor the week of March 19) Last Thursday, a different kind of March madness took place in the NCAA basketball tournament. In a game…
By Kim Weichel, CEO Peace X Peace Participating in the annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) conference at the UN is one of the highlights of my year. It is the time when thousands of accomplished and…
By Gabriel Pilonieta-Blanco El Tiempo Hispano Learning about Carlitos’ case, son of Guatemalan Encarnación Bail Romero in Missouri, who was adopted by a couple while she was in jail, made us seriously think about the issue. Encarnación was put…
By Gustavo Martínez Contreras Mojado Citizen (Editor’s note: The following is a translation of the original post that appears on Mojado Citizen) While the immigrant youth in Georgia face the possibility of being banned from all public colleges and…
LatinaLista — It wasn’t a sure bet that it was going to happen but with fingers crossed, a lot of people hoped for it. We first saw it happening with Marco Rubio and now there are reports that Mitt…
LatinaLista — On January 27, 2012, a retired couple, Diane and John Eckstein, packed up their mobile home and began a cross-country journey with their dog Kipp. Unlike most retirees who want to make time at the end of…
By Ivonne Jeannot Laens Global Press Institute Some years ago, a group of archaeologists found the frozen corpses of three indigenous children atop a volcano, which they determined had been Inca sacrifices. Today, the perfectly conserved corpses are on…
By Andres Ramirez LatinoYurbano Here are some trends that Latinos need to pay attention to, and start to prepare for, in order to take advantage and capitalize when the time arrives. As a consistent central theme we will need…
By Angela Covo La Prensa The City Council unanimously approved the San Antonio Local Filmmakers Grant (LFG), a $25,000 grant funded by the City of San Antonio Office of Cultural Affairs (OCA) for local filmmakers ready to make feature-length…
By Dr. Maria G. Hernandez Latina Cubicle Confidential™ According to the Pew Hispanic Research Center, 88 percent of the nation’s second-generation Latinas and Latinos, are bilingual. We are the sons and daughters of immigrants and grew up hearing both…
LatinaLista — The issue of high school dropouts is one that has been around since the creation of secondary education. Yet, what once was thought to be a personal choice with only personal consequences has evolved into a realization…
By Betty Molina Morgan, Ph.D LatinaLista After spending 30 plus years in public education, I’ve been a witness to many student challenges and accomplishments over the years. For me, a particular reward was witnessing the achievements of Latino students…
LatinaLista — Most people think poisoning deaths are stuff of murder mysteries and spy novels but the sad fact is that more people, ages 25 to 64-years-old, die of unintentional poisonings than get killed in car accidents. It’s something…
By Slyvia Longmire Mexico’s Drug War “Head of Northern Command says it is too early to tell if drug war in Mexico is being won.” Here’s an excerpt from this article translation from Mexico’s La Jornada, and found…
By José Antonio López Rio Grande Guardian SAN ANTONIO – The soon-to-be unveiled Tejano Monument on the south lawn of the State Capitol in Austin continues to add to the discussion of the founding of this great place we…
