By José Villa Hawaii Hispanic News SAN FRANCISCO, California — U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan was joined recently by White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Nancy Sutley and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson to announce the first-ever U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools, a list including 78 schools, two of which [...]
The Latino connection to Pearl Harbor lives on today
LatinaLista — Today is the 68th anniversary of when Pearl Harbor in Hawaii was bombed by Japanese forces, and which triggered the U.S. entry into World War II. In line with how our nation physically remembers/salutes the loss of American lives in horrific (historic) events in our country, state governors, one after another, are issuing [...]
Goya’s art makes us look in the mirror
(The following is from one of Latina Lista’s regional newspaper partners — Hawaii Hispanic News) By Arantxa Ascunce, Assistant Professor of Spanish, University of Hawaii (Ed. Note: The Honolulu Academy of Arts, for the first time in decades, is exhibiting a selection of Francisco Goya’s prints until August 9th) HONOLULU, Hawaii — When Napoleon’s troops [...]
Breaking News: ICE continues targeting Hawaii’s undocumented community with worksite and home raids
LatinaLista — Hawaii is 1,625 miles from the U.S. mainland. In this day and age of easy travel and internet usage, it’s hard to imagine that anyone would think that Hawaii is so far away that news of what happens in Hawaii stays in Hawaii (excuse the paraphrase of a popular commercial). Yet, that’s exactly [...]
