LatinaLista — Last November when NBC announced they were shutting down NBCLatino, their Latino-focused news site and entry into the crowded online competition for Latino readers/viewers, a spokesman for NBC said the closure of the site and funneling of…
By John Newton La Voz Latina Several years ago, a group of South Carolina residents formed an organization called the Lowcountry Immigration Coalition to promote comprehensive immigration reform. In 2011, the Coalition joined forces with other immigration advocates and…
By Judi Bonilla Latino Elders Several months ago, I had a conversation with a colleague on the perception of Latinos in our country. I listened intently as I heard about the portrayal of Latinos in American culture as takers,…
LatinaLista — With a name like Duncan Tonatiuh, it’s understandable if there’s some confusion over his background. Yet, one glimpse at any of the picture books he has authored and illustrated leaves no doubt as to the cultural pride…
SaludToday Toddlers from low-income Hispanic, American Indian (AI), and Alaskan Native (AN) homes are at increased risk for obesity, according to a new study, Medscape reports. The federal study, published in the journal Pediatrics, collected weight data for 1.2…
CTLatinoNews.com A national organization has moved into Connecticut with the goal of helping to harness and mobilize the power of the state’s growing Latino population. The Hispanic Federation, which is based in New York and serves as an umbrella…
LatinaLista — Stories about hit-“men” are all too common and do little to create any buzz for a new film banking on violence and trite storylines to bring in viewers. But add even just a small twist to a…
By Pablo J. Sáinz La Prensa San Diego David Alvarez is one step closer to becoming the first mayor of Mexican origin in San Diego. The once relatively unknown Democrat councilmember, placed second in the Nov. 19th special mayoral…
By Lamont Lilly LatinaLista Another Durham resident has now died in a controversial encounter with the Durham Police Department. This time it was teenager and local Riverside High School student, Jesus Huerta. An official response from Durham police chief,…
LatinaLista — For a lot of Latino teens, going to school can be just as much of a challenge as succeeding. For those who are low-income, first or second-generation, undocumented, live in neighborhoods where gang violence and recruitment are…
By Corina Martinez Chaudhry The Latino Author This week we are grateful and pleased to present you an interview with the critically renowned author Rudolfo Anaya. Mr. Anaya provides us with a heartfelt perspective on what it took to…
By Brian Woodman Jr. CTLatinoNews.com Ronald Flores, an associate sociology professor at Connecticut College, has encouraging observations about education among second- and third-generation Latinos. “Overall, the second generation is doing fairly well or better than expected, despite factors that…
By Katherine Leal Unmuth Latino Ed Beat Education reporters often are drawn to reporting the depressing headlines about the state of Latino and black students in our nation’s public schools. These stories often focus on high school dropouts, low…
LatinaLista — In 2011, friends Ricardo Padilla and Javier Hernandez set out on a mission to find cartoonists, writers, illustrators and other creative artists of Latino descent who were creating a long treasured genre of literature — comic books!…
LatinaLista — For the last few years, as mobile technology became a more widely used tool in our daily lives, study after study has highlighted the fact that the most avid users of mobile are young people. Among young…
By Ana Champagne LatinaLista I am a mental health clinician and a former refugee from Nicaragua – raised in two cultures or shall I say “two worlds”…”this one” and “that one” or “The Latina” and “The Americana.” Upon arrival…
By Claire Maria O’Brien Eléctrica in the Desert It’s impossible to wrap one’s head around outraged government denials of racial profiling and general harassment of Latino people in the Southwest. Perhaps the best way to bring this virtual military…
LatinaLista — Bobby Ramirez, Julian Medina, Jason Martinez and Derek Hernandez were childhood friends until ambition tore them apart — landing them on either side of the law. Now, it’s time for a reunion unlike any reunion before. That’s…
By Linda Tishler Levinson CTLatinoNews.com The Latino student population in the state has grown and continues to do so – in some surprising suburban towns, as well as in the expected city school districts, according to statistics provided to…
La Voz de Austin There are lots of ways to examine the growth and impact of the Hispanic population in the United States. Certainly the Census Bureau provides a vast array of data through its many surveys and the…
LatinaLista — It doesn’t take a U.S. Census survey to know that Spanish is the second most spoken language in the country after English. A casual walk in most any major city in the country will feature hearing Spanish being…
By Rodolfo F. Acuña LatinaLista For the past forty plus years, the question of Chicana/ identity has evoked passionate discussion. It got one of my favorite Chicano scholars, the late Dr. Ramón Ruiz, into hot water. Don Ramón, for…
By Al Carlos Hernandez Herald de Paris LOS ANGELES – My affair with Harley-Davidson motorcycles began when I was ten years old. My mom’s cousin’s boyfriend used to come visit and he rode a converted hawthorn green, chopped police…
LatinaLista — This week, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos had both the journalism industry and the art world abuzz. Bezos bought the Washington Post and, in the same week, launched on Amazon an online art gallery. While there is breathless…
LatinaLista — The national outcry over the racist attacks lobbed at 12-year-old Mexican American Sebastian De La Cruz and Puerto Rican singer Marc Anthony for singing the national anthem and God Bless America earlier this year at sold-out televised…
