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Culture

New bilingual health site refreshingly keeps Latino readers in mind with articles and recipes relevant to Latino lifestyles

Feb 28, 2013, 2:55 PM 0

LatinaLista — Too often, organizations wanting to reach Latinos, both Spanish-speakers and non-Spanish speakers, think it’s enough to translate into Spanish content geared to an English-speaking audience. They are clueless that most Latino readers want to read content that…

Local News, Northeast

Preparing for Population Explosion of Graying Latinos

Jan 30, 2013, 11:45 AM 0

By Wayne Jebian CTLatinoNews.com As Latinos pass the age-65 mark, they face many of the same concerns as the general population — broadly, the loss of independence and the possibility of dementia. However, the ways that Latinos and Caucasians…

Culture

Majority of young Latino adults are “proud of their Hispanic/Latino culture”

Jan 23, 2013, 12:03 PM 0

By Insight Tr3s A Pew nationwide survey finds that Hispanic identity continues to be most rooted in family country of origin while the terms Latino and Hispanic are not as top of mind. The United States government uses the…

Life Issues

New study shows importance of colleges providing extra support in helping Latino students finish school

Jan 18, 2013, 5:58 PM 0

LatinaLista — In the 2012 report, The Condition of Education, issued by the National Center for Education Statistics, it was found that there was no measurable difference in the “immediate college enrollment rate” for Latino students between 1975 and…

Culture

PARADE magazine launches year-long focus on Latinos with panel discussion that underscores existence of 2 camps of Latino thought

Jan 18, 2013, 11:51 AM 0

LatinaLista — If anyone still doubts the role Latinos had in the re-election of Barack Obama, they are going to be reminded of it this weekend and throughout 2013, courtesy of PARADE magazine. Starting this Sunday, PARADE launches a…

Culture, History

National Trust for Historic Preservation Calls for Nominations of Latino Endangered Sites

Jan 15, 2013, 4:24 PM 0

LatinaLista — The year 2012 will always be remembered as the turning point in U.S. Latino history. After all, it was the year when Latino voters fulfilled the prophecy of the ‘Sleeping Giant.’ Yet, as many know, it took…

General, Guest Voz

Guest Voz: Culture: The good, the bad and the feo — How do we change it?

Jan 11, 2013, 12:00 AM 0

By Rodolfo F. Acuña LatinaLista I approach the topic of culture with trepidation. Better minds than mine have written about it; it is also a hot button issue in the Mexican American community. As important as culture is, there…

Guest Voz

Guest Voz: The Unraveling of the Latino Conservative Myth

Dec 13, 2012, 10:53 AM 0

By Candace Gibson National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health As we saw in the elections, political pundits were somehow shocked that Latino voters came out to support Democratic candidates. Many think that the Latino community is by nature conservative,…

Diversity, Palabra Final

UT law prof blames Latino and black students’ poor academics on being raised with poor single mothers

Dec 11, 2012, 8:07 PM 3

LatinaLista — By now, it’s been accepted in most circles that the United States still suffers from overt and systemic racism. A brief review of President Obama’s first term clearly underscores how some people still feel a person’s skin…

Guest Voz

Guest Voz: A Troubling Shortage Of Latino Lawyers not Foreseen to Get Any Better

Dec 10, 2012, 10:28 AM 0

By Elaine McArdle LatinaLista People often complain there are too many lawyers in the world, and you may think they have a point. After all, an astonishing 40,000 students graduate from American law schools each year, and there are…

Videos

Viernes Video: Yiddish-speaking gang bangers torch cyberspace in new comedy web series

Dec 7, 2012, 2:53 PM 0

LatinaLista — Just in time for the start of this year’s Hanukkah (Dec. 8-16), a new web series debuts that is bound to offend, amuse and puzzle ‘in light’ that the two main characters are Yiddish-speaking gang bangers —…

Education, Palabra Final

Latino and Black male students at the mercy of a segregated and suspension-focused school system

Sep 19, 2012, 4:27 PM 3

LatinaLista — Though pundits, mainstream media and the political parties themselves have been obsessed over the push-and-pull direction of the Latino vote in this presidential election, one of the real issues that matters is being ignored — kinda. The issue…

Children, Life Issues

Grassroots initiative launches campaign spotlighting out-of-school suspensions for Latino, African-American and disabled youth

Sep 4, 2012, 2:16 PM 1

LatinaLista — The school year is just getting underway and two education groups are hoping that this school year will be different for those Latino, African American and disabled children for whom out-of-school suspension has become the norm rather…

Local News, Northeast

Ayala Poised To Become First Latino in Connecticut State Senate History

Aug 15, 2012, 10:29 AM 0

CT Latino News State Rep. Andres Ayala is poised to become the first Latino member of the Connecticut State Senate after besting two veteran African-American politicians in a three-way primary for the 23rd Senate District democratic nomination. It will…

Palabra Final, Politics

Romney’s choice of Ryan over Rubio underscores a lost opportunity on several important fronts

Aug 14, 2012, 4:58 PM 0

LatinaLista — The latest Gallup political poll shows that Congress is still getting low marks from the American public. Ten percent of Americans in August approve of the job Congress is doing, tying last February’s reading as the lowest…

General, Videos

Video: Latino poet remembers 1984, the way it was — for him

Aug 9, 2012, 12:00 AM 0

LatinaLista — A chap book is a booklet that easily fits into a pocket — a deep pocket. And ‘deep’ is the operative word when discussing the 2010 chap book of Mexican American poet Manuel Paul López titled “1984.” If…

Education, General, Palabra Final

Latino and black youth in juvenile justice system lose out on getting an education — twice

Aug 7, 2012, 8:20 PM 1

LatinaLista — It’s long been known that Latino and black students suffer the brunt of school suspensions and juvenile detention. Today, the Civil Rights Project released a study Opportunities Suspended: The Disparate Impact of Disciplinary Exclusion from School which…

Palabra Final, Politics

As Latino politicians ascend, more must confront a political riddle unique to Hispanics

Aug 6, 2012, 6:11 PM 0

LatinaLista — Something Ted Cruz, the victor in the recent GOP TX Senate primary, said today has been getting a lot of coverage. He was advising Mitt Romney how best to appeal to Latino voters. Mitt Romney’s campaign should…

Local News, West

Opinion: Latino Vote National Tour Welcome to Stockton, California

Aug 2, 2012, 12:00 AM 0

By Fr. Dean McFalls Bilingual Weekly As a Caucasian American born into the middle class and raised in Seattle, I always considered citizenship, voting, and making a political difference as a foregone conclusion. It never dawned on me that…

Social Justice

Latino children fare badly in latest analysis of child data

Jul 25, 2012, 5:10 PM 2

LatinaLista — The 23rd edition of the KIDS COUNT Data Book published by the Annie E. Casey Foundation has been released and while the findings are not surprising, they do validate news headlines and what service organizations are seeing…

General, Health, Life Issues

Latino immigrants hold dubious distinction of having the most HIV diagnosis

Jul 23, 2012, 4:21 PM 1

LatinaLista — Thirty-one years after the discovery of AIDS in the United States, the hope was that the disease would have been eradicated by now. After claiming, so far, about 30 million lives worldwide, the disease still flourishes in…

Culture, General, Media

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