By Brent Wilkes America’s Wire WASHINGTON- By many accounts, the economy is prospering again and the housing market is on the road to recovery. But, reality is nowhere near as comforting as fiction, and the facts point to a very different reality faced by working families and minority communities, especially in the barrios. The Great [...]
Sabio aims to train Latinos, women as tech workers
Sara Inés Calderón Más Wired Sabio is an organization that aims to help unemployed women and minorities become tech workers through an intensive boot camp and targeted networking with tech professionals. Currently the group is competing in the LA2050 challenge in an effort to seek funding. Co-founder Gregorio Rojas worked 14 years programming in a [...]
New study finds Latino and Black homebuyers pay more for their homes but researchers can’t explain why
LatinaLista — It’s sometimes said, to paraphrase a popular saying, that racism is in the eye of the beholder. That’s certainly the case over the last few years where lawsuits have been filed against universities and businesses implementing diversity initiatives. One of the reasons the ones lodging the complaint may not see it as racism [...]
NRA ramps up minority outreach
By Jessica Crawford The Venture As the National Rifle Association’s numbers grow, it has ramped up minority outreach. Colion Noir, Youtube personality and gun enthusiast, is the latest contributor to NRA News. Critics contend that the NRA continues to be predominately Caucasian and male, while often portraying minority men in a negative light during ad [...]
Guest Voz: Addressing Gun Violence and Its Effects on Our Communities of Color
By Vanessa Cárdenas LatinaLista One does not need to be a parent to feel grief, anger, and shame in the wake of the shooting that took the lives of so many at Sandy Hook Elementary. Unfortunately, for communities of color, shootings and the death of children are often part of daily life. While certainly [...]
Prison Phone Justice Movement Finds Champions at the FCC and in Hollywood
By Dorrissa Griffin and Maurita Coley Broadband & Social Justice Building on her public support first announced in September, FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn has stood up to champion the end of grossly excessive prison phone rates. At a November 15th rally outside the FCC, Clyburn reiterated her public support for the “Wright Petition,” announcing that [...]
