LatinaLista — We Latinos looove listening to radio — no matter from where. Earlier this year, Nielsen reported that Latinos, specifically Spanish-dominant adult Latinos, ages 18-49, had the highest rates of listening to the radio of all adults in…
LatinaLista — If at first you don’t succeed, you — relaunch! That’s the premise behind this featured-before crowdfunding campaign titled West Los Documentary – a documentary that looks at lowrider culture as the unifying tie among four Chicano barrios…
LatinaLista — In Third World countries, consistent access to electricity can be tricky, if not impossible for those remote villages and their residents. One non-profit in Bolivia has created a reliable source of electricity for people and it takes…
LatinaLista — The Tahltan Language Conservation Initiative Project (Hereon TLCIP) is a grassroots conservation effort that will focus on the preservation of the severely endangered Tahltan Language. There are only 16 fluent native Tahltan speakers alive today and all…
LatinaLista — Boston natives Eli and Debbie Thompson moved to the rural, Pacific Coast of Costa Rica in July 2014, to see the world through a different lens. Their perspective of life has changed in the short time they’ve…
LatinaLista — Mentoring is heralded as a way to give everyone, from young people to entrepreneurs, a leg up when pursuing their dreams. There are non-profits specifically built around the concept of mentoring at-risk kids but for how long…
LatinaLista — Poetry is one of the most beautiful genres of literature but it can also be among the hardest to understand. It takes appreciation to understand a poet’s ‘layer’ of words and that comes with practice and guidance….
LatinaLista — The world may have moved on to other news events — Trump sweeping the latest primaries; the death of Prince, etc. — but for the people in Ecuador affected by the recent earthquake, it will take a…
LatinaLista — In an era where income inequality is growing faster than the passage of living wages, more and more people are finding themselves living paycheck to paycheck. A sudden illness, accident or layoff can hurl hard-working people into…
LatinaLista — It’s no secret that the injection of money into the United States political system is impacting the concept of democracy. Now, a group of researchers from the University of California at San Diego want to know by…
LatinaLista — On Saturday April 16th, 2016 the coastal region of Ecuador was struck by a massive 7.8 earthquake. There are many families affected and devastation all around. The most affected areas are in the provinces of Manabí and…
LatinaLista — In 2013, the Nicaraguan National Assembly gave the green light to Chinese billionaire Wang Jing to begin construction on the Nicaragua Canal, a 172.7 mile concrete ditch that would be four times longer than the Panama Canal….
LatinaLista — Campaign: Life After Death: The Whales of Golfo de Penas, Patagonia In 2015, while on expedition in Golfo de Penas, Chilean Patagonia, a team of biologists discovered what would become known as the largest mass mortality of…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Institute of Activism / Instituto de Artivismo Hannah Arendt The Institute of Artivism in Cuba is a physical space and an online platform which hosts international artists and activists to foster civic literacy and policy change….
LatinaLista — Campaign: Wise Medicine: A Documentary Our world is in crisis. Terrorism, racism, political extremism, destruction of the environment, contaminated food, the list goes on. As we look to “new” healing paradigms in our modern society – many…
LatinaLista — Campaign: CUBAN FOOD STORIES – A Feature Documentary Cuba is changing. After more than 50 years of isolation due to the embargo, the forbidden island is finally opening up to the United States. Celebrities, brands, religious leaders,…
By R. Hans Miller VoiceBox Media The state of Texas is home to 11 detention facilities for immigrants who have entered the United States. Many of these immigrants are women with small children, running from situations in their Central…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Help Us Save Our Champion Marcos Marcos Alejandro Castellans is 10 years old and lives in Chimaltenango, Guatemala with parents and an older brother. After several months of feeling severe exhaustion and weakness, as well as,…
LatinaLista — Longtime Peru-based LatinaLista contributor Isabel Guerra wrote us saying that she and her husband, professional photographer, Jose Enrique, had decided to do their part to help save one of the world’s most important environmental treasures that literally…
LatinaLista — Campaign: How can we improve racial and ethnic integration reform in U.S. schools for youth of color? Youth of color are at the front lines of racial and ethnic integration reform, as they’re traditionally bused into predominantly White…
LatinaLista — Campaign: YO GALGO “A documentary film about the Spanish sighthound” Gals, also called Spanish sighthounds, have been praised in tales and myths for centuries, they were respected figures and cared for, almost gods for some cultures,…
LatinaLista — From all the Monday morning-after Oscar critiques on the major networks, one would think there were only four things of noteworthy importance about the Oscars: Chris Rock’s monologue, Leo DiCaprio’s Best Actor win, Spotlight’s surprise Best Film…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Books for the Students of Cuzco A book can change a child. A library of books can change a whole community. Folks at the NEA Foundation, a public charity, want to fill the bookshelves of village schools…
LatinaLista — Campaign: The Water Van Project Diego, Coke, Chechu and Edu are four childhood friends who wanted to make a difference in the lives of poor Latin Americans who are dying because they have no access to clean…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Guardian – Non-Profit Jiu Jitsu & Boxing for Kids It's a harsh reality that 11.3 million children have to take care of themselves after the school day ends. Not surprisingly, the peak hours for juvenile crime…
