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Guest Voz: CDC Blunders in Excluding Communities of Color Among High Risk Groups for Covid-19

Jul 30, 2020, 12:32 PM 0

By Edward T. Rincón LatinaLista (Editor’s Note: Crossposted from The Culture of Research blog) It really makes little sense. Despite the fact that Blacks, Hispanics and Native Americans are being hospitalized and dying at considerably higher rates than…

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New Spanish site helps Latinx former felons know their voting rights

Sep 25, 2019, 9:53 AM 0

LatinaLista One of the biggest justice reforms that still needs to happen with released felons is the restoration of their voting rights. Millions of the formerly incarcerated are eligible to vote but who can blame them for thinking —…

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New report: Mainstream media offers little future to most female journalists of color

Mar 7, 2018, 12:29 PM 0

LatinaLista — “For all of you who saw me as a groundbreaker, I’m sorry I couldn’t carry the ball over the finish line, but man, I sure did try…” Former NBC Today anchor Ann Curry addressing viewers on her…

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Researchers find direct correlation between residential segregation and police shootings of unarmed Black victims

Feb 5, 2018, 2:36 PM 0

LatinaLista — Go to most towns and cities in the country and you’ll most probably find one section where whites live, another for Blacks and still another for Latinos or other residents of color. Some small towns were even…

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Latino motorists profiled by Sheriff Joe Arpaio finally get due justice

Dec 7, 2017, 3:16 PM 0

LatinaLista — Sheriff Joe Arpaio may have been pardoned but his legacy of unlawfully detaining people perceived to be undocumented Latino immigrants is unforgivable in the court of public opinion and, apparently, in U.S. federal court. As a result of…

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This book genre has the worst racial diversity among its characters & authors

Oct 5, 2017, 12:15 PM 0

LatinaLista — A few years ago, the nation was “aghast” to learn how few books Latino, black, Asian and Native American children were exposed to who had characters that looked like them. The report made the children’s book publishing…