By Thania Benios Futurity Since the 1980s, air pollution has increased worldwide, but it has increased at a much faster pace in regions close to the equator. Research now reveals that this changing global emissions map is creating…
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Parole Boards Bar Young Offenders From Chance of Release, ACLU Report Says
Dec 2, 2016, 12:44 PM 0
By Sarah Barr Juvenile Justice Information & Exchange In the wake of Supreme Court decisions that have limited extreme sentences for juveniles, states are relying on parole boards to put those rulings into effect. But those boards operate with little…
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In K-12, Children of Undocumented Immigrants Are a Growing Share of Students
Nov 30, 2016, 12:13 PM 0
By Natalie Gross Latino Ed Beat Children of undocumented immigrants represent a growing share of U.S. students in kindergarten through 12th grade, a Pew Research Center analysis of American Community Survey data shows. More than 7 percent of students in 2014 had at…
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Mexicans are migrating, just not across the US border
Nov 28, 2016, 10:36 AM 0
By Jeffrey H. Cohen & Bernardo Ramirez Rios The Conversation Mexican migration to the U.S. is in decline. The Pew Hispanic Research Center has found that since 2009, more than one million native-born Mexicans living in the U.S. returned to Mexico. But…
By Lance Wallace Futurity Since social scientists and economists began measuring poverty, its definition has never strayed far from a discussion of income. Now, new research shows there are multiple components of poverty that more accurately describe a household’s…
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Teacher outreach to parents aligns with stereotypes
Nov 18, 2016, 12:33 PM 0
By Rachel Harrison Futurity Teachers communicate with parents based on their racial and immigrant backgrounds—not just their child’s academic performance—research finds. “The patterns of communication we saw are consistent with stereotypes that teachers may subscribe to different racial and…
By Cliff Despres SaludToday The United States is home to 24 million workers of Hispanic descent. These workers, often referred to as a single entity, come from a variety of ethnic backgrounds, each with their own unique labor…
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Obama experienced subtle racism, but sexism toward Clinton was right out there
Nov 15, 2016, 12:44 PM 0
By George B. Cunningham The Conversation On Nov. 1, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller retweeted the results of a poll showing Donald Trump leading Hillary Clinton in Pennsylvania. He did so by referring to the Democratic presidential candidate as…
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Mom-centered environmental group vows to continue the fight
Nov 11, 2016, 2:23 PM 0
By Dominique Browning Moms Clean Air Force I have a banner hanging above my desk with a quote from the Dalai Lama. It says: “Never give up, no matter what is going on.” He goes on to talk about…
By Ron Chandler The Conversation Whether you support Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, fear might be the biggest factor driving you to the polls. Over the weekend, pollster Peter Hart told NBC News that this has been “an election about fear.”…
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Water is Life: Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and Allies Continue to Peacefully Protect Land and Water Amid Escalating Violence
Nov 7, 2016, 11:15 AM 0
By Detmer Yens Kremer Cultural Survival Since April 2016, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has been opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline. This movement aimed at protecting the right to clean drinking water for all has escalated as militarized police forces…
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Professor Accuses Latina Student of Plagiarism: ‘This Is Not Your Language’
Nov 4, 2016, 10:15 AM 0
By Natalie Gross Latino Ed Beat A high-achieving Latina student at Suffolk University in Boston says a professor accused her of plagiarism in front of the class after she used the word “hence” in a literature review. Tiffany Martinez shared…
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How US policy in Honduras set the stage for today’s mass migration
Nov 3, 2016, 9:45 AM 0
By Joseph Nevins The Conversation Central American migrants – particularly unaccompanied minors – are again crossing the U.S.-Mexico boundary in large numbers. In 2014, more than 68,000 unaccompanied Central American childrenwere apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico boundary. This year so far there…
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Beyond the Wall: What ‘America First’ Would Mean for Latin America
Nov 2, 2016, 1:36 PM 0
By Brandon Capece Council on Hemispheric Affairs “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you…They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs….
By Eric Moreno SaludToday When it comes to smoking, there’s good and bad news for Latinos. The good: Researchers have long known that Latinos adults overall are less likely to smoke cigarettes than their white or black peers. The…
By Gillian Kiley Futurity In all parts of the United States, the number of neighborhoods that are home to a mix of black, white, Asian, and Hispanic residents is growing. “It is striking that while the all-white neighborhood…
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Next Administration Needs to Close Youth Prisons, Experts Say
Oct 25, 2016, 1:06 PM 0
By Sarah Barr Juvenile Justice Information Exchange WASHINGTON — The next presidential administration should build on the momentum researchers, advocates and policymakers have created to close youth prisons, experts say. They are hopeful a new report that lays out the case…
National Trust for Historic Preservation (Editor’s Note: A petition has been created on Change.org to help spearhead the creation of a Civil Rights National Park in Birmingham, Alabama. Below is the petition and a link to it.) In…
By Shima Baughman, Christopher Robertson, Sunita Sah The Conversation Many experts and politicians believe there is, as Hillary Clinton has said repeatedly, “systematic racism throughout the criminal justice system.” As recently as the first presidential debate, Hillary Clinton made this point a…
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Students of All Races Prefer Black, Latino Teachers, Study Finds
Oct 20, 2016, 9:18 AM 0
By Natalie Gross Latino Ed Beat Black and Latino teachers may be minorities in the U.S. educator workforce, but a new study finds they also may be the most effective — at least according to their students. In a survey of middle schoolers…
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Latino communities want to take action on climate change
Oct 18, 2016, 1:00 PM 0
By Lizette Escobedo Moms Clean Air Force Latino leaders gathered in Washington, D.C. recently for the National Latino Climate Leadership Forum to discuss how to best tackle environmental issues impacting Latinos. As I’ve mentioned in my previous posts, low-income communities of color…
By Alexis Blue Futurity When women experience stress related to ethnic discrimination and needing to adapt to a new culture, their children may exhibit more behavior problems and worse academic performance by age 5. For a new study, researchers…
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Food Fight: Cookbook Aims to Prevent Cancer with Unique Recipes
Oct 11, 2016, 11:41 AM 0
By Cliff Despres SaludToday The food you eat influences your cancer risk. The new Rx Cookbook: Cancer-Fighting Recipes, Restaurants & Markets aims to help people reduce their cancer risk with recipes based on an anti-inflammatory diet, developed by a chef…
By William Francis Keegan The Conversation The story of Christopher Columbus, as with all legends, involves a series of great successes and horrible failures. Columbus’s current favorability rating hovers somewhere close to those of Hillary Clinton and Donald…
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Implicit bias shapes our views without us knowing it
Oct 3, 2016, 12:48 PM 0
By Amy Wolf Futurity The biases we hold below the surface influence how we view this election season, says Efrén Pérez, an associate professor of political science and sociology. This “implicit bias” influences our views on major political issues,…
