By Angela Cervantes CBC Diversity I am an original flashlight girl. You know the type. Hours after parents called for bedtime; I was still up under my bedcovers with a flashlight reading a favorite book. Many times, those books…
By Monique Frausto American Latino Expedition On the second day of our amazing expedition, we visited and toured the colossal Glen Canyon Dam. There’s nothing like walking into the third largest dam in the country to make you realize…
SaludToday Diabetes and obesity are the two most significant health threats in South Texas, according to a new report published online in Springer Open Books by the Institute for Health Promotion Research (IHPR) in the School of Medicine at…
By Denise Cortes American Latino Expedition After counting down the weeks, and then the days – finally the time came for us to leave our daily routines and embark on our outdoor adventure to Glen Canyon National Recreation Area!…
By Cristina DC Pastor Feet in 2 Worlds A picture may be worth a thousand words, but the value of the photographs taken by Mexican immigrant parents and their children for a new exhibit can be measured by their…
By Yvonne Condes American Latino Expedition Blog During our visit to Mesa Verde National Park, we have seen many areas in the Cliff Dwellings called kivas. The Ancestral Puebloans who built them possibly used the kivas as living rooms…
By Dr. Maria G. Hernandez Latina Cubicle Confidential™ Let’s set the record straight–again: Work life is not a balancing act where we can set out each day to have 8 hours of work, 8 hours of personal time, and…
By Katherine Leal Unmuth Latino Ed Beat As the Latino population boomed beyond major urban centers and border states, school systems have struggled to keep up with their rapidly changing demographics — even in unexpected places such as Iowa….
By Veronica I. Arreola Viva la Feminista Brenda Hernandez is a law school diversity professional. She is also a feminist activist and blogger at boricuafeminist.com. I am Latina. I am a feminist. I am a first generation college graduate….
First Peoples Worldwide This Friday, August 9th, is the United Nations’ International Day of the World’s Indigenous People. The day has been celebrated every year since 1994, and this year’s theme is “Indigenous People Building Alliances: Honoring Treaties, Agreements,…
By Elaine Rita Mendus Más Wired Pink Castle Pictures and the International Center for Professional Development (ICPD) have come together to produce a new web series aimed at getting teenagers interested in and engaged in the STEM fields. “SwivetZone”…
By Judith A. Ross Moms Clean Air Force Proof that climate change is everybody’s business was in plain sight at the recent New England Environmental Justice Summit. On a hot, airless, Saturday morning, teens, young adults, baby boomers,…
By Teresa García Alcaraz polis Heliópolis is known as one of the most densely populated neighborhoods in São Paulo, with 120,000 people living in an area of less than one square mile. Legend has it that architect Ruy Ohtake…
By Armando Guerrero, Jr. Language Magazine Spanish holds a unique place in the history of the U.S.; it has been spoken in the Southwest since its annexation in 1848 and has not been lost to the pages of history…
By Katherine Leal Unmuth Latino Ed Beat In New Britain, Connecticut, a new school superintendent has pushed for a dramatic and controversial shift in how to instruct English Language Learners. Superintendent Kelt Cooper is doing away with bilingual education…
SaludToday Check out this new Spanish-language infographic on Latino senior health. The infographic is based on America’s Health Rankings Senior Report, which compares the health of all 50 states to each other using 34 different measures of health ranging…
By Laura Pereyra NerdScholar On July 1st, Congress let the interest rates of Stafford Loans double to 6.8%. Now that they have returned from the 4th of July recess, the debate about student loans is growing louder and has…
By Shelley Diaz CBC Diversity I decided I wanted to work in children’s publishing in sixth grade. I had devoured all of the Anne of Green Gables books by this time, and I was convinced that I could be…
By Karen Lee Mom’s Clean Air Force It’s been over 90°F for days and days in New York, and I dread getting into a hot car to drive anywhere. So I can understand why some people might want to…
First Peoples Worldwide Look, we get it – everybody has an issue that they care strongly about. For us, that issue is the rights of Indigenous Peoples around the world. For you, it may be something different. You may…
By Rachael Tolliver Language Magazine Rachael Tolliver explains how U.S. Army cadets are making the world a safer place through a cultural and linguistic program Language and cultural barriers keep us from understanding and appreciating the world around us….
By Katherine Leal Unmuth Latino Ed Beat A new report by a federal advisory committee concludes that several proposed need-based financial aid changes to the Higher Education Act (HEA) could threaten the completion rates of low-income college students, and…
SaludToday Latino kids often have limited access to safe gyms, fields, and playgrounds, but shared use agreements and street-level improvements can improve access to these “active spaces” in underserved communities and may help young Latinos become more physically active…
By Dr. Maria G. Hernandez Latina Cubicle Confidential™ Even though it has been 50 years since the passage of the Equal Pay Act, there still remains a 23 cent wage gap between men and women. Unfortunately, it’s much worse…
By Tiffany Bain Broadband & Social Justice Do students need Internet access at school, and are they responsible enough and prepared to use it there? If you ask Red State Contributor Neil Stevens, the answer you will get is…
