By Rachel Ny NerdScholar Latina women are attending college at new record rates—over 1.4 million students in 2010. Between 2000 and 2010, the percentage of Latina women in college rose from 9.7% to 13.3% amongst all female students. However,…
By Dr. Maria G. Hernandez Latina Cubicle Confidential™ Are you returning home from your tour of duty? Between 2011 and 2016, the US Veterans Administration estimates that roughly 1 million men and women in the armed services will return…
By Ronnie Citron-Fink Mom’s Clean Air Force The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has a targeted plan regarding what your child learns about climate change. ALEC pushes anti-science bills that mandate teaching climate denial or “skepticism” in public schools….
By Julie Barlow and Jean-Benoît Nadeau Language Magazine Ten years ago, it was still common in the U.S. to hear Spanish described as a “foreign” language. But those days are over. Hispanic scholars and language teachers are now witnessing…
SaludToday Physical activity is increasingly recognized as a critical way to prevent obesity, chronic disease and other serious health issues. But nationally, only 1 in 4 adults meet physical activity guidelines. Even fewer youths do. A local volunteer group…
By Jacqueline Clary Broadband & Social Justice A common question civil rights practitioners receive is: “Why?” In an era where a Supreme Court Justice is comfortable talking about the continuation of the Voting Rights Act as a “perpetuation of…
By Sandra Guzman The New Latina’s Bible This karmic cleanse is a like weeding a garden, except in this case, you are not toiling soil, but weeding your soul. It all starts with the work we do within–clearing out…
Condor Musings I first experienced Denise Chávez at a fabulous Port Townsend Writers Conference directed by Cristina Garcia. Although I’m a huge supporter of Centrum and the Port Townsend Writers Conference, and I live only a ferry ride and…
By Divya Raghavan NerdScholar As the last FAFSA deadlines approach, students with unusual family circumstances struggle to complete their applications to help fund their college degree. Some may have lived outside their home on their own, some may have…
By Katherine Leal Unmuth Latino Ed Beat A Florida scholarship program known as Bright Futures may soon no longer have such a sunny reputation. Recently announced eligibility requirement changes mean that significantly fewer Latino and black students will qualify…
By Elaine Rita Mendus Más Wired Educated, middle class Latinos are embracing tech, English is not the dominant language Latinos use while engaging with social media and elderly Latinos who speak Spanish don’t have access to the Internet, according…
Condor Musings By now, many of us have heard that the body that carried our People’s Poet, Pablo Neruda, was exhumed on April 8, 2013 from his home grave at Isla Negra. This is an occurrence that has left…
By Dr. Maria G. Hernandez Latina Cubicle Confidential™ According to the Pew Hispanic Research Center two-thirds of legal Mexican immigrants have not become citizens. It means that 5.4 million immigrants who could enjoy the benefits of citizenship have not…
By Dominique Browning Mom’s Clean Air Force My pal Tina Beattie and I talk a lot about what it means to be a Republican who is deeply concerned about climate change. Tina is a founding member of the Moms…
By Katia Savchuk polis Photographer and filmmaker Eve Morgenstern has been travelling throughout the United States documenting abandoned homes — monuments to the human impacts of financial crisis. Her “Facades of Crises” photographic series recently appeared at the Bildmuseet…
Condor Musings Over the last several years Condor has been honored to have the premiere news site for English-speaking Latin@s, Latina Lista as one of our steadfast supporters. Whether reviewing for us when we are promoting Latin@ authors and…
By SaludToday Cervical cancer is the most preventable of all female cancers. However, Hispanic women have the highest rates of cervical cancer in the United States. Of every 100,000 U.S. women, about 11 Hispanic women are diagnosed with cervical…
By Tiffany Bain Broadband & Social Justice When it comes to furthering one’s education beyond high school, online courses can be a convenient alternative to traditional face-to-face class meetings. However, a recent working paper that analyzed how 40,000 Washington…
By Rachel Nye NerdScholar NerdScholar compared the top ten best jobs for equal pay and ten worst jobs for equal pay. Between the two groups, the jobs with the worst pay were where women earned 66 cents for every…
By Katherine Leal Unmuth Latino EdBeat While Latino children make up the largest racial or ethnic group enrolled in New York City’s public elementary schools, they occupy the smallest percentage of the gifted and talented program’s enrollment. Data obtained…
SaludToday The 2013 County Health Rankings are now available. The rankings, now in their fourth year, show that how long and how well people live depends on multiple factors including rates of smoking, education, and access to healthy food….
By Sandra Guzman The New Latina’s Bible Which of these are you, today: Someone who is making things happen. Someone who is watching things happen. Or someone who is wondering WTF is happening? The world is waiting for your…
CBC Diversity March 7th – March 14th, 2013 ON OUR RADAR HarperCollins and Lee & Low create winning proposals for First Book’s Stories for All Project The Diversity in YA Tumblr, managed by YA authors Cindy Pon and Malinda…
Sara Inés Calderón Más Wired Austin, Texas — Twitter, but increasingly Facebook and YouTube, are becoming essential elements to the way ordinary people in Mexico protect themselves from the war on drugs, according to experts sitting on a panel…
SaludToday About 40% of Latinas have two or more risk factors for having a heart attack, according to a recent study. But fewer than half of Latinas recognize the typical heart attack symptoms of chest pain, shortness of breath,…
