By Eloisa Portillo-Morales (Photo Caption: From left: Angela Tovar, Marisa Bono, and Agustin Cabrera) Cities are leading the charge on climate action—reimagining how streets can be used, passing bold climate legislation, and creating green, equitable jobs. At the core…
Editor’s note: In January, we wrote the following piece and submitted it to several journalism organizations to try and jumpstart a conversation we felt was long overdue. We heard nada from any of them. Yet, in the meantime, the…
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…
By Marlen Suyapa Bodden LatinaLista Not everyone in Mexico is Spanish and indigenous (mestizo). Black people have been a significant part of the post-Columbian history of Mexico and even contributed to the very founding of the modern Mexican Republic….
By Myrelis Diaz Martinez LatinaLista We do everything we can to protect the children in our lives so that they can grow into healthy, strong adults. As a doting aunt, I want my nieces to be healthy and safe…
By Sonia Rangel LatinaLista Climate change is happening NOW, and it is making natural disasters worse. Right at this moment, whether we want to believe it or not, it is threatening our health, our economy, and ultimately, our future….
By Noelia Rivera-Calderón LatinaLista When I thought about this Latinx Heritage Month, it was hard to get in a celebratory mood. Of course, I celebrate the beauty, strength, creativity, and power of the Latinx community year-round. But it felt wrong…
By Todd Myers LatinaLista (This op-ed originally appeared on CrossCut the week of Sept. 20, 2019) As Amazon workers and others walk out Friday for the Sept. 20 Climate Strike, they can take one of two lessons from…
By Dr. Jessica Lavariega Monforti LatinaLista Every year it feels like you can hear more and more people speaking Spanish across the country, and these days that includes presidential candidates on the debate stage. So far, a number of Democratic…
By Silva Mathema ncluido The April arrival of the Central American caravan at the southern U.S. border once again placed the nation’s focus on individuals and families who traveled thousands of miles to seek asylum in the United…
Marisa Treviño LatinaLista The odds of Lupe Valdez becoming the first Latina governor of Texas were always considered a long-shot but did a new lawsuit just tip the balance in her favor? Former Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez made…
By Sam Toia ncluido What do celebrity chef José Andrés and Andrew Carnegie have in common? They’re both immigrants who built American empires. Andrés is famous for his appearances on Top Chef and his successful group of restaurants…
Marisa Treviño ncluido The term “tribal politics” is widely used to explain the deep political fissures cracking the foundational parties of our democracy. Yet, there’s another tribal term that has the potential to be more dangerous in splitting the…
By Edward Rincón ncluido So sitting in a Starbucks and waiting for a meeting with someone is now considered a disturbance that warrants calling the police. Apparently, a Starbucks store manager in Philadelphia recently decided to call the…
By Marisa B. Perez-Diaz LatinaLista (Editor’s Note: The following is a statement released by Texas State Board Education member Marisa B. Perez-Diaz after the Texas State Board of Education voted to approve ethnic studies course for Mexican Americans) Friday,…
By Rafael Medina and Enrique Fernández-Toledo ncluido Six months after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, the federal government’s response has been inexcusably slow, its spending wasteful, and its aid inadequate. On January 31 of this year, the Federal Emergency…
By Sarah Shapiro and Lisette Partelow ncluido In September 2017, President Donald Trump put 20,000 teachers at risk of deportation when he terminated the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program—the Obama-era initiative that grants temporary protection to unauthorized immigrants who were brought into…
By Marilyn M. Singleton, M.D., J.D ncluido Black history month is a time to celebrate Americans whose accomplishments are sometimes overshadowed by the eye-catching negative news stories. It was discomfiting to watch the State of the Union address while…
By Dante Chinni ncluido Washington is struggling, again, with a government shutdown. But this time a nonbudget issue is driving much of the debate: the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals immigration program, or DACA. Congressional Democrats are demanding that…
By Marisa Treviño ncluido We are fast approaching February. A month, clinical psychologists say, is when 80 percent of us give up on the good intentions we pledged to improve ourselves in the new year. Most of us promise-breakers, maybe feel a…
By Edward Rincón ncluido It was indeed news shattering: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos just announced a contribution of $33 million to 1,000 DACA program students to pay for a four-year college education. As you may know, DACA (Deferred Action…
By Danyelle Solomon and Connor Maxwell ncluido One year ago, Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States. During his victory speech, he promised to “bind the wounds of division” and pledged to…
By Arturo Alonzo ncluido After an exodus of ten years from my hometown of Brownsville, Texas and having the opportunity to serve our country, graduate college, become a Deputy Sheriff and law enforcement officer, and directing some of our…
By Mike Gempler ncluido Congress needs to pass a clean DREAM Act by the end of December. It’s the right thing to do for our country, and it is the best start toward resolving the larger immigration issues…
By Elisabeth Almekinder, RN, BA, CDE LatinaLista (Editor’s Note: For brevity, the following article was edited for length. The full column can be found at The Diabetes Council website.) One of my favorite diabetes classes to teach is my…
