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Guest Voz: ABA President creates commission examining legal issues of interest to Latinos

May 8, 2011, 2:24 AM 0

LatinaLista — The lack of diversity is still an issue when it comes to certain professions. One of those professions is the legal profession. It was a deficiency that didn’t go unnoticed by the American Bar Association’s current president…

Guest Voz, Politics, Women

Guest Voz: A once-a-decade opportunity awaits Latinas wanting to run for public office

Apr 30, 2011, 12:40 AM 0

LatinaLista — Not to be sexist but with all the recent gridlock in Congress it’s clear that the only solution to a more bipartisan government is to elect more women to political office. A study published in the American…

Causes, Environment, Guest Voz, Social Justice

Guest Voz: It is time to challenge environmental racism

Apr 22, 2011, 8:45 PM 0

LatinaLista — Earth Day is one of those global observances meant to unite all of humanity behind a worthy mission. It doesn’t get much worthier than realizing that the only home of us all needs to be cared for…

Government, Guest Voz, Politics

Guest Voz: Wherever federal budgets cuts are made, Latinos bound to feel cuts the deepest

Apr 16, 2011, 12:21 AM 0

LatinaLista — The Republican reaction to President Obama’s plan to cut the federal deficit was expectedly critical. Yet, for a party whose plan’s success rests on diminishing social services, it was hypocritical, at the least, to hear one GOP…

Guest Voz, Immigration, Palabra Final

El Paso County Judge stands ground before Senate Homeland Security Comm.in denouncing need for border wall

Apr 9, 2011, 1:51 AM 0

LatinaLista — First-term El Paso County Judge Veronica Escobar traveled to Washington D.C. this week to testify before the Senate committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. She outlined for the senators what El Paso needs to combat the…

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Immigration lawyer who retrieved 4-year-old U.S. citizen from Guatemala challenges media to finish their job

Apr 6, 2011, 12:31 AM 0

LatinaLista — David Sperling is an immigration lawyer in Long Island, New York, but he wasn’t always one. At one time, earlier in his career, Sperling was a journalist who reported from abroad and witnessed firsthand the kinds of…

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Guest Voz: Creating tomorrow’s Latino leaders hinges on providing opportunities, guidance and commitment today

Mar 25, 2011, 10:40 PM 0

LatinaLista — The news released this week by the U.S. Census that Latinos now stand at 50.5 million in the United States foreshadows the nation’s future. Latinos are well on our way to becoming a majority in the country….

Guest Voz, Immigration, Politics, Social Justice

Guest Voz: Anti-immigrant legislation underscores real fear of conservatives — change in nation’s identity politics

Mar 18, 2011, 9:26 PM 0

LatinaLista — As ubiquitous as the introduction of anti-immigrant legislation has been in state legislatures across the country, there are now finally signs that push-back against these overtly punitive bills is beginning to make a difference. We saw that…

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Michelle Bachelet: The world cannot afford to wait another 100 years to unlock the potential of women

Mar 8, 2011, 9:36 PM 0

LatinaLista — Today marks the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day. Though more women are in the workforce now than ever before and have achieved great strides in the professional, private and non profit sectors, there are still challenges…

Guest Voz, Palabra Final, Politics

Guest Voz: Rep. Luis Gutierrez tells Puerto Rico legislature it’s his duty to speak out

Mar 4, 2011, 9:40 PM 0

LatinaLista — On Feb. 16, 2011, Illinois Rep. Luis Gutierrez delivered remarks on the floor of the House of Representatives about the civil unrest happening in Puerto Rico. Rep. Gutierrez wanted to alert his colleagues, and the rest of…

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Guest Voz: Recession Has Expanded Racial Economic Gap

Feb 11, 2011, 3:23 AM 0

By George E. Curry LatinaLista — From 2001 until 2007, George Curry served as editor-in-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) News Service in Washington, D.C. He writes a weekly syndicated column for the NNPA and “Beyond the Spin,”…

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Latinos and the College Application Process: Mount Everest

Jan 17, 2011, 6:59 PM 0

Angelica Perez-Litwin, PhD New Latina As I am faced again with the college application process, this time with my 16 year old daughter, I am as concerned today about access to higher education and Latinos, as I was…

Guest Voz, Palabra Final, Politics

Guest Voz: Sen. Chris Dodd warns it’s time to change how U.S. thinks about Latin America

Dec 3, 2010, 10:44 AM 0

LatinaLista — On Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010, Sen. Chris Dodd from Connecticut delivered his final remarks as a 30-year member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Earlier this year, Sen. Dodd announced his retirement from Congress which will take…

Education, Guest Voz, Palabra Final, Politics, Social Justice

Guest Voz: A dishonest debate rages on about the DREAM Act

Dec 1, 2010, 3:59 PM 0

LatinaLista — In response to the many “concerns” Republican lawmakers have posed that they say prevents them from supporting the DREAM Act, Sen. Harry Reid presented yesterday a new version of the DREAM Act with the changes Republicans have…

Guest Voz, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics, Social Justice

Guest Voz: It’s time to acknowledge fear drives today’s politics against immigration reform

Nov 24, 2010, 1:42 PM 0

By Ivan Marte President of the Center for the Defense of Civil Rights & Equality in Rhode Island In this past midterm election, I couldn´t help but notice that there was one platform element shared by many politicians,…

Guest Voz, Immigration, Palabra Final

Guest Voz: Burning out doesn’t mean giving up for tireless rights activist

Nov 19, 2010, 1:31 PM 0

LatinaLista — No one ever said fighting for justice or human rights is easy. The problem is that, compared to the total U.S. population, only a smattering of people have ever actually fought for these issues. Aside from marching…

Education, General, Guest Voz, Immigration, Palabra Final

Guest Voz: Poor immigrant students offer untapped potential to enrich the nation — on many levels

Nov 12, 2010, 2:35 PM 0

LatinaLista — A single line in a commentary written by a young woman in Salt Lake City about a speaker she had heard at a teacher’s conference caught my attention: “He came, he spoke, he inspired … and very…

General, Guest Voz, History, Palabra Final

Guest Voz: Fallen comrades must not be forgotten on Veteran’s Day

Nov 11, 2010, 2:52 PM 0

By Luis Cantu LatinaLista On this Veteran’s Day across the nation, while parades marched down the Main Streets of cities and small towns and parties were thrown honoring today’s enlisted military personnelI, there were other observances happening as well…

Global Views, Guest Voz, Health, Social Justice

Guest Voz: A new crisis in Haiti needs the world’s attention

Oct 22, 2010, 4:46 PM 0

LatinaLista — Ever since the devastating earthquake struck Haiti, the country and its people have been struggling to rebuild a better country than they had before. It hasn’t been easy. With widespread poverty, the destruction of schools and hospitals,…

Education, Guest Voz, Palabra Final, Politics, Social Justice, Youth

Undocumented student: “For justice, for human rights, for the economy, for America, please, help us pass the DREAM Act

Sep 17, 2010, 5:52 AM 0

LatinaLista — It’s been over two months since Latina Lista joined with Citizen Orange and America’s Voice to elevate the voices of undocumented students who are fighting to be recognized as Americans. The “DREAM Now Series: Letters to Barack…

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Guest Voz: Undocumented student arrested in sit-in at Sen. McCain’s DC office faces trial in October

Aug 27, 2010, 9:52 AM 0

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