LatinaLista — This week, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) and the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund (MALDEF) joined together to release a new study about the Latina dropout crisis. Listening to Latinas: Barriers to High School Graduation examines…
By Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) In reviewing the biography of Judge Sonia Sotomayor, it quickly becomes clear that she had to overcome many challenges to arrive where she is at today. The last challenge of her professional…
By Cynthia Mazariegos LatinaLista — Second-generation Guatemalan-American, Cynthia Mazariegos, dreams of becoming a lawyer one day and championing justice for immigrants as an immigration attorney. Her dreams are fueled by the ongoing debate in the United States over comprehensive…
LatinaLista — The way Robert Renteria’s life was going as a kid — poverty, domestic violence, drugs, gangs — it wasn’t surprising that people thought Renteria had a one-way ticket to nowhere. Robert Renteria Yet, he surprised everyone by…
LatinaLista — Monica Youn is the author of a new study entitled Judge Sotomayor’s Record in Constitutional Cases. As an attorney in the Democracy Program of the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law, a…
LatinaLista — Earlier this week, Latina Lista published a post opining how the “coup” in Honduras didn’t have all the earmarks of traditional Latin American military takeovers. Honduran protesters march against the referendum. (Source: El Heraldo newspaper) Yet, many…
LatinaLista — Editor’s Note: In association with New America Media, a national association of ethnic media, the following post was published by ethnic media across the country this week to bring attention to the urgency of immigration reform. The…
LatinaLista — Benita Veliz has become the national face of the DREAM Act, a bill before Congress that would allow students who were brought to this country illegally as children by their parents to attend college at in-state tuition…
LatinaLista — Gabriel Arana is a Spring 2009 intern at The Nation, as well as, a graduate student at Cornell University. Though Arana is based these days on the East Coast, he is a product of the U.S.-Mexico border region….
LatinaLista — Dr. Douglas Massey is a professor of Sociology at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and is an adjunct professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. Specializing in the sociology…
LatinaLista — Rick Reyes joined the Marine Corps in 2000. He served in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan in 2001 and Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003 as an Infantry Rifle Man. He returned from duty early 2004 and went…
By Gerald D. Jaynes LatinaLista — Professor Gerald Jaynes is a professor of economics and African American Studies at Yale University. With an interest in immigration and its effects on race and ethnic relations and the economy, Dr. Jaynes…
By Kathleen Leos and Lisa Saavedra LatinaLista Kathleen Leos, president of The Global Institute for Language & Literacy Development, LLC. Kathleen Leos serves as president of The Global Institute for Language & Literacy Development, LLC. Ms. Leos previously served…
By Dr. Anthony Daniel Perez LatinaLista — Dr. Anthony Daniel Perez is a post-doctoral research associate at the Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology and the department of sociology at the University of Washington. Dr. Perez’ research interests…
By Judith Browne-Dianis LatinaLista — Judith Browne-Dianis is co-director of the Advancement Project. The Advancement Project is a policy, communications and legal action group committed to racial justice. It was founded by a team of veteran civil rights lawyers…
By Professor Paolo Annino LatinaLista Clinical Law Professor Paolo Annino is a supervising attorney at Florida State University’s Public Interest Law Center. At the school, Professor Annino leads select law students in a special program focused on bringing attention…
LatinaLista — Today the world celebrates International Women’s Day. While the official theme for today is: “Women and men united to end violence against women and girls,†the day should also be marked by women sharing their voices to…
By Congresswoman Nydia M. Velazquez LatinaLista — Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez is serving her ninth term as Representative for New York’s 12th Congressional District. Currently, in the 111th Congress, she is Chair of the House Small Business Committee and…
By Cristina Jimenez LatinaLista — Cristina Jimenez is the immigration policy consultant for the non-partisan, non-profit think tank Drum Major Institute for Public Policy. Analyzing the content within the stimulus package passed by Congress, Jimenez noted that Congress missed…
By Carlos Fernandez LatinaLista — Carlos Fernandez is the CEO of the Clinton Giustra Sustainable Growth Initiative (CGSGI), a partnership between the William J. Clinton Foundation and a host of private sector, governments and local communities working together to…
LatinaLista — Even as Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States, residents along the Texas-Mexico border reported that construction of the mandated border fence was underway. Since the day it was announced that…
My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as…
By Wendy Young LatinaLista Wendy Young, Executive Director of KIND Kids in Need of Defense or KIND was kicked off last October with the announcement that movie actress Angelina Jolie had teamed with computer software maker Microsoft to create…
LatinaLista — John Steinbach is the Community Outreach Coordinator for Woodbridge Workers Committee and Mexicanos Sin Fronteras in Prince William County, Virginia. Both organizations that help immigrants, or at least the immigrants that have not been driven off by…
LatinaLista — Maria Teresa Petersen is the founding Executive Director of Voto Latino, an organization that targets getting youth interested in civic participation. Under Petersen’s direction, over 30,000 Latino youth and adults registered to vote in the 2008 elections….
