By Marlene Woods LatinaLista One Tuesday night my father called, “you must come tomorrow,” he said over the phone. In twelve hours we packed our most basic belongings and our lives. We crossed the border one September day under…
By Leslie Puente-Ervin LatinaLista I am a Latina born and raised in the South Bronx. Society didn’t expect much of my friends and me. By all accounts, I should have been a statistic: a teenage mother; high school dropout;…
By Antonio Gonzalez LatinaLista Last month, the Organization of American States (OAS) held a special audience with the former prime minister of Spain, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, who, along with former presidents Leonel Fernandez of the Dominican Republic and…
By Erik De La Cruz The Cougar Chronicle I grew up in Mira Mesa, a town with a huge community of AsianPacific Islanders. Being Latino, I was always surrounded by the influence of Asian and Pacific Islander cultures. I…
By Wanda Malave LatinaLista I am a Puerto Rican American who, since 1989, has felt like a hostage of our Criminal Justice System stemming from the infamous ‘Code of Silence.’ This ‘Code of Silence’ has protected less than honorable…
By Ethan Frey Ford Foundation Every two to four years, there is a lot of conversation about how to increase voter turnout and participation in the United States. Some helpful facts resurface: Americans’ affiliations with organizations that purport to…
By Rinku Sen Colorlines.com When the immigration, criminal justice and child welfare systems collide in a family’s life, deported parents are too often unable to hold on to their children. Five years ago, Race Forward (then the Applied…
By Dr. Juhem Navarro-Rivera Demos Immigration policy is considered the holy grail of policies when it comes to attracting Latino voters. Immigration is explicitly mentioned in the post-2012 Republican autopsy report as one of the strategies to increase the party’s base…
By Felipe Sousa-Rodriguez LatinaLista When I was 22 years old, I went to my first gay club in South Beach. It was magical. I had finally found a place where I could celebrate being my full and authentic self….
By Dr. Juhem Navarro-Rivera Demos Latinos are the largest ethnic minority in the United States. In recent years, our cultural and political profile has grown along with our population numbers. The current notability of Latinos leads to the…
By Ricardo Herrero Huffington Post There is no better way to promote openness in Cuba than by allowing everyday Americans to travel freely to the Island and serve as on-the-ground ambassadors of our democratic values. This would seem obvious…
By Obed Manuel LatinaLista Barack Obama’s historic election in 2008 was met with an immediate reaction from a group of mostly conservative white Americans who did not complete college. It was a group that took to social media, and…
By Martha Rodriguez LatinaLista Interesting how recently Texas Solicitor General Scott Keller questions just how “discretionary” our government really is: He said so during Supreme Court arguments in defense of Texas, one of 26 states against President Obama’s executive…
By Jessica L. Lavariega Monforti LatinaLista The U.S. electorate this year will be the most racially and ethnically diverse in U.S. history. Nearly one-in-three eligible voters on Election Day 2016 will be Hispanic, Black, Asian or another racial or…
By Andres Trujillo LatinaLista What are words without substance? What is a quote worth if the context in which it was spoken is unknown? It’s hard to tell in 2016. People are no longer spending the time to read…
By Julio Valeriano LatinaLista While there have been some advances in addressing gender inequality in Latin America, women and girls continue to be one of the most marginalized groups in the continent. The benefits of working toward a more equal society for…
By Carmen Marriott LatinaLista I am the daughter of a woman who emigrated from Nicaragua in the late 1940s, and I feel that I know quite a bit about Nicaraguan history, based on both formal study and family stories….
By Patricia Campos-Medina LatinaLista After a presentation at a college conference, a young college student named Lucia (not her real name) came up to me and asked if we could talk for a few minutes. I love talking…
By Ruy Teixeira, John Halpin, Rob Griffin Center for American Progress One year out, the presidential election of 2016 appears wide open. Over the past four election cycles, American voters have yet to render a decisive verdict on…
By John Rowe LatinaLista The one-eyed man is king. So wrote wise and patient Erasmus. But, alas, immigration policy is not a subject that makes us wise and patient. The Hard Left cannot name the threat from violent Islamic…
By Dolores Sosa-Green LatinaLista It was New Year’s Eve and the little girl everyone called Lolie was hiding under her bed, her ears tightly covered and her face buried between her arms. Quietly, she prayed that no one in…
By Peter Reynosa LatinaLista This year Latinos officially became the largest ethnic group in California at 39 percent, and according to U.S. Census projections, Latinos will make up 31 percent of the national population by 2043. The past…
By Pete Altman NRDC Senator Mitch McConnell has been itching for nearly two years to dismantle the Clean Power Plan with an extreme and rarely-used law called the Congressional Review Act. Now that the Clean Power Plan is…
Erik De La Cruz Latina Lista Culture is vital in the Latino community. However, there is a difference between respecting a culture and exploiting it. Being from San Diego County, we are surrounded by Mexico’s influence because of…
By Rocío Lower National Parks Foundation It is astounding to stop and consider the countless stories of heroism, service, and grit that forged our nation. From ordinary citizens to recognized historical figures, our collective history is filled with tales…
