By Mariaelena Gonzalez The Conversation When considering Latinos, educators often struggle with how to close the achievement gap. That gap is often defined as a disparity in academic success between native English speakers and those for whom Spanish was their…
By Leonardo Huerta LatinaLista Being a son of an immigrant and displaced in a country that has forsaken my people, it is almost taboo to indulge in the beauties of my culture that paint the identity of my…
By Katherine Keane Saving Places Roland Miller has explored Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. He has also traveled NASA’s Langley Research Center, Johnson Space Center in Houston, White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, and Stennis…
By Evan Fagan Council on Hemispheric Affairs On July 12, ten of the twelve candidates running for the Secretary-General (SG) position of the United Nations took center stage before the U.N. General Assembly. In an attempt to promote…
By Natalie Gross Latino Ed Beat Graduates in white and purple robes exited the auditorium, their newly turned tassels bouncing as they sang and danced to a recording of the popular Latin salsa tune, “Vivir Mi Vida.” They…
By La Monica Everett-Haynes Futurity Political scholars and pundits have called the 2016 election cycle the most tumultuous and hostile in recent memory. The divide between Democrats and Republicans is wider than ever, and the divisions within these…
Leslie Puente-Ervin LatinaLista Over 50 years ago, Brown versus the Board of Education declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited discrimination in schools and employment. Even so, sadly, in 2016, the U.S….
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 Patrick Wiseman The Conversation If Senate Republicans are true to their word, the next president of the United States will nominate Justice Antonin Scalia’s replacement. Given the age of several other members of the Supreme Court and rumors…
By Carlos Valenzuela SaludToday Alzheimer’s Disease, a type of dementia that causes “problems with memory, thinking and behavior” affects more Latinos than Whites and other ethnic groups, but according to researchers playing brain games may delay the development of…
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 Stephanie Desmon Futurity Asthma patients who live near major Pennsylvania fracking sites are as much as four times more likely to suffer attacks than those farther away, a new study shows. The findings add to growing evidence that…
By Ronnie Citron-Frank Moms Clean Air Force On Wednesday, July 13, 2016, over 700 children and parents from 50 states joined our third annual Play-In for Climate Action at Upper Senate Park in Washington, DC for fun, music and advocacy… …
By Stell Simonton Juvenile Justice Information Exchange Every young life starts out with promise, and the adults who love a child yearn for that child to have a bright future. But what if a simple barrier at an…
By Esther Canty-Barnes The Conversation On Wednesday, July 6, the four-year-old daughter of Diamond Reynolds witnessed the killing of Philando Castile by a Minnesota police officer. She and her mother sat in close proximity to Castile when he was shot. A…
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…
Cultural Survival On June 28th, 2016, the President of Canada, Justin Trudeau, and the President of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, issued a joint statement declaring that they have reached an accord regarding Indigenous Peoples. The statement affirmed “the importance of a…
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 Ernesto Cicchitelli and Ivan Valladares Council on Hemispheric Affairs The stress faced by the European Union (EU) due to a large inflow of Syrian refugees at its borders, has led an increasing amount of countries towards stricter immigration…
By Andy Henion Futurity Living around people with opposing political viewpoints may affect a person’s ability to form close relationships and accept other perspectives, a national study finds. It might also affect personality. “Obviously, Trump supporters exist, and Clinton…
By Marcia G. Yerman Moms Clean Air Force Extreme heat waves are happening with alarming regularity. (Tweet this) Summer used to be the time for kids to be outside non-stop. Now, both children and adults need more information…
By Sandro Galea and Michael Siegel The Conversation (Editor’s Note: The following piece was obviously written before the shooting and killing of 5 Dallas police officers on July 7, 2016. In light of the ongoing gun violence in the…
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 Natalie Gross Latino Ed Beat If you haven’t yet heard of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the use of race as a factor in college admissions, you may have at least seen the #BeckyWithTheBadGrades buzz on Twitter…
