By Marcia G. Yerman Moms Clean Air Force The Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4) has been released. Over 1500 journals and reports were examined to “assesses the physical science of climate change.” It has presented findings stating – unequivocally…
By Samantha Penta The Conversation Recovering from disasters is never easy. When disasters pile up, it gets harder. On top of the inevitable competition for everything from the government’s funding for recovery efforts to construction materials, donations for relief…
By Marilyn Garateix Latino Ed Beat Michele Siqueiros recalled the day she arrived on a college campus. “I thought I had arrived on another planet,” she told a recent gathering of journalists who attended the Education Writers Association’s fourth…
By Tom Jawetz and Nicole Prchal Svajlenka ncluido Each day that Congress delays acting on the Dream Act from now until March 5, 2018, approximately 122 people will lose their Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)protection. That is 851…
By Rebecca Valli Futurity The neighborhood in which children grow up can have an impact on their economic well-being into adulthood, a new study indicates. The research suggests that children who live in disadvantaged neighborhoods at any point up…
By Jody Agius Vallejo The Conversation American Latino economic elites have incomes and wealth in the top five percent of earners. Some own multi-million-dollar companies or work as corporate executives. Latino politicians – like Kevin De León, who is…
By Rachel Symons Juvenile Justice Information Exchange LOS ANGELES — For Jordan, growing up in Jamaica, Queens in New York City left much to be desired. One of the few places he could go after school were the youth…
By Julie Robert Futurity Researchers have created a website to ease the transition to fatherhood. Expectant and new parents look to the internet for parenting prep, but dads don’t always find the information they say they need about pregnancy,…
By Eric Moreno Salud America Nearly 94% of the 18 million Latino kids living in the United States today were born here. Their moms and dads are a different story. About half of Latino kids have at least one…
By Raoul Lowery Contreras ncluido The Republican Party today is not the same as when it won with President George W. Bush. In Texas, 50 percent of Hispanics voted for George W. Bush for governor and between 35 and…
By Jay L. Zagorsky The Conversation Hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated Puerto Rico in September, destroying homes, crops and communications. Many weeks later, power has been restored to fewer than 20 percent of homes. A third of the population…
By Marcia G. Yerman Moms Clean Air Force Just as the tobacco companies worked to brand cigarettes as harmless, the coal industry has pushed to convince the public that their product is safe for the environment. The phrase “clean…
By Cristian Izquierdo NACLA Less than four months into Trump’s presidency, the administration began its attacks on Temporary Protected Status (TPS), a long-standing program created as part of the 1990 Immigration Act that protects otherwise undocumented immigrants from being…
By Amy McCaig Futurity Real estate agents in New York tend to work in white and Asian neighborhoods, in addition to neighborhoods with higher home values, according to new research. The researchers used data from the 2014 American Community…
By Lauren Lluveras The Conversation The morning after Hurricane Maria blasted through Puerto Rico, I emailed my aunt to ask if she was safe. That was Sept. 21. I heard back from her on Oct. 10. She was fine,…
By Sharita Gruberg ncluido Last month, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Trump administration will end protection from deportation for approximately 800,000 young immigrants under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. This program provided temporary protection…
By Bill Myers Juvenile Justice Information Exchange The number of young people locked into adult jails and prisons has plummeted nearly two-thirds since 2009 and the number automatically sent to adult courts for criminal trials has fallen by…
By Dr. Jacqueline Angel ncluido Hispanics represent 1 out of 6 Americans, totaling 56.5 million people in 2015. By the middle of the next century, the nation’s Hispanic population is expected to reach almost 100 million. Given their numbers,…
By Marilyn Garateix Latino Ed Beat President Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos both say they want to expand school choice, including with public funding for private schools. Recently, two parent activists on the front lines…
By Carmen Yulin Cruz ncluido Editor’s Note: The following was sent by Puerto Rico’s Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz to members of Congress in response to President Trump’s tweets and threats of revoking aid to the island. Puerto Ricans have…
By Lauren Walser Saving Places Josephine Talamantez remembers the day she and many of her neighbors in San Diego’s Barrio Logan neighborhood were nearly arrested: April 22, 1970, the official launching of Earth Day as a national holiday. “And…
By Eduardo Stanley LatinaLista Despite the government’s promises and laws, indigenous cultures in Mexico are marginalized. “Education is meaningful to keep people’s cultures alive, but there is nothing about Triqui culture in books and educational programs in Mexico,” said…
By Sarah Anderson Inequality.org A new report uses photography and interviews to raise the profile of 20 Black, Latina, Arab, and Asian women who should have a greater say in the city’s revitalization. “Nobody asked us if we wanted…
By Seaman Jose Madrigal LatinaLista For the past couple of weeks, a group of Sailors have been hard at work preparing for several events that they hope will translate their passion, pride and most importantly their heritage to the…
By Laurel Thomas Gnagey Futurity Social action and engagement may help marginalized teens in their careers later in life, particularly if teachers help them discuss and engage with social issues, new research suggests. At a time when race and…
