By Brandon Brown Cronkite News Service WASHINGTON – Monica Brown looked out at her audience at the National Book Festival and saw a mix of faces, races, ages and backgrounds – just the way she wants it to be….
By Eleanore Catolico EXTRA News Folk art-loving families gathered together in Pilsen to honor the Day of the Dead’s most mysterious yet outspoken figures. On Friday, Sept. 13, The National Museum of Mexican Art (NMMA) hosted an opening reception…
By Brian Woodman Jr. CTLatinoNews.com A Latino candidate in one Connecticut suburb is working to make the political scene in his town more inclusive, by reaching out to Latino voters, perhaps signaling new Latino political influence outside of the…
By Pablo J. Sáinz La Prensa San Diego Although Hortenssia Zatarain has always been a baking and cooking enthusiast, she never thought she would turn her hobby into a full-blown business. However, after losing her job in human resources…
By John Newton La Voz Latina Editing a monthly newspaper like La Voz Latina can be frustrating at times, especially when a news story or event of importance to our local Hispanic communities occurs soon after or long before…
By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian MISSION, TEXAS – Some Congressional Democrats are contemplating a compromise on immigration reform that would put undocumented immigrants on a path to legalization but not, directly, citizenship. Under the plan, the 11 or…
By Claudia Miranda The Venture HOUSTON — Members of the community gathered at Houston City Hall for a rare chance to speak directly with federal officials and voice their concern on the impact of comprehensive immigration reform locally. The…
By Elisa Cordova Cronkite News Service TUCSON – Following brutal summer heat, deaths of border crossers in Pima County so far this year are up from 2012, the chief medical examiner said. As of Sept. 11, 146 bodies had…
By Shaun Hittle Oklahoma Watch During most of the past two decades, the annual number of alcohol-related traffic deaths across the country has fallen by about 20 percent, to more than 11,500. More stringent drunken driving laws, widespread public…
CTLatinoNews.com East of the railroad tracks in West Hartford, in a multicultural shopping plaza stands a former McDonald’s restaurant with a banner hanging outside that reads “Cora Cora Restaurant Peruvian Cuisine.” Like many Latino-owned businesses, Cora Cora signals that…
Amigos805.com CAMARILLO — CSU Channel Islands (CI) student Jeannette Herrera used her smartphone, artistic skills and a persuasive personal plea to win a national scholarship contest from online textbook-seller TextbookX.com. The 17-year-old psychology major from Santa Clarita Valley is…
By Pablo J. Sáinz La Prensa San Diego A recently launched website that promotes disaster preparedness among Californians was introduced to ethnic media editors and reporters in San Diego this past week. At a recent media round-table organized in…
By Gracy Vargas La Prensa It appears that rally one day before voting day by city council on the Non Discrimination Ordinance (NDO) worked. A number of local prominent civil rights leaders gathered on the back steps of City…
By Eddie Rosales Borderzine EL PASO — With college enrollment constantly increasing, the number of students with mental health issues on college campuses has also gone up. The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) estimates that anxiety, depression and…
Jerry González La Voz Latina The Latino electorate in Georgia continues to grow and increase. Data analysis indicates an electorate that will continue to evolve in importance in Georgia’s political arena. Based upon the statewide voter data file and…
By Kay Miller Temple Cronkite News Service PHOENIX – Combating a national obesity epidemic 20 years in the making requires more than just passing out brochures, Arizona’s top health official said Wednesday. What’s needed, said Will Humble, director of…
By Linda Tishler Levinson CTLatinoNews.com The Latino student population in the state has grown and continues to do so – in some surprising suburban towns, as well as in the expected city school districts, according to statistics provided to…
By Frank X. Moraga Amigos805 While it may look easy putting on a colorful costume and walking up on the stage in the hopes of winning the approval of judges, the annual Fiestas Patrias contest is anything but. The…
By Shaun Hittle Oklahoma Watch Several years ago, legislators in both Oklahoma and North Carolina began taking steps to address rising incarceration rates. The number of incarcerated offenders in Oklahoma had increased by a few thousand inmates in the…
By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian LAREDO, TEXAS – At present undocumented children do not get healthcare from the government but that needs to change if the U.S. wants to have a healthy, productive workforce in the future. This…
Frontera NorteSur In Baja California, tens of thousands of houses stand abandoned as the casualties of recent crisis. Of the inventory of empty homes, between 19,000 and 20,000 of the units were financed by Infonavit, the Mexican federal agency…
By Pablo J. Sáinz La Prensa San Diego Together with neighboring Tijuana, San Diego is home to an immense array of Latino chefs and restaurants that are creating an exciting Latin culinary movement in the border region, according to…
By Jose de la Isla Hispanic Link News Service A court ruling in Mexico earlier this month releasing drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero from prison is creating an uproar in the United States. It stems from the 1985 case…
La Voz de Austin There are lots of ways to examine the growth and impact of the Hispanic population in the United States. Certainly the Census Bureau provides a vast array of data through its many surveys and the…
By Gabriel Pilonieta-Blanco El Tiempo Hispano Currently, 140 young people from different cultural and social strata make up the four groups of the Wilmington Children’s Chorus directed by Kim and Phil Doucette, a couple in love with music that…
