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For Hispanic students, summer is vital time to maintain gains made in classrooms in recent years

Jun 4, 2015, 9:40 AM 0

By Frank X. Moraga Amigos805.com Summer vacation time is upon us. K-through-12 schools are busy completing their traditional school year, with high school, community college and four-year university graduation ceremonies rapidly coming to a close. But while the school…

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In Oklahoma Schools, Record Numbers of Homeless Children

Jun 3, 2015, 10:58 AM 0

By Nate Robson Oklahoma Watch A resilient economy and low unemployment have done little to stem the tide of students who are finding themselves homeless in Oklahoma. Despite a five-year oil and gas boom and falling jobless rates, growing…

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Chicago’s Logan Square’s cultural shift leaves little room to remember the Latinos who lived there first

Jun 2, 2015, 10:36 AM 0

By Elisabet Bernard EXTRA! t was on a Saturday night when I was standing outside of some hip, Logan Square bar. My hair teased up to high heaven, I took a moment to examine where I was. Around me…

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Private El Paso soccer academies give opportunities to growing number of girls

Jun 1, 2015, 9:30 AM 0

By Hilda Mendoza Borderzine What started in El Paso 20 years ago as a brand new sport for girls, has grown today into a well-organized sports field with two private soccer academies. Soccer has become a popular sport in…

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Grand Canyon at confluence of popularity, money and conservation

May 28, 2015, 11:53 AM 0

By Karla Liriano and Sophia Kunthara Cronkite News When Renae Yellowhorse comes to the area of the Grand Canyon where the Colorado and Little Colorado rivers meet, she feels the presence of her late father. She says she sees…

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“These students have overcome tremendous odds”

May 27, 2015, 12:42 PM 0

By Pablo J. Sáinz La Prensa San Diego This year, seven students from the after-school, college-preparation program Reality Changers will become Gates Millenium Scholars, a competitive scholarship that will pay for their entire college education, up to a doctorate…

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Borinqueneers help promote legacy of ‘Toughest Chicano Soldiers’ of WWII

May 26, 2015, 10:55 AM 0

By Bill Sarno CTLatinoNews.com On Memorial Day, the remembrance of those who died while serving in this nation’s armed forces includes honoring the sacrifices made by Hispanics as members of segregated units. One of these units, Puerto Rico’s 65th…

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San Francisco’s newest and hottest bootcamps are for — Tenants

May 22, 2015, 9:26 AM 0

By Jenny Manrique Mission Local If you think that Bootcamps are just for technology geeks who won’t sleep until they discover the next protocol or park denizens who get up early to get in shape, you are wrong. The…

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Traumatic childhood during Argentina’s “Guerra Sucia” fuels resilience in CA educator

May 21, 2015, 10:53 AM 0

Amigos805.com CAMARILLO — CSU Channel Islands Professor of Early Childhood Studies Carola Matera was five years old when soldiers showed up at her home in Argentina during the “Guerra Sucia” or “Dirty War,” university officials reported in a media…

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Ancient inspiration reshaped destiny for tiny town of Mexico artisans

May 19, 2015, 11:04 AM 0

By Luis Gonzalez Borderzine EL PASO — Searching all over the northern parts of Mexico in 1976 for the origin of some pottery he found at a secondhand store in Deming, NM, Spencer MacCallum came to a town just…

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International Council recommends San Antonio’s Missions as World Heritage Site

May 18, 2015, 1:22 PM 0

By Lea Thompson La Prensa San Antonio’s missions already attract millions of tourists each year, but that number could grow thanks to the International Council on Monuments and Sites’ recent recommendation to classify them as a World Heritage Site….

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Edward Santos’ Art Invites Viewers Into His World as a Disabled Vet

May 15, 2015, 9:06 AM 0

Lisa S. Lenkiewicz CTLatinoNews.com Edward Santos is a Latino American warrior, having served two tours in Afghanistan with the U.S. Army Infantry. But he did not return home unscathed. He arrived as a wounded warrior. Injured during each tour,…

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Midlife Latinas Are Boosting U.S. Entrepreneurial Numbers

May 13, 2015, 1:34 PM 0

By Elizabeth Isele La Prensa San Diego Entrepreneurial activity in the United States is in a historic slump, according to Gallup and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation for Entrepreneurship. But you’d never know it by looking at the data…

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Tribes say law requiring return of remains, relics, hasn’t met promise

May 12, 2015, 10:54 AM 0

By Kristen Hwang Cronkite News WASHINGTON – Manley Begay Jr. stood surrounded by boxes “stacked to the ceiling” that were filled with the remains of more than 1,000 Native Americans, when one label caught his eye. Canyon Del Muerte….

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Georgia’s first Hispanic Superior Court Judge, Dean Bucci, hits the ground running

May 11, 2015, 9:05 AM 0

La Voz DALLAS, Ga. – The Hon. Dean Carlos Bucci became the first Hispanic ever appointed to the Superior Courts of Georgia. Bucci, an attorney in Dallas, Ga., was appointed by Gov. Nathan Deal as a Superior Court judge…

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Historians chronicle lives, dreams of Mexican braceros in U.S. labor program

May 8, 2015, 8:15 AM 0

By Tanya Carbajal Borderzine EL PASO — Emilio Solis Pallares,92, sits at his home in Fabens, Texas, listening with surprised amusement to his own voice for the first time 12 years after his story was cataloged along with the…

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Residents fear Riot Fest working to push out Puerto Rican identity of Chicago’s Humboldt Park

May 7, 2015, 11:07 AM 0

By Michael Bacos Extra! As Riot Fest has grown over the past three years, so have Humboldt Park residents’ fears that the festival has become an agent of gentrification. “ have a very colonialist attitude. It’s a…

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Baile En La Calle Offers Art, Dance and Solidarity

May 5, 2015, 12:16 PM 0

By Jeanita Lyman Mission Local Choreographers and muralists invested hours of work to make Sunday’s Baile en la Calle event a success that engaged a small crowd in dancing, art, and social justice. “We were here until the sun…

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For Latinos, Meriden, CT Has Reached The “Tipping Point”

May 4, 2015, 12:21 PM 0

Bill Sarno CTLatinoNews.com After more than 60 years of migration from Puerto Rico and other Spanish-speaking countries, and an ongoing struggle to secure economic prosperity and to have its voice heard in local government, leaders within Meriden’s Hispanic population…

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Cinco de Mayo: A Battle for Recognition

May 1, 2015, 2:19 PM 0

By Dr. Lily Morales Rivera La Prensa San Diego Forget all the articles you’ve ever read that purport to explain why we celebrate Cinco de Mayo in the United States. They’ve got it all wrong. It’s not about celebrating…

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Johnson: Border more secure, but it’s not ‘mission accomplished’ time yet

Apr 30, 2015, 11:03 AM 0

By Tara Terregino Cronkite News WASHINGTON – Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Friday that the number of people apprehended at the border is “down considerably” from 2014, a sign that investments in border security are paying off. But…

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Audit Details Racial Discrepancy in OKC Schools Suspensions

Apr 29, 2015, 9:35 AM 0

By Nate Robson Oklahoma Watch With two months still left in the school year, administrators at Taft Middle School in Oklahoma City have already suspended more than half of their black students. At Capitol Hill High School, the average…

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Mexico’s organized crime targets higher education

Apr 22, 2015, 2:45 PM 0

Frontera NorteSur Thousands of students with dreams of higher education have had their educational careers seriously disrupted in the northeastern border region of Mexico. In the state of Tamaulipas, for instance, extortion and threats of violence attributed to the…

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