LatinaLista — High school is tough enough but when a child has to deal with hunger, homelessness, parents who are either not around or too caught up in their own addictions to be there for their children then it’s…
Diversity, General, Palabra Final
Shunning Latino, black and Asian journalist moderators for presidential debates underscores nation’s systemic attitudes towards race
Aug 18, 2012, 9:30 AM 3
LatinaLista — With all the talk and coverage there has been in the mainstream media about the Latino vote, it’s a crazy irony that Latinos, and other voters of color, are having to fight to remain a relevant part…
General, Local News, Pacific
Obama Administration names Hawaii schools as first-ever U.S. Green Ribbon Schools
Aug 17, 2012, 9:54 AM 0
By José Villa Hawaii Hispanic News SAN FRANCISCO, California — U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan was joined recently by White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Nancy Sutley and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson to announce the…
General, Videos
Viernes Video: A sneak peek of a thriller with a twist on suspense
Aug 17, 2012, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — We always like getting sneak peeks to upcoming films and this one is definitely ‘piquing’ our interest. Still in production and due for release in 2013, Everlasting is about a high school filmmaker who documents his journey…
General, Videos
Video: Mexican American artist creates art out of illegal guns
Aug 16, 2012, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — Victor Hugo Zayas is an award-winning sculptor and recognized painter. Yet, for some, this Californian artist is a miracle worker — of sorts. Zayas takes illegal guns that the Los Angeles police department receives in their community…
General, Videos
Intrn’l Video: Discovering the serenity of today’s Colombia amid country’s fast-pace life
Aug 15, 2012, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — Timelapse video isn’t anything new but when it’s combined with meditative music and images that reflect both a hustling city with serene images of nature the end result is a piece of cinematography that transports the viewer…
General, Videos
Video: DREAM Activist infiltrates detention center to expose youth still being detained by US government
Aug 13, 2012, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — In two days, thousands of DREAM-eligible youth will begin filing the necessary paperwork to take advantage of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that the Obama administration has put into place. Though immigration lawyers are issuing…
LatinaLista — A chap book is a booklet that easily fits into a pocket — a deep pocket. And ‘deep’ is the operative word when discussing the 2010 chap book of Mexican American poet Manuel Paul López titled “1984.” If…
General, Guest Voz
Guest Voz: Do Stand Your Ground Laws Worsen Racial Disparities?
Aug 8, 2012, 3:39 PM 0
By John Roman MetroTrends Blog A couple of months ago my colleague Mitch Downey and I wrote about how Stand Your Ground (SYG) laws distort the justice system: in states with SYG laws, homicides are twice as likely to…
LatinaLista — Mexico has its San Malverde, the patron saint of drug traffickers and criminals. Though the idea of paying homage to a guy that is the patron saint of a gang who show no mercy to their victims…
Education, General, Palabra Final
Latino and black youth in juvenile justice system lose out on getting an education — twice
Aug 7, 2012, 8:20 PM 1
LatinaLista — It’s long been known that Latino and black students suffer the brunt of school suspensions and juvenile detention. Today, the Civil Rights Project released a study Opportunities Suspended: The Disparate Impact of Disciplinary Exclusion from School which…
General, Videos
Video: Filmmakers’ journey to find the truth of Mayan 2012 prophecy
Aug 7, 2012, 12:00 AM 2
LatinaLista — This year, there’s no getting away from the Mayan 2012 prophecy — not that we’re trying very hard. So far, we’ve featured several films and projects about the 2012 prophecy but nothing that would be considered a true documentary….
American Dreams, General
Comic journalism brings one DREAMer’s story to readers in drawings
Aug 7, 2012, 12:00 AM 2
LatinaLista — The story of Jessica Colotl, the Kennesaw State University graduate, whose arrest as an underclassman, for being an undocumented student caused a nationwide firestorm among DREAMers, could easily be just another news story of an immigrant student fighting…
General, Local News, South
La Raza Unida Party Reunion: Latino high schooler listens and learns civil rights lessons from his elders
Aug 6, 2012, 12:51 PM 0
By James Rodriguez La Voz de Austin They don’t teach about La Raza Unida Party in high school. At least not at my high school, a public institution which prides itself in preparing young students for the future that…
General, Social Justice
Mexico’s Soy 132 Movement joins forces with Occupy Wall Street to protest Carlos Slim
Aug 6, 2012, 12:00 AM 7
Frontera NorteSur In less than three months, the Mexican youth movement #YoSoy 132 (I am 132) has undergone a remarkable evolution. Beginning as a protest against Institutional Revolutionary Party presidential candidate Enrique Pena Nieto at the privately-run Ibero-American University…
General, Videos
Viernes Video: Latino filmmaker uses 2012 Mayan calendar debate as backdrop for science fiction web series
Aug 3, 2012, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — Julio Ponce Palmieri was born in Guatemala City, Guatemala — in the heart of Mayan country. Yet, it wasn’t Mayan history that captured the attention of this young Guatemalteco. It was filmmaking, philosophy and theology. Years later,…
General, Guest Voz
Guest Voz: An open letter to TX Latino Tea Party candidate Ted Cruz
Aug 3, 2012, 12:00 AM 0
By José Antonio López LatinaLista Editor’s note: Ted Cruz, a Texas Tea Party favorite, beat his opponent this week, a staunch Republican politician and current TX Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst. In his acceptance speech, Cruz made a statement that…
General, Videos
Video: In honor of his dad, Latino artist creates portrait without brushstrokes — just 3.2 million dots
Aug 2, 2012, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — For being so young, Miguel Endara has the patience of a saint or at least an artist — and that’s exactly what he is. From Miami, Florida, Endara describes himself as a “non-stop thinker.” It’s a trait…
LatinaLista — What is the state of Cuban cinema? How does the world see Cuban cinema? How do Cubans see their own film industry? These were three questions that served as the premise for a 2012 academic gathering between participants…
General, Videos
Video: Tapping into the power of the brain to change our lives
Jul 31, 2012, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — Most people agree that the human brain is still a mystery, but a few, who have studied it, have confirmed the connection between the brain and our physical bodies and habits. One such researcher is Dr. Joe…
General, Videos
Video: Empowering young Latinas with a camera and their own voices
Jul 30, 2012, 12:00 AM 1
LatinaLista — In 2010, Los Angeles-based photographer Eric V. Ibarra embarked on a mission — to boost the self-confidence and self-esteem of low-income Latina youth. But how can one man make a difference in the lives of so many young…
General, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics
In suspicious move, union ICE boss appears with GOP senators to denounce DREAMer policy
Jul 27, 2012, 7:29 PM 10
LatinaLista — Once upon a time being Commander-in-Chief meant that though people who worked in the various federal agencies disagreed with the man in the Oval Office, they may have griped among themselves but didn’t go public and certainly…
General, Videos
Viernes Video: Web-reality show pits Latino garage against the competition in rebuilding cars
Jul 27, 2012, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — Four teams, 4 cars, 4 causes — for a new series on track to rev up web-ivision. Built is the name of a new reality web series with an interesting spin and, most of all, product promotion….
General, Videos
Video: Argentine author relives horror of political imprisonment through fiction
Jul 26, 2012, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — Alicia Kozameh is an author, an editor, a college instructor and a former political prisoner. From September 1975 to December 1978, Kozameh was held at Sótano (“basement”) of police headquarters in Rosario, Argentina as part of the military…
General, Videos
Intrn’l Video: For poor Dominican boys, baseball career is either a home run out of poverty or strike-out
Jul 25, 2012, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — Thirty-four percent of the Dominican Republic lives in poverty. For many young Dominican men, there is only one way out of their poverty — become professional baseball players or peloteros. Every year, on July 2, 16-year-old Dominican…
