By Rodolfo F. Acuña LatinaLista Since the trailers appeared “For Greater Glory” – a movie about the Mexican Cristero Movement of the 1920s – I have been receiving emails urging me to take a stand because one of the…
LatinaLista — May 28 is the official day to remember veterans who have sacrificed their lives in the line of duty for their country but remembering veterans is an all-year affair. It’s a message that the White House has…
LatinaLista — When Patricia Gracia arrived in the United States from Peru, she was 18-years-old and alone. What followed is the classic American Dream story. Patricia went from working as a dispatcher in the hospitality department of a five-star…
By Arturo ‘Treto’ Garza Rio Grande Guardian HARLINGEN, TX — On Thursday April 26, 2012 I attended the last rites for a good friend, Mr. Pablo Diaz of Santa Maria, Texas. On this date the Committee on Minority Veterans…
LatinaLista — According to the 2010 U.S. Census, there are 1.2 million Latino veterans. Across the nation, various groups have worked or are working to get their state’s Latino veterans remembered with special memorials. Kansas is one such state…
LatinaLista: Texas is home to half a million Latino residents — 9,460,921, according to the U.S. Census. In a state where Latino students comprise the majority in the public schools, more small businesses are started by Latinos and Latinas and…
LatinaLista — Celebrating Chicano history is not complete without remembering the Brown Berets. In the 1960s, the Brown Berets, Mexican American activists, emerged as organizers in local Latino communities against police brutality and equal education. However, the FBI labeled…
LatinaLista — Each artist has their own distinct method of creativity. Yet, each shares definite stages of the creative process that leads them to their final masterpiece. In 1992, one Los Angeles-based film student decided to watch how local…
LatinaLista — Mitt Romney is doing his best these days to keep up with President Obama in reaching out to Latino voters. Obviously, someone on his campaign realized that Latino voters can be a deciding factor in who wins the…
By Bobby Sanchez The Curandero of Dallas We start our day off with waking up to the energy of life. As we rise from bed, we feel ourselves stretch as we begin to organize, or balance, our thoughts for…
LatinaLista — Started in 1989 in Argentina and now in seven countries throughout Central and South America and southern Europe, Papel Nonos is an unique program just for senior citizens with one purpose — to make senior citizens feel…
LatinaLista — The youth of East Los Angeles have it lucky. They have a guy named Robert Zardeneta in their corner who doesn’t just want to empower them to no longer “settle” for what happens in their lives but…
LatinaLista — In April, the Pew Hispanic Center released a report documenting how migrants from Mexico have stopped coming to the United States. However, the report doesn’t take into account the fact that many Central and South Americans are still…
By Andres Gutierrez LatinaLista One of my favorite memories as a kid was when my parents took me to the circus. I loved watching the lion show. It was incredible how one man, with nothing but a whip in…
Life for Victor Jara was cut terribly short in a horrific manner by a fascist military regime in Chile 1973. Yet, thanks to his many fans, the eternal words of his compositions and the ongoing support from his family…
LatinaLista — Last week, we saw where GOP Rep. Bob Dold took on his party to do something right for women in defending Planned Parenthood from efforts by members of his own party to get it defunded. More and…
By Katherine Leal Unmuth Latino Ed Beat The achievement gap between Latino and white eighth-graders in science is narrowing, according to National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) data released on Thursday. Between 2009 and 2011, average science scores among…
LatinaLista — Cancer sucks! For anyone diagnosed with it, it’s a horrific, painful, scary thing to go through. Watching someone go through the treatments, especially loved ones, is hard but watching a child endure the pain and fear of…
Guatemala is considered one of the most violent countries in Central America. Gangs are rampant and routinely recruit young people to join their ranks. Yet film director, Coury Deeb, discovered another kind of gang that exists within the violent…
It was twenty years ago that some of the scariest civil rights unrest happened in the country, known as the LA Riots. The nation watched in horror in 1992 as buildings in South Central Los Angeles burned in reaction…
LatinaLista — It’s never been a secret that US employers preferred to hire undocumented Latino immigrants for three reasons: they’re cheap labor, they’re expendable and they have no recourse, but to quit, if they don’t like job conditions, their…
By Rodolfo F. Acuña LatinaLista The fitness exercise pilates, from my limited understanding of the exercise method, works on the principle of developing “a strong core or center (tones abdominals while strengthening the back), and improving coordination and balance.”…
by Deysi Cuevas Extra News CHICAGO — Since 2006, when Mexico’s president, Felipe Calderon, began a crackdown on drug cartels, over 34,600 people have been killed. On Tuesday, April 17, poet, novelist, journalist and activist Javier Sicilia spoke at…
Rafael López is an artist and children’s book illustrator. Rafa, as he’s known to family and friends, credits his upbringing in Mexico with inspiring his artwork, which is described as a fusion of a strong graphic style and magical…
By Gaby Pacheco LatinaLista Next month, the country’s educational community celebrates the 30th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Plyler vs. Doe. In Plyer vs. Doe, the high court ruled in June 1982 that it was…
