By Raymond Ruiz The Venture HOUSTON — Evident Empire has gained a reputation as a socially-conscience media service agency in the Houston area. The multimedia marketing company was founded by Jessica Bolaños, an aspiring filmmaker, and her fiance in 2009….
LatinaLista — Peace can mean many different things: the end of war and conflicts; the end of school bullying and gang fights; the end of political partisan name-calling; or the not-so-simple act of achieving that higher level known as…
The remains of at least 6,000 migrants have been found in U.S. desert land since U.S.-Mexico border policies were implemented in the 1990s. Some groups estimate that for each set of remains recovered, those of 10 more people are…
By José Villa, Senior Editor Hawaii Hispanic News HONOLULU, Hawaii — In December 2011, Mr. David Gomez, Director of Energy, Trade Commission of the Embassy of Spain in Los Angeles, CA, contacted our DBEDT (Department of Business, Economic Development…
LatinaLista — History shows that Latinos and revolutions go mano-en-mano. Being at the forefront in demanding change is nothing new for any Latino or Latina — only the tactics have changed. Today, it’s all about the social revolution or,…
LatinaLista — Anyone who has had an eye on Mexico’s escalating cartel violence knows about Javier Sicilia. Sicilia is one of Mexico’s leading authors and poets and someone for whom the violence seizing his homeland has became intensely personal….
LatinaLista — On January 12, 2010, the first catastrophic earthquake in modern memory to hit close to the United States happened 710 miles off the Florida coast in Haiti. The severity of the earthquake, the number of people killed…
LatinaLista — So much for warning kids not to talk strangers. It seems the Millennial generation not only talks to strangers but rely on their recommendations over family and friends! Blame it on social media. An interesting report released…
LatinaLista — The latest poll on next week’s Florida primary shows Gingrich and Romney are neck-and-neck. Surging since his South Carolina Republican presidential primary win, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich wipes out a 12-point lead by Mitt Romney to…
New American Visionaries (NAV) is an online short-documentary series and digital web platform pilot project featuring notable Hispanic innovators, entrepreneurs and visionaries living and working in the United States. First pilot webisode for features 28-year-old Chilean industrial designer and…
LatinaLista — There’s no denying that the housing fiasco played a big role in the overall crisis that threatened our country’s financial system. Yet, what should be challenged is how communities of color should be the scapegoats of the…
LatinaLista — Undocumented immigrants may be used as the proverbial “whipping boy” by legislators intent on cleansing the country of their presence, but if the U.S. military has their way undocumented immigrants would be the backbone of tomorrow’s military….
By Sara Martínez LatinaLista Disturbed by the high rates of Latino students dropping out of school in the United States, Dr. Jacqueline Zaleski Mackenzie wondered what could be done to help both the students and the teachers gain success…
LatinaLista — Unfortunately for too many non profits these days, it doesn’t matter how noble the cause there just aren’t enough donations to go around. The founders at Florida-based Hugs and Kisses know this, especially for a cause like…
Winner of the 2010 Corpus Christi 7 day film project. Also winner of the Best Actor Award (Tie) and Best Supporting Actor Award (Tie) Sin Aydua (Without Help) is about Sam, a lone immigrant crossing the US-Mexico border to…
The 2008 documentary, Watershed, intimately captures the agrarian life in the heart of the Andes Mountains and portrays the struggle of a Chilean farming community to preserve its culture, land, and water rights. With the influx of large-scale mining…
By Jennifer Barreto-Leyva LatinaLista CARACAS — Women implanted with the faulty PIP breast implants have filed a lawsuit not only against the French company that made them, Poly Implant Prothèse (PIP), but the medical distributors who sold them in…
LatinaLista — Poll after poll shows that a sizable amount of Latino voters are “disenchanted” with President Obama, especially those voters who care about immigration reform and the administration’s lack of will to implement and enforce changes to current…
LatinaLista — It’s said that “a picture is worth a thousand words.” Well, Memphis-based photographer, Bill Piacesi, hopes the pictures he’s taking are worth sizable donations to the poor of Memphis. A fine art portrait photographer, Piacesi was moved…
By Dominique Browning Mom’s Clean Air Force What’s a new year without retrograde behavior? Just in time to ring in 2012, on December 30, judges on a panel of the US Court of Appeals in Washington agreed with some…
Filmmaker Aurora Guerrero garnered a spot in this year’s Sundance film festival with her film Mosquita y Mari. A coming of age story focusing on a tender love between two young Chicanas that struggles to find its place in…
Juan D. Martinez is director for the Natural Leaders Network, an initiative of the Children & Nature Network. Has been named a National Geographic Emerging Explorer. He dedicates his energy to grassroots campaigns from health care and housing discriminination, to…
By Deborah Charnes Latina Lista I happen to love broccoli, kale and brussel sprouts. My mother couldn’t stand them. It turns out, some people have different taste buds, and for many people, vegetables like broccoli can be extremely bitter….
Latina Lista — The recently released Pew Hispanic survey regarding Latino voters’ feelings about the upcoming 2012 election hit a nerve with some readers. One reader, Raoul Lowery Contreras, was motivated to submit an opinion column to Latina Lista…
LatinaLista — No poll has to be taken to understand that Latinos are as frustrated with our nation’s politicians as the rest of the country. Just as the Tea Party gave rise to a group that gained political influence…
