LatinaLista — With yesterday’s Latina Lista news of the latest Latino defection from the GOP, it’s interesting that today we’re hearing, and seeing, a new bilingual news service dedicated to Latinos. Newt Gingrich What is interesting about this is…
LatinaLista — When it comes to state mandated immigration enforcement, two states that top the list of literally trying to drive out undocumented immigrants, and make Latino residents uncomfortable, are Arizona and Oklahoma. What’s happening in Arizona is more…
LatinaLista — For many of us in the Latino community, who have been disgusted by the inflammatory political rhetoric and mean-spirited state and national legislation/policies targeting undocumented immigrants, it’s not surprising that we saw today the defection of one…
LatinaLista — Today is International Day of Peace. It is a day dedicated to a global call for ceasefire and non-violence. This year’s call, as asked by the UN Secretary-General, is for nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation. Unfortunately, such a…
(Update follows post) LatinaLista — In the latest example of how immigration enforcement has run amok, there comes a story out of the Dallas area where the home owner’s association (HOA) of a trailer park has taken it upon…
By CHRISTINE ROGEL Cronkite News Service NOGALES — Gael Sylvia Pullen said her McDonald’s franchise a five-minute walk from the pedestrian port of entry here is doing pretty well, all things considered. But she only needs to look down…
By Sonia Villar U.S.A.: When I learned that the U.S. and Mexico signed an agreement to reinforce security along the border to fight weapons and drug traffic, I asked myself: Why now? So I decided to analyze the situation…
LatinaLista — When we hear the term “Heisman Trophy,” most of us, who aren’t even football fans, know that this is the highest award to give a college football player. In most cases, it’s like the golden ticket to…
LatinaLista — In the aftermath of former President Jimmy Carter’s assessment that racism is fueling this unprecedented backlash against President Obama, nobody seems to want to agree with him. Former President Jimmy Carter The White House couldn’t distance itself…
One thing about Hispanic Heritage Month is the obscene number of parties and events crammed into 30 days. Wherever we turn, there is another party honoring Hispanic Heritage Month –…
LatinaLista — If there was any doubt as to how vicious the issue of undocumented immigrants has become then you haven’t seen the Senate Finance Committee’s version of the healthcare bill. The Chairman’s Mark America’s Healthy Future Act of…
LatinaLista — School is just barely starting but in those families with sons and daughters who are seniors in high school thoughts about where to go to school next year are already consuming the minds of these families. Four-year…
LatinaLista — It’s safe to say that Congress is a mess these days with partisan machismo run amok. Representatives Lorena and Loretta Sanchez from California are two Latina politicians paving the way for more Latinas and women to seek…
LatinaLista — The digital divide. It’s something that too often finds the Latino community on the wrong side of the chasm. From being the last to upgrade televisions to receive digital transmissions (as Latina Lista reported yesterday) to still…
LatinaLista — Forget all the outrage over Rep. Joe Wilson’s rude yell during the President’s healthcare speech to the joint members of Congress last week. Rather than sanction him or ignore his outburst of “You lie,” the Senate Finance…
LatinaLista — There’s a new statistic where Latinos are taking the lead — yet again. Fortunately, for a change, it’s nothing bad. It seems that the Nielsen Company, that company that measure television viewers’ habits, released a study that…
By Nina Duran La Prensa de San Antonio.- Who is San Antonio’s First Lady? I sat at The Lighthouse Cafe on McCullough Avenue, anticipating my interview with Mrs. Erica Castro. She arrived on time wearing a beautiful purple, black…
By ALEXANDER MACLEAN Cronkite News Service FLAGSTAFF _ Between working on class projects and studying for exams, medical student Nathalie Petein reports to Native Americans for Community Action Family Health Center at 8:15 a.m. five days a week, treating…
LatinaLista — On the eighth anniversary of the most horrendous acts of terrorism on domestic soil, it’s time to not only remember the event but the victims who were innocently caught up in history on that fateful day. The…
LatinaLista — Whoever created the phrase “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me” was just plain dishonest. Obama delivers his push for healthcare reform to a joint session of Congress. No matter how…
LatinaLista — Last night’s outburst by South Carolina Representative Joe Wilson where he shouted, “You lie” to President Obama during Obama’s joint address to Congress was quickly condemned by members on both sides of the aisle in the only…
LatinaLista — Suicide. It’s a single word identifying a single act by a single individual that impacts an array of people and invokes a multitude of emotions — disbelief, sadness, anger, puzzlement and guilt. The Centers for Disease Control…
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary _____________________________________________________________________ Below is the text of the letter from Senator Edward M. Kennedy referenced by the President in tonight’s address to a Joint Session of Congress. May 12, 2009 Dear Mr….
Remarks of President Barack Obama – As Prepared for Delivery Address to a Joint Session of Congress on Health Care Wednesday, September 9th, 2009 Washington, DC Madame Speaker, Vice President Biden, Members of Congress, and the American people: When…
LatinaLista — Over the Labor Day weekend, I traveled to a small Mexican border town called Piedras Negras for a wedding. The town, across the bridge from Eagle Pass, Texas, was the typical Mexican border town — a gazebo…
