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Flushing with success, one entrepreneur cashes in a disposable idea

Mar 26, 2009, 4:32 PM 0

Out of frustration from not finding traveling packs of high-quality toilet seat covers, Dora Cardenas-Ruckstuhl creates a product that puts a profitable spin to an unsexy item. LatinaLista — By her own admission, Dora Cardenas-Ruckstuhl has always been…

Causes, Environment, General, Global Views

Global initiative wants the world to vote against global warming

Mar 26, 2009, 11:33 AM 0

LatinaLista — It’s not often that an election captures the imagination of the whole world. Though we did see it last November with our own presidential elections, the downside for those who weren’t U.S. citizens was that not everyone…

Causes, Economy, General, Local News, Southwest

World hunger: a global crisis with local strides

Mar 25, 2009, 8:14 PM 0

By Ciarra Adams La Prensa de San Antonio For the third year in a row, San Antonio and San Antonio-headquartered H-E-B are serving host to a conference among international food leaders from 25 nations. Their purpose in meeting is…

General, Immigration, Local News, Money, Politics, Southwest

On border, worried residents eager for federal security dollars

Mar 25, 2009, 7:42 PM 0

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Cronkite News Service NOGALES (Wednesday, March 25) _ Cristina Vasquez moved across the border to protect her children from rising violence in Mexico. She didnâ€™t anticipate that the fighting would follow her to Arizona. Her…

General, Government, Palabra Final, Politics

Clinton’s visit to Mexico spurs rumors as to who will be next US ambassador to Mexico

Mar 25, 2009, 3:23 PM 17

LatinaLista — On the heels of yesterday’s release of the comprehensive US-Mexico border security initiative, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has arrived for two days of talks with Mexican government officials. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Mexican…

General, Human Rights, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics

New report underscores the deprivation of human rights in US immigrant detention facilities

Mar 25, 2009, 2:57 PM 0

LatinaLista — Amnesty International just released a new report on an issue that Latina Lista has been covering a lot lately â€” immigrant detention. The report, Jailed without Justice, underscores just how broken is the nation’s immigration system. In the…

Environment, General, Government, Immigration, Palabra Final

New U.S.-Mexico Border Protection initiative has no plans for further border wall expansion

Mar 24, 2009, 12:10 PM 53

LatinaLista — Today the Obama administration released their idea of a comprehensive U.S.-Mexico border security package. All that can be said at this point is that if this is their idea of comprehensive, then when it comes time for…

Children, General

Free tickets to White House Easter Egg Roll available online Thursday

Mar 24, 2009, 10:09 AM 0

LatinaLista — Easter is in a few weeks â€” April 12, 2009 to be exact. While families everywhere will be helping the kids find the eggs hidden around the house and yard by the Easter Bunny, the First Family…

General, Human Rights, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics

260 immigrant detention facilities mimic Guantanamo Bay in denying basic legal rights and throwing away the key

Mar 23, 2009, 3:33 PM 72

LatinaLista — The trouble with a broken immigration system is that it’s easy for people to fall through the cracks. And the trouble with so many stories about this broken immigration system flooding mainstream media is that it’s too…

General, Health, Women

Researcher needs Mexican American women for post-partum depression study

Mar 23, 2009, 8:56 AM 0

LatinaLista — We are groomed to believe that all Latinas are natural-born mothers. In fact, the assumption has morphed into a stereotype of most Latinas. When some of us don’t especially feel that maternal connection with our newborns, we…

General, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics

From Speaker Pelosi to local city leaders, more speaking out in defense of undocumented immigrants

Mar 20, 2009, 3:55 PM 29

LatinaLista — In the past, as of three months ago, it used to be wherever ICE wanted to build an immigrant detention facility, they would encounter some local resistance, but eventually they got their way. Immigrant detention facility However,…

General, Media, Multimedia, Online, Technology

New report draws a distinction between Latinos online and the “average Hispanic”

Mar 20, 2009, 3:07 PM 2

LatinaLista — Across the country, 69 percent of all adults are now online. Within the Latino community, 54 percent are online. It seems that Latinos have taken to the internet like Democrats to majority rule, and there’s no slowdown…

Children, General, Parenting

Dora comes out of the shadows to reveal a cute tween

Mar 19, 2009, 8:36 PM 0

LatinaLista — Parents everywhere became alarmed when Mattel and Nickelodeon announced that Dora the Explorer was growing up. Trying to create a buzz by releasing only a silhouette of the new “tween” Dora, the two mega kid-focused companies quickly…

General, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics

Obama says immigration reform is still on his agenda

Mar 19, 2009, 6:45 PM 11

LatinaLista — Immigration reform is not a dead idea. President Obama said so and a lot more in yesterday’s Town Hall meeting in Costa Mesa, California. Yet as he begins to “think” about tackling the issue, it’s obvious that…

Education, General, Health, Women, Youth

Latest stats reveal teen birth rate beginning to reverse 14-year decline rate

Mar 18, 2009, 3:34 PM 1

LatinaLista — The teen birth rate in the United States increased 1% in 2007, according to data released today by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). This is the second year in a row that the teen birth…

Children, Education, General, Palabra Final, Youth

It’s about time state legislatures gear up for the “sex talk”

Mar 18, 2009, 3:30 PM 8

LatinaLista — Abstinence-only has ruled sex education curriculum in public schools for the last several years. However, teenage pregnancy rates among certain communities have escalated to frightening heights. Finally, there is a push in state legislatures across the country…

Causes, General, Health, Human Rights, Palabra Final

Rio Grande Valley veterans march for a VA hospital they can call their own

Mar 17, 2009, 11:20 AM 0

LatinaLista — People in the South Texas region, affectionately known as the Valley, have historically been ignored by the state of Texas and Washington. It wasn’t until Hillary Clinton singled out the Valley during her failed presidential campaign that…

General, Immigration, Palabra Final, Social Justice

The Hispanic immigrant struggle reflects the spirit of the Irish

Mar 17, 2009, 11:12 AM 52

LatinaLista — The U.S. Latino struggle for equality, inclusion and acceptance has always had two faces â€” the face of Latino citizens, which includes second, third, etc. U.S.-born generations, and the face of the undocumented Hispanic immigrants. The immediate…

Education, General, Immigration, Multimedia, Online, Palabra Final, Youth

DREAM Act students create new site to foster support for their desire to be educated citizens

Mar 16, 2009, 5:14 PM 28

LatinaLista — The upper most thought in most college students’ minds this month is where they are going to spend their Spring Break. Yet for some kids, it’s whether or not they will be able to afford to go…

Education, General, Health, Women

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