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Children, Diversity, Education, Palabra Final, Social Justice, Youth

Student Volunteer Study Illustrates How Institutionalized Discrimination Thrives in School Systems

Apr 10, 2007, 2:33 AM 0

LatinaLista — It’s a rather ironic situation: When it comes to family and friends, the majority of Latino teens don’t think twice about lending a hand. Yet, according to a new federal study by the Corporation for National &…

Children, Culture, Education, History, Palabra Final

Latino School Teacher Makes it His Mission to Remind the Next Generation About Cesar Chavez

Mar 21, 2007, 2:24 AM 0

LatinaLista — Though there aren’t many Latino leaders in Washington to emulate these days, it’s time to remember one man who is not only worth remembering and emulating â€” but celebrating. Cesar Chavez (Source: americaslibrary.gov) I’m talking about Cesar…

Children, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics, Social Justice

Immigration System isn’t Broken when it comes to Children. It Never was Any Good

Mar 19, 2007, 2:26 AM 0

LatinaLista — It’s been said so much that it now sounds like a cliche: U.S. immigration is a broken system. Yet, for it to be broken means that it had to have worked at one time, which would mean…

Business, Children, Education, Language, Media, Palabra Final

Not All Life’s Lessons Can be Learned from Telenovelas

Feb 24, 2007, 7:27 PM 0

LatinaLista — This morning, it was revealed that Univision, the nation’s largest supplier of Spanish-language imported programming, got slapped with a record $24 million fine from the Federal Communications Commission. It seems that Univision was lacking when it came…

Causes, Children, Education, Health, Palabra Final, Youth

Dallas Latino Middle School Students are Saying Cheese – But Nobody is Smiling; They’re Dying

Feb 23, 2007, 10:43 PM 0

LatinaLista — The emails started coming this past Monday: “Latino kids being targeted. Please help. Get involved.” That was the gist of a city-wide campaign in Dallas spearheaded by Latino community leaders when they heard the news of a…

Children, Education, Government, Immigration, Palabra Final

The American Concentration Camp: Children to Receive Full Day of Schooling

Jan 31, 2007, 2:57 AM 0

LatinaLista — This morning, the Williamson County, Texas commissioners had an important decision to make — either renew the lease with Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the ones who run the T. Don Hutto Residential facility where nonMexican, undocumented…

Children, Education, Palabra Final, Women, Youth

Latina All-Girl School Rivals Oprah’s Leadership Academy

Jan 3, 2007, 2:32 AM 0

LatinaLista — The most positive news that has greeted us in these first two days of 2007 was how Oprah Winfrey has finally realized her dream of opening up an all-girl school in South Africa. Oprah and the first…

Children, Palabra Final, Politics, Youth

Will the Next State of the Union Address Continue to “Guilt-Trip” Support for the War?

Dec 31, 2006, 6:10 PM 0

LatinaLista — Every year, The Dallas Morning News chooses one Texan they label “Texan of the Year.” This year’s recipient is a man by the name of Roy Velez. What’s so special about this West Texan, Mexican-American is that…

Children, Government, Palabra Final, Parenting

Today’s Hispanic Birthrate will Save Tomorrow’s National Defense

Dec 30, 2006, 2:32 AM 0

LatinaLista — Only three days left till New Year’s Day — and the annual parade of stories of the first babies born in 2007. The U.S. Census Bureau released a press release saying that the United States is expected…

Children, Education, Palabra Final, Social Justice, Youth

Harvard Research Shows Teachers as Segregated as Students

Dec 27, 2006, 4:03 AM 0

LatinaLista — Every red-blooded American school student, while enjoying their school break, are inevitably performing a time-honored-holiday tradition as well — counting down the days till school starts again. Too many students will return to schools where self-segregation is…

Children, Culture, Education, Palabra Final, Social Justice

A Special Christmas Program Empowers Inner-City Children to See a New Future for Themselves

Dec 24, 2006, 11:17 PM 0

LatinaLista — It is now 15 minutes into my new friend Jay’s vigil at the T. Don Hutto Residential facility in honor of all the families detained behind the barbed wire. One would think, being Christmas and all, that…

Business, Children, Human Rights, Immigration, Palabra Final

Privatized Immigrant Detention Facilities for Families Revealed to be Modern-Day Concentration Camps

Dec 20, 2006, 2:58 AM 0

LatinaLista — One of the more disturbing stories that surfaced after the Swift meat plant raids was how too many children were left without a parent and/or farmed out to friends and families with no immediate word on how…

Children, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics

Texas Lawmaker Takes Illegal Immigration Reform to New Lows

Dec 7, 2006, 2:23 AM 0

LatinaLista — Another sign of just how nasty and low the debate has gotten regarding illegal immigration, a Texas state Representative has filed the mother of all bills when it comes to intimidating, demeaning and further driving home the…

Children, Health, Immigration, Palabra Final

Are Some Latino Infants Being Denied Medicaid Benefits Illegally?

Dec 4, 2006, 10:37 PM 0

LatinaLista — It’s funny just how small the United States has become since undocumented immigrants were declared Public Enemy #1. Suddenly, our country isn’t big enough to house, employ or otherwise tolerate undocumented immigrants or their children, even when…

Children, Government, Health, Palabra Final, Parenting

A Growing Crisis with Too Many Latino Children Caught in Child Welfare System

Dec 1, 2006, 2:55 AM 0

LatinaLista — In 2002, Building Blocks for Youth released a report titled ¿Donde Esta la Justicia? Though the report centered on the unjust disparities in our juvenile justice system when it comes to the treatment of Latino children, there…

Children, Culture, Youth

Latino Cultural Traditions Endure Beyond Holiday Season

Nov 23, 2006, 2:43 PM 0

LatinaLista — For a lot of families, Thanksgiving and Christmas are the two times a year when “family traditions” are observed. Whether it be the same menu that is repeated every Thanksgiving Day and Christmas or how and when…

Children, Education, Youth

Latino Youth Feel Law Enforcement and Educators Don’t Care About Them

Nov 9, 2006, 2:22 AM 0

LatinaLista — It’s the day after the election. And as pundits and the media like to do, every minute factor contributing in some way to this election and what followed it, will be microscopically examined and re-examined until a…

Children, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics, Youth

It is Time to Stop Using Young Children to Lobby on Behalf of Illegal Immigration

Oct 3, 2006, 2:11 AM 0

LatinaLista — One of the saddest impacts of illegal immigration has nothing to do with the United States, Mexico, the economies of either country, or even the adults Ã‚â€” it has to do with the children. Among all the…

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