LatinaLista — There has been ongoing debate for years about the merits of breastfeeding. Everything from whether or not it’s beneficial for the baby to the ethics of breastfeeding in public, the topic always stirs passionate debate. Well, it…
LatinaLista — One Twitterer that I follow posted the understatement of the day: “Did anything happen today?” Confirmed Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor For millions of Latinos across the country, there was a swelling of collective pride over the…
LatinaLista — Have you ever dreamed of being the person who finds a cure for cancer? Or maybe a cure for malaria in Africa? Or even helping scientists with the study of global warming? Well, there’s now a way…
LatinaLista — When it comes to finishing high school, it’s been long known that Latino students have dismal success rates. In 2007, the most recent year for available statistics from the National Center for Education Statistics, it was found…
LatinaLista — Does the name John Quincy Adams sound familiar? John Q. Adams, sixth President of the United States It should. He was the sixth President of the United States. He’s also the latest President to be on Twitter…
LatinaLista — The saying “food for thought” has two literal meanings in Laredo, Texas thanks to the efforts of three dynamic women educators. These three women, Beverly Herrera, Carmen Escamilla and Annie Treviño (no relation that I know of…
LatinaLista — The way Robert Renteria’s life was going as a kid — poverty, domestic violence, drugs, gangs — it wasn’t surprising that people thought Renteria had a one-way ticket to nowhere. Robert Renteria Yet, he surprised everyone by…
LatinaLista — Across the country, summer vacation is winding down for millions of children and school will be back in session in a few short weeks. What has become a common problem is that many schools will be unable…
LatinaLista — Today is the 40th anniversary of when Neil Armstrong walked on the moon as part of the crew of Apollo 11. A lot of the news shows have created their own homages to the most historic event…
Grant to Help At-Risk Girls in Math, Science La Prensa San Antonio.- Alamo Colleges-Northwest Vista College was one of just 13 groups to receive a prestigious four-year grant to help high school girls gain higher proficiency in math and…
LatinaLista — Monica Youn is the author of a new study entitled Judge Sotomayor’s Record in Constitutional Cases. As an attorney in the Democracy Program of the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law, a…
LatinaLista — Of all the states in the southwest where the anti-immigrant fervor has been the strongest and loudest — legislatively and law enforcement speaking — is Arizona. One prime example that questions whether some people really are concerned…
By Jose T. Garza III When Jim Martin Elementary School opens in August of 2010, it will make history on two fronts. Martin will become the first NISD elementary school to be built inside the Loop 410 since 1980,…
LatinaLisa — It wasn’t that long ago that we featured the story of college graduate, Benita Veliz, a honor student who had been arrested by San Antonio police and sentenced to start deportation proceedings. We learned last month that…
LatinaLista — Before and since Obama was elected president, there have been rumblings that blacks and Latinos don’t get along. Usually, the ones who talked about such a rift were the old-timers who had lived in those turbulent times…
LatinaList — We have to hand it to our blogera, Esther Cepeda, over at 600words.com for doing something that is long overdue — and will probably be the first (we hope) of many more to come — a Latino…
LatinaLista — Since the uprising in Iran, there has been global admiration for the students who are leading the revolt against Iran’s regime. The students’ civil disobedience and bravery to stand up for what they believe is right is…
LatinaLista — Saturday, June 27, is National HIV Testing Day. While HIV/AIDS used to be the “gay man’s disease,” we all know that no longer is the case. Men, women and children of all ethnicities have the disease. It’s…
LatinaLista — “If students are to make knowledge their own, they must struggle with the details, wrestle with the facts, and rework raw information and dimly understood concepts into language they can communicate to someone else. In short, if…
LatinaLista — Benita Veliz has become the national face of the DREAM Act, a bill before Congress that would allow students who were brought to this country illegally as children by their parents to attend college at in-state tuition…
05 de junio de 2009 La Prensa COLLEGE STATION, Texas .- Texas A&M University President Elsa Murano received low marks for leadership and management in a highly critical performance review released Thursday by the A&M system. Texas A&M University…
LatinaLista — There’s a marrowthon going on right now. That’s right a MARROWthon, as in bone marrow. The National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) has created the Be The Match Marrowthon to register 46,000 new Registry members. They are especially…
LatinaLista — Ever since some clueless politician had the audacity to equate the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) with the KKK, NCLR has been trying to get the message out as to what it is they exactly do….
LatinaLista — A new report outlines how the “traditional” college student is on her/his way to being a minority on college campuses. According to the report, “Leading in a Changing America: Presidential Perspectives from Hispanic-Serving Institutions,” traditional college students…
LatinaLista — Last week, several lucky Latino writers and illustrators were honored at the 11th International Latino Book Awards ceremony held in conjunction with the national BookExpo America conference in New York City. Book genres spanned from Best Picture…
