LatinaLista — In a move that I can only characterize as “odd,” the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has decided to amp up their PR when it comes to border security by creating their own social network. Visit Our…
LatinaLista — A lot has been written and filmed about the ongoing building of the border wall along the US-Mexico border. The latest film to chronicle the impact of the border wall in the region is simply titled “The…
LatinaLista — We all know that when it comes to diabetes, obesity, poverty, lack of health insurance and receiving quality health care, Latinos are disproportionately affected by all of these. Yet, when it comes to mortality rates, Latinos actually…
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,…
La Prensa .- For decades, the San Antonio River north of the popular downtown River Walk was overgrown and blighted. Not anymore. A $72 million overhaul has essentially doubled the size of the River Walk. In doing so, it…
LatinaLista — Gabriel Arana is a Spring 2009 intern at The Nation, as well as, a graduate student at Cornell University. Though Arana is based these days on the East Coast, he is a product of the U.S.-Mexico border region….
By DANIEL NEWHAUSER Cronkite News Service WINSLOW _ Before Homolovi Ruins became a state park, relic hunters with shovels and even backhoes used to tear through the rolling high desert here scrounging for ancient pottery. A reconstructed dwelling at…
By Mariana Llamas-Cendon LatinaLista MEXICO CITY — Surgical masks and respirators have become a popular shield against the swine flu or H1N1 virus pandemic but they are not almighty. According to a story published on Esmas.com, the news website…
By Anahi Parra LatinaLista — For the first time since the earthquake in 1985, Mexico City is paralized. Schools are closed until May 6th, as well as museums, libraries, movie theatres and other cultural venues. Like in a science-fiction…
LatinaLista — Tomorrow is Earth Day. Unlike in the past, this year’s observance is taking on special meaning. Most of us know that our planet is in stress. We’ve seen the pictures of the chunks of glaciers cracking into…
LatinaLista — Eloisa Tamez is a proud Lipan Apache woman and caretaker of her family’s ancestral lands in El Calaboz, Cameron County, Texas — along the U.S.-Mexico border. Eloisa Tamez, at the Albuquerque Peace & Justice Center, hours after…
LatinaLista — Remember a time when people didn’t believe global warming was real? Our nation’s leaders at the time, because of their misplaced loyalties, sided with big industries whom we now blame for the acceleration of global warming. With…
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…
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…
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…
By Maria Elena Cruz When Buddy Calvo decided to turn his experience of being burglarized into a movie, he never dreamed it would do so well—-it wasn’t a normal experience though. A group of vandals had been breaking into…
LatinaLista — The old cliche that a picture speaks a thousand words is going to be put to the test in the next three weeks by ten photographers from the International League of Conservation Photographers. Road cut through the…
LatinaLista — Even as Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States, residents along the Texas-Mexico border reported that construction of the mandated border fence was underway. Since the day it was announced that…
LatinaLista — Did you know that calendars have pretty much been around since the dawn of humanity – give or take a few thousand years. The start of any new year without one is like a bad omen or…
LatinaLista — Sexy topics always gets the most attention — emphasis is on “sexy” not sex. These days, it’s much sexier to discuss President-elect Obama’s Cabinet picks or the state of the economy or even the Big 3 automakers…
LatinaLista — Now more than ever, the issue of school readiness for young children is on the minds of not just parents but politicians and policy makers as the country finds itself lacking the necessary high-skilled labor force it…
LatinaLista — A while back Latina Lista reported on a trial program that the state of Texas was conducting in using the public’s help in monitoring border security with Mexico by watching live online streaming from cameras placed at…
LatinaLista — A stunning display of bipartisan cooperation was seen in Washington today. No, it’s not the transitional team of President-elect Obama. National Immigration Forum, Press Conference, Rayburn Building, Capitol Hill, November 19, 2008. (Source: Rodney Choice) Rather, it’s…
LatinaLista — One of the more positive programs to come as a result of the North American Free Trade Act (NAFTA) was the creation of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC). The CEC’s job is to basically enforce environmental…
LatinaLista — While everyone is naturally excited about the election, there is a group of people who can’t wait for it to be over with so the new President (and fingers, toes and eyes are being crossed for Obama/Biden)…
