#FindVanessaGuillen. It’s been more than two months since Army soldier Vanessa Guillen disappeared under mysterious circumstances at Fort Hood, Texas. With no sign of her, foul play is suspected. The seemingly slow actions of military officials to take up…
LatinaLista — Like it or not, media plays a part in molding our expectations and perceptions of each other. And because media has historically been controlled by older, white men, the end result has been a proliferation of stereotypes…
GritoBlast! Google is synonymous with “search.” Whether it’s using it’s unmistakable search engine to find online information or news or using Google Earth to rediscover family roots, Google is using its tech expertise to foster a public curiosity about the…
LatinaLista — In 2013, when Pew Research surveyed how many Americans invest in the stock market, they discovered a telling fact — 81 percent of Latinos don’t own stock. But it doesn’t stop at stocks. Latinos are the first…
LatinaLista — Perhaps no other ‘bad press’ haunting this presidency has been the perception that the White House, namely Trump, actively tried to pressure the former FBI Director James Comey to stop investigating the former national security adviser Michael…
LatinaLista: Today, President Trump withdrew the United States from the Paris Climate Accord. The following is a transcript of his remarks as delivered in the Rose Garden. Following the president’s remarks is the official statement from former President Barack…
LATINALISTA — The following is a full transcript of President Obama’s farewell address. McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois — It’s good to be home. My fellow Americans, Michelle and I have been so touched by all the well-wishes we’ve received over…
LatinaLista — Once upon a time Latinos were the darling of mainstream media. The major networks couldn’t do enough to tap into what they considered our sexy attributes: an influential market, a consumer-spending powerhouse and a political “sleeping giant.”…
LatinaLista — Though it seems to be popular these days to blame the Internet for all of society’s ills, there’s no denying that this technology is able to accomplish what no other one has done before — be truly…
LatinaLista — It’s no secret that this presidential campaign, or more accurately, some of the candidates, have spurred people, who were not registered to vote, to gather up all their forms of “acceptable” ID and make sure their names…
LatinaLista — Julian Leyzaola Perez takes the law in Mexico seriously. This former police chief of two of the most law-breaking Mexican border towns — Tijuana and Juarez, felt it was his public and moral duty to confront the…
If a tear in the space-time continuum were to suddenly rip open, two things would fall out: the Terminator and then the Surface Book quickly tumbling to the Earth behind it. From the snake-like hinge, the flat design and…
Harrison Ford has told US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump that his role as the US president in Air Force One was just “a movie”. Speaking to The New York Times recently, Trump praised Ford’s role as a heroic…
Transport for London is trialling e-paper bus stops that can display real-time travel information. Fitted with solar-powered panels, they show how long passengers have to wait for the next buses, as well as route maps and timetables. Four bus…
Obed Manuel Latina Lista Here’s your brief rundown of the week’s news Recording and editing by Obed Manuel
LatinaLista — The life of a migrant farmworker may be one of the darkest blemishes on the U.S. labor market. As if it wasn’t bad enough that migrant workers, and their families, are exposed to dangerous pesticides, abusive employers,…
LatinaLista — While the majority of voters view Donald Trump's grossly insensitive declarations about what he will do when he is president as nada más than political rhetoric, it's come to the point that he must be taken seriously. …
A Taller Us, Foxtrott’s debut album is a musical interpretation of life’s monolithic challenges. Together we elaborated on that metaphor for the “Shaky Hands” video. Alongside VFX artist Martha Aguilar we created a vertical climb through various stages of…
Microsoft is moving swiftly to address complaints aimed at both the Surface Book and the Surface Pro 4. In response to user complaints on its support forums, the company has said it is working to resolve problems ranging from…
Backwards compatibility was introduced as part of the Xbox One’s latest operating system update. In addition to playing games digitally–either previously owned or newly purchased–Xbox 360 discs can also be inserted into the console and played, provided it is…
Nintendo certainly needs no introduction. The iconic Japanese company, known both for some serious, cutting-edge innovation as well as pop-culture symbols such as Mario, has been in existence for over 125 years. Nintendo has captured our imagination and dominated…
Home to over 600 million people, Southeast Asia is among the 10 largest economies in the world and has the third-largest labor force, next to China and India, according to multinational management consulting firm McKinsey. Growth in the region…
Two years ago, Ankur Gupta and his friends were looking for a place to party in Delhi. After scouring the internet for half an hour, they finally found two options. But there was a problem – there were no…
We all know by now that WeChat is a messaging app – and that it’s huge. And we know that stickers are a big part of it. But there’s so much more to WeChat that it can be difficult…
If you studied Mandarin anytime after the mid 2000s, there’s a good chance you’ve heard of ChinesePod. The popular podcast series, which features free conversational podcasts and the option to pay for extra learning resources, is a sensation within…
