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BlogBeat, Multimedia

Is the ‘Modern Neighborhood’ a Root Cause of American Obesity?

Oct 18, 2012, 12:31 PM 0

SaludToday Is the “modern neighborhood” a root cause of the U.S. obesity epidemic? Check out this new video featuring Dr. James Sallis, a psychology professor at San Diego State University, who works to change how U.S. residential areas are…

BlogBeat, Multimedia

Dramatic, Poetry-Infused PSAs Target Diabetes Among Young Minorities

Jun 4, 2012, 9:44 AM 5

SaludToday Check out these cool youth-oriented videos on diabetes. “The Corner,” a diabetes public service announcement performed by Jose Vadi: “Death Recipe,” performed by Erica McMath Sheppard:

American Dreams, Multimedia

Son of Mexican immigrants graduates as college Valedictorian on his way to a Harvard PhD

Jun 1, 2012, 2:46 PM 1

By Carlo Alaimo CSI Today Irvin Ibarguen, College of Staten Island Valedictorian for 2012, is the first CSI undergraduate to be admitted into Harvard University’s prestigious PhD History program. Irvin, a senior History major with The Verrazano School honors…

BlogBeat, Multimedia

TV Novela Series Teaches Importance of Safe Medication Use

May 7, 2012, 8:57 AM 0

SaludToday! The ¡Nunca Más! Novela Health Series seeks to educate Latinas and their families about the importance of safe medication use. The series, launched in October 2011 by the Office of Women’s Health at the U.S. Food and Drug…

BlogBeat, Multimedia

A few words about Love Thy Neighbor, Mexico: Getting American drug users to connect their usage with violence in Mexico

May 1, 2012, 10:47 AM 2

By Slyvia Longmire Mexico’s Drug War A little over a year ago (maybe more, maybe less…my memory is like a sieve), I was asked to serve on the Board of Advisers for an organization out of Stanford University called…

Life Issues, Multimedia

Latino seventh grader creates winning paper airplane design — first to soar over Tucson desert

Mar 27, 2012, 12:36 PM 0

LatinaLista — If anyone out walking in the Tucson desert last week thought they saw a white object gliding silently across the Arizona sky, they can be forgiven for thinking it was a UFO. It wasn’t but it was…

Global Views, Multimedia

Guatemala: How many people can you fit inside a bus? First Guinness World Record for Guatemala

Feb 17, 2012, 12:07 PM 2

By Rudy Girón REVUE: Guatemala’s English-language Magazine GUATEMALA — In Poland they were able to get 209 people inside a bus. That was the Guinness World Record until yesterday (February 12) when in Jocotenango they were able to get…

Global Views, Multimedia

Venezuela: Latina Venezuelan presidential candidate challenges Hugo Chavez during 8-hour speech

Jan 16, 2012, 10:47 AM 0

By Jennifer Barreto-Leyva LatinaLista CARACAS — The day has arrived when I couldn’t be any more proud to be a woman in Venezuela. It’s all because of Venezuelan Presidential Candidate, Maria Corina Machado. Machado challenged President Hugo Chavez in…

BlogBeat, Multimedia

Mental Health Workforce Shortage More Critical in Minority Communities

Dec 29, 2011, 11:23 AM 0

SaludToday Texas’ severe shortage of mental health professionals is compounded by a disparity in diagnosing and treating the state’s rapidly growing Latino and other minority communities, the Texas Tribune reports. The report indicates that 64% of all psychiatrists were…

Health, Multimedia, Youth

Teaching teens that digital dating abuse is “not cool”

Jul 28, 2011, 8:57 PM 0

LatinaLista — A teenager’s life has always been tough. There have always been bullies, “mean girls,” that one special guy or girl that gave you butterflies in your stomach, and for some teen girls that one guy who professed…

Diversity, Education, Media, Multimedia, Online, Palabra Final, Social Justice

New site spreads message “Muslims are our fellow Americans”

Jun 8, 2011, 12:16 AM 0

LatinaLista — When it comes to being feared, insulted or ignored based on who you physically are as a person, a lot of Latinos know what that feels like. Another group who knows equally well how it feels is…

Culture, Film, Media, Multimedia, Music, Youth

New social media campaign covers all the bases in reaching Latino youth

May 13, 2011, 12:45 AM 0

LatinaLista — There are two indisputable truths about young people: They are the future and they are the YouTube generation. To young people, filming and posting their own videos — that they shoot with their smart phones — is…

Media, Multimedia, Online, Parenting, Women

Special Mother’s Day video makes mom star of her own movie

May 13, 2011, 12:35 AM 0

LatinaLista — The countdown to Mother’s Day is underway — it’s this Sunday, May 8 — and the number one question most children are asking themselves is: What am I going to give mom? For those on a tight…

Multimedia, Online

Latino viewpoint expands in cyberspace with launch of LatinoKos

May 8, 2011, 2:29 AM 0

LatinaLista — When it comes to like-minded people getting together to discuss topics of interest, blogs have long been a natural destination. In fact, the more “niche” the group the more popular the blog destination. For example when discussing…

Children, Media, Multimedia, Online, Parenting

New bilingual family video-chat site creates real-time bridges for Latino families living apart

Apr 30, 2011, 12:44 AM 0

LatinaLista — What happens when the abuelos live in one part of the country and the nietos live in another? Well, it used to mean lots of long-distance phone calls. Then, when webcams were created, it meant precious face-time…

Children, Immigration, Multimedia, Palabra Final, Politics, Social Justice

Why was ICE allowed to deport a 4-year-old U.S. citizen while her parents waited for her in New York?

Mar 17, 2011, 9:28 PM 0

LatinaLista — When it comes to fighting for the citizenship rights of the children of undocumented immigrants, the hope has always centered on the DREAM Act. A bill that would grant a path to citizenship to those children whose…

Children, Health, Multimedia

Child anti-hunger campaign targets 17 million children who go to bed hungry

Mar 17, 2011, 5:42 PM 0

LatinaLista — There’s no denying that Mother Nature is making life more of a challenge these days in some parts of the world. From Australia’s farmland coast that was hit with cyclones and massive floods to Argentina’s agriculture hit by…

Children, Education, Film, General, Multimedia

NYC high school students create winning video about appreciating diversity

Mar 3, 2011, 11:40 PM 0

LatinaLista — It’s often heard these days that there is too much hate speech in the country; too much intolerance. Unfortunately, most of the young people in this nation are on the frontline of this unrest. Public schools are…

Games, Immigration, Multimedia, Social Justice

Yet another game takes illegal immigration to an offensive level

Feb 8, 2011, 6:29 PM 0

LatinaLista — Once again, the issue of illegal immigration goes from the halls of Congress, grassroots protests and Latino communities under siege by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel to — gameland. Ever since the issue has become almost…

History, Multimedia, Online

New museum dedicated to Mexican-American experience in S. CA opens first with online portal

Nov 22, 2010, 2:17 PM 0

LatinaLista — While Washington still debates, surveys and sets up exploratory committees on the viability of establishing a national Latino museum, Los Angeles has wasted no time in creating a museum that honors the first Latinos to make a…

Multimedia, Online

Video contest wants filmmakers to focus a positive lens on America’s future

Nov 16, 2010, 5:08 PM 0

LatinaLista — As the year that is closing out the first decade of the 21st Century, 2010 has been filled with divisive rhetoric, witness to deeper divisions based on economics, race and ethnicity and an increase of intolerance and…

General, Multimedia, Palabra Final, Politics

An expected election night outcome brings Latinos an uncertain uneasiness for the future

Nov 2, 2010, 7:49 PM 0

LatinaLista — By 9 p.m. EST, some congressional races had already been called but real suspense is waiting for who the winner will be in states like Nevada, Alaska, California and a few others. So far, one Tea Party…

Health, Multimedia, Nonprofit, Online, Women

Spotlight Non-profit: Changing the attitude of sexual violence One Student at a time

Oct 29, 2010, 10:08 AM 0

LatinaLista — There’s no denying that college is at the same time an awesome experience and a scary proposition for many whose children may be the first in their families to go away to college. Yet, while a college…

Global Views, Media, Multimedia, Online

Video project unites people One Day on Earth

Oct 6, 2010, 3:42 PM 0

LatinaLista — What are you doing on 10/10/10? This Sunday, the global community is coming together — in one of those rare examples that illustrate how borders may separate us but we still are all of one planet —…

Global Views, Immigration, Multimedia, Politics, Social Justice, Youth

Documentary “Train to Nowhere” relives the harrowing last journey of 11 undocumented immigrants

Sep 20, 2010, 12:25 PM 0

LatinaLista — Before we had daily reports of indiscriminate murders of undocumented Central American immigrants committed by Mexican drug carteles, Americans weren’t so accustomed to hearing about mass deaths of undocumented immigrants. The first such report that brought this…

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