By Sheryl Luna | Latina Lista Longtime television journalist Geraldo Rivera challenges the public rhetoric and media perception of what defines today’s U.S. Hispanics, and in the process, crafts a personal portrait that is under-reported in the news. Geraldo…
Global Views, Government, Linking Latinas, Politics
Colombia: Marching for freedom until FARC disappears
Jul 29, 2008, 3:04 PM 0
By Rocio Arango Giraldo COLOMBIA: Their low steps advanced between the crowds. The yell of ¡Freedom and No More FARC! rung from their throats. The children don’t understand about the causes of Colombia’s conflict but do understand how the…
Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics, Social Justice
New video unmasks the “Hidden System” of federal deportations and detentions
Jul 29, 2008, 10:20 AM 28
LatinaLista — This past Sunday, over 1,000 people marched the streets of Postville, Iowa to protest the nation’s largest immigration raid. The protesters, men, women and children, joined together in crying out against the working conditions at the Agriprocessors…
Diversity, Palabra Final, Politics
McCain’s reversal on affirmative action counters retired Latino general’s claim that officer ranks aren’t sufficiently diverse
Jul 28, 2008, 4:36 PM 24
LatinaLista — Running for the presidency of the United States can make a person do some weird stuff like changing positions on an issue which at one time was considered the right thing to do and suddenly is considered…
LatinaLista — In this Internet age, everyone averages at least 5-10 passwords. When it comes to remembering passwords, words are a lot easier to remember than a number combo, unless it’s a special date. So, news that there is…
Business, Culture, Global Views
Specialty coffee company harvests unique relationships with Colombian coffee-growing families
Jul 25, 2008, 5:10 PM 0
LatinaLista — Andeano Coffee is a company that specializes in importing specialty colombian green coffees. The Miami-based company’s relationship with its Colombian coffee growers has always been personal. It’s this carefully cultivated relationship that the company credits to the success…
American Dreams, Education, Guest Voz, Immigration
Guest Voz: A noted brain surgeon reflects on his life as an undocumented farm worker
Jul 25, 2008, 2:21 PM 26
LatinaLista — All too often, the human element is excluded from the debate on what to do about undocumented immigrants. Because of the rampant hostility manufactured by some self-interest groups, we are all supposed to believe that undocumented migrants…
Palabra Final, Politics
New Pew study suggests the Latino swing vote has already swung
Jul 24, 2008, 5:43 PM 18
LatinaLista — News released this week shows that as of July 1, 2008, there are one million net new Latino voters added to the rolls for this next presidential election. (Source: www.patrickruffini.com/ research) The surge of voters is a…
Film, Global Views, Politics
New documentary reveals the politics of “The Other Mexico”
Jul 24, 2008, 4:16 PM 0
LatinaLista — The most common criticism of the illegal immigration debate is why doesn’t Mexico help their own people. Well, a quick review of the country’s history shows just how embedded corruption and discrimination are in Mexico’s government that…
Media, Palabra Final, Politics
Obama’s new Spanish-language radio ad appeals to shared experiences between himself and Latinos
Jul 23, 2008, 5:46 PM 7
LatinaLista — Today, the Obama campaign released a new Spanish-language ad entitled “Our Own Road.” The ad strives to connect Obama’s background with the life realities of most Latinos and, given his life story, it’s not a hard stretch….
American Dreams, Books, Business, Women
Plotting happy endings to storybook dreams
Jul 23, 2008, 3:38 PM 0
Book editor Marcela Landres discovers her true destiny is to help Latino writers find publishing success in a competitive industry. LatinaLista — Marcela Landres was on her way to making her parents proud as the first one in her…
Government, Palabra Final, Social Justice
Federal officials deny passports to midwife-born Mexican Americans along Texas-Mexico border
Jul 22, 2008, 7:21 PM 21
LatinaLista — The stories started trickling over the community listserve a few weeks ago. A woman whose mother was born in 1951 along the Texas-Mexico border by a midwife was having trouble getting a passport. It seems passport officials…
Global Views, Government, Immigration
Smaller passport now available for quick trips across the border
Jul 22, 2008, 11:45 AM 1
LatinaLista — It’s been government policy that everyone needs a passport to leave the country. Up until now, that passport has been the traditional dark blue book that is small enough to fit into a pocket but not small…
Environment, Government, Immigration, Palabra Final
Hurricane potential off S. Texas coast leaves some wondering if Border Patrol will make good on threat to screen for undocumented
Jul 21, 2008, 7:21 PM 5
LatinaLista — Dolly is getting her act together and while that’s usually a good thing for most of those with this name, it isn’t for this Dolly — Tropical Storm Dolly, that is. Proposed trajectory of Tropical Storm Dolly…
Economy, Immigration, Local News
Spotlight: Kansas City police learn to coexist with immigrant communities through culture immersion
Jul 18, 2008, 11:39 PM 7
LatinaLista — When writing about immigrant communities, law enforcement and immigration enforcement, it’s too easy to focus on everything that is not working. Yet, there are programs in place that are working. Unfortunately, they don’t get the notice they…
Media, Palabra Final, Politics
When it comes to satire, there’s The New Yorker and everybody else
Jul 17, 2008, 10:14 PM 0
LatinaLista — The editor of The New Yorker magazine has been making the rounds of talk shows – morning, noon and night — to explain that people just don’t get his magazine’s satire (translation: people aren’t smart enough to…
Government, Immigration, Palabra Final
Another ICE detention facility gets a failing grade for poor treatment of undocumented immigrants
Jul 17, 2008, 8:44 PM 0
LatinaLista — The intention of Immigration and Customs Enforcement to criminalize all undocumented immigrants caught living in the United States illegally has reached a saturation point with courts in the southwest region of the country. According to a Dallas…
Education, Palabra Final, Youth
California’s high drop-out rates of Latino and black students are not surprising — it’s “expected”
Jul 16, 2008, 6:02 PM 15
LatinaLista — The California Department of Education released a report detailing how the true(er) drop-out rate for California’s high school students stands at 24 percent. What was not so interesting was the breakdown by ethnicities: The new data revealed…
Business, Economy, Palabra Final
New survey shows Hispanic businesses in hardest hit sectors are resilient
Jul 16, 2008, 9:07 AM 0
LatinaLista — Hispanic Business magazine has released its annual list of the top 500 Hispanic businesses in the nation. During this turbulent economic time, it’s expected that these businesses would be suffering hardships along with the rest of the country…
Language, Palabra Final, Politics
An easy test of rhetoric to prove the sincerity of one presidential contender
Jul 15, 2008, 7:06 PM 11
LatinaLista — As the presidential candidates stumped their way across the country from LULAC to NCLR, delivering a slightly altered version of a speech they gave the week before, Latino voters, as all voters, are faced with an interesting…
Business, Multimedia
New M&M campaign challenges Latinos to find their “Inner M”
Jul 15, 2008, 9:51 AM 0
LatinaLista — Have you ever wondered what you’d look like as an M&M? Latina Lista shows off her “Inner M.” Well, Latina Lista couldn’t resist finding our “Inner M” at the “melt-in-your-mouth-not-in-your-hand” candy site. Choosing our signature pink for…
Human Rights, Immigration, Local News, Media, Palabra Final
Newspaper series reveals rampant abuse of power under Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s watch
Jul 14, 2008, 11:13 AM 40
LatinaLista — When it comes to immigration enforcement, outside of ICE or the Department of Homeland Security, only one other law enforcement department has become as synonymous with conducting hunts for undocumented immigrants — Arizona’s Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office,…
Government, Human Rights, Immigration, Palabra Final
Special Sunday Post: Nashville-area police department’s abuse of ICE’s 287(g) program calls for federal review
Jul 13, 2008, 2:46 PM 90
LatinaLista — Juana Villegas DeLaPaz, a Nashville, Tennessee resident, should be happily tired these days since the recent birth of her fourth child. And Villegas DeLaPaz is tired but it’s one derived of an emotional ordeal that has drained…
Business, Diversity, Media
Report on “Artists in the Workforce” show writing profession for under-35 to be 80% white
Jul 11, 2008, 2:07 PM 0
LatinaLista — If you’ve been trying to stay cool this summer by catching up on your reading with a visit to your neighborhood book store or library, you might have wondered why aren’t there more titles by talented Latina/o…
Palabra Final, Politics
McCain’s “God’s children” ad is offensive to all Latinos and should be banned from airwaves
Jul 11, 2008, 10:54 AM 33
LatinaLista — A big part of politics, aside from the candidates stumping from city to city, are the campaign’s television advertisements. In some cases, these advertisements outlast the candidates and the race itself. Usually, the advertisements spotlight the candidates’…
