LatinaLista — Today, Venezuelans are going to the polls to cast their votes regarding the changes President Chavez wants to make to his country’s Constitution. Venezuelan referendum ballot to change country’s Constitution. (Source: El Universal) To the poor of…
By Hilda Solis LatinaLista Democratic Congresswoman Hilda Solis has represented the 32nd district of California in the House of Representatives in Washington since the year 2000. During that time, she has spearheaded Congressional inquiries into issues that especially impact…
LatinaLista — As the presidential debate deepens, or gets more desperate, it won’t be surprising to hear more and more candidates who are scared of the immigration issue spouting off just plain WRONG information. What’s sad is that they…
LatinaLista — Why do Mexican migrants spend thousands of dollars, and almost always, risk their lives just to illegally enter the United States? The full answer is complicated but in the book Antonio’s Gun and Delfino’s Dream: True Tales…
LatinaLista — A disturbing event happened at an elementary school in Phoenix, Arizona this month. A 9-year-old boy was suspended for committing a hate crime — he is accused of using the term “brown people.” Whether or not he…
LatinaLista — When it comes to waffling on the issue of security in this country, presidential candidates aren’t the only ones doing it. There is one particular Republican who seems to have multiple personalities when it comes to being…
By Samantha Contreras LatinaLista The following blog post provides insight into how young people can realize their dream of affecting change in today’s society through learning about the world of public policy. The Drum Major Institute, a non-profit think…
LatinaLista — With news today that yet another high-profile Latino politician has endorsed Clinton, there is bound to be a new wave of attacks targeting the only female presidential candidate. (Source:nyobserver) Candidate attacks are part of the game but…
LatinaLista — By the time a reader brought the story of Jesus Manuel Cordova, a Mexican national who was crossing the Arizona border illegally and found and cared for a 9-year-old boy involved in a car accident that killed…
LatinaLista — It’s a chapter in history that historians have known about since 1965 but nobody likes to rock the boat especially when that boat is the esteemed Mayflower. In 1965, historian Michael Gannon revealed that 56 years before…
LatinaLista — In a rare move that made international headlines, the Mexican Consulate issued a travel warning to its citizens to avoid Irving, Texas. The Consul noted that an excessive amount of Mexican nationals were being picked up and…
LatinaLista — When the term indigenous is used, first thoughts travel to foreign countries. For some reason, indigenous is equated to people who are of low education, speak in their own tongue, dress differently from the mainstream, live in…
LatinaLista — Tucson television station KOLD News 13 had a scoop that couldn’t be ignored – but then again, maybe it should have been. Or at the least, reported in a style more becoming of a news organization and…
LatinaLista — It can never be said enough that politics is dirty business. Map of Dirty Politics – (Source: greatdreams.com) Whether it’s the recent state or local elections or the on-going start of the presidential campaigns, all are evidence…
LatinaLista — In an effort to pull away from the pack, Tom Tancredo, launched a new television advertisement and radio spot in Iowa highlighting the terrorist threat of illegal immigration. Already, the ad has critics condemning it for how…
LatinaLista — A new NPR-Pew Research survey, Blacks See Widening Values Gap Between Poor and Middle Class, has a lot of interesting findings. Yet, the one that deserves further study is a section on how Whites, Blacks and Hispanics…
LatinaLista — One of the highest rated shows on Lifetime TV is the series Army Wives. The show, produced by the same guy who produces Grey’s Anatomy, is about military wives who don’t just juggle the kids and home…
LatinaLista — In the blogosphere he is known as Duke1676. Among bloggers, he’s better known as the analytical author of Migra Matters. Duke has written and posted at Daily Kos one of the most insightful, certainly most thorough and…
LatinaLista The following letter was sent to Latina Lista from Romney’s campaign headquarters. November 8, 2007 Dear Ms. Rosabal: Thank you for inviting me to take part in Univision’s Republican Presidential Forum scheduled for December 9 in Miami. I…
LatinaLista — What debate, strike that, bad word. What arguing on immigration reform has shown is that no one really cares about treating the cause of the exodus from Mexico and other Latin American countries but would rather talk…
LatinaLista — It seems that Governor Bill Richardson isn’t the only presidential candidate with a Mexican-born parent. Republican candidate, Mitt Romney, can technically claim Latino heritage as well. His father, George Romney, was born in Colonia Dublán, Galeana, in…
LatinaLista — A UPI story published last week revealed that two weeks prior, the number of illegals detained nationwide surpassed 30,000. (Source: NYTimes) On the heels of this revelation is news that the Williamson County, Texas commissioners voted to…
LatinaLista — The March 6, 2007 immigration raid on the Bianco factory workers in New Bedford, MA was all the more heartbreaking when stories surfaced of mothers and fathers being taken into custody and leaving behind their children. The…
By Mike Gravel LatinaLista In Latina Lista’s second installment of special blog posts penned by candidates in the 2008 presidential election, we welcome Senator Mike Gravel (GraVELL). Senator Gravel moved to Alaska after he received his B.S. in economics…
LatinaLista — Today most Latino families are celebrating a very special observance: Day of the Dead. It is a celebration where families come together to remember their loved ones who have passed away with special homemade altars, traditional foods…
