LatinaLista — When the Senate first passed their version of the immigration reform bill, Latino groups and organizations who advocate for undocumented immigrants, urged us all to politely applaud the effort and be thankful that SOMETHING was put together…
LatinaLista — Excuse me if I don’t laugh at the latest comic who thinks it’s hilarious that Ken Burns is including Latinos in his PBS documentary about WWII called “The War.” A monologue joke is one thing, sarcastic comedy…
LatinaLista — The last time I wrote about Bill Richardson when he was just thinking of running for President, it was to wonder why more young voters hadn’t heard of him or why more Latinos didn’t realize he was…
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LatinaLista — Not even 24 hours after it was announced the Senate had passed their version of the immigration reform bill, critics were jockeying for place in front of television cameras to denounce it. Now, you would think that…
LatinaLista WASHINGTON, May 17 Senators from both parties announced an agreement this afternoon on immigration-reform legislation that would bring illegal immigrants and their families “out of the shadows and into the sunshine of American life,†as Senator Edward M….
LatinaLista — The United States’ global reputation as being a World Power who sets the standard for other countries when it comes to championing the human rights of the less fortunate has officially been unmasked by a Mexican named…
LatinaLista — Sometimes the people in Washington say the darndest things. Education Secretary, Margaret Spellings, appearing before a special conference in Washington D.C. last week said that inner-city schools are nothing more than dropout factories — DUH! It’s taken…
LatinaLista But now the family is scared. “We will have to start all over again from the bottom,” she said. “I went through so much to get here, and look what happens.” “Vamonos a Mexico [Let’s go back to…
LatinaLista — In light of what has happened this week in the state of Oklahoma and the town of Farmers Branch, Texas where legal grounds have been created to help drive undocumented immigrants out of town/state, it seems talk…
LatinaLista — The violence is escalating — not in Iraq, but in our own backyard. This week there have been reports of the drug cartel violence that has long plagued Mexico moving north into towns along the border. In…
LatinaLista — News has arrived that Elvira Arellano, the young Mexican mother who has sought sanctuary in a Chicago church and who went on a hunger strike to protest the government’s actions against undocumented immigrants, is now eating. She…
LatinaLista — While the Latino community is over 42 million strong, surprisingly there are still very few of our voices that have been able to find a platform from which to be heard. One either has to be in…
LatinaLista — It has always been too easy to depersonalize individuals when using group adjectives like: “immigrants” or “illegals.” When this is done, it is very easy to forget that they are human beings, like us all, with families…
LatinaLista — In cities across the country this weekend, there will be Cinco de Mayo celebrations. Always a chance to see Mexican folklorico dancing, eat tacos, drink flavored aguas and let the children play games, the annual observance has…
LatinaLista — Every once in a while, I get a question from my peers that challenges me to define myself in today’s changing media world. The question usually goes like this: “Do you consider yourself a journalist or a…
LatinaLista — As everyone across the country waited today to see just how many marchers will try to duplicate last year’s stunning success of the immigration marches, an article that appeared in the media yesterday seemed to fan the…
LatinaLista — In an edited translation of an article published in Mexico City’s El Financiero last Thursday, it was stated that a Mexican organizaton released statistics that show that on average, 32 underage boys and girls try to cross…
LatinaLista “The American Dream.” We’ve been conditioned to believe that the American Dream is all about home ownership, and living in peace and prosperity. Well, in a country that is facing rising home foreclosures , under constant fear of…
LatinaLista — One thing mainstream America is good at doing is “commercializing” any special holiday or event on a t-shirt! What better recuerdo (memory) than to have the event screen printed on a t-shirt. We know that event has…
LatinaLista — A beautiful consequence has developed as a result of the ongoing battle between PBS and documentarian Ken Burns to not forget the Latino presence in Burns’ WWII documentary — the Latino community has come together in a…
LatinaLista — A recent article in the New York Times titled For Some Hispanics, Coming to America Also Means Abandoning Religion sparked a lot of interest. In the days after the article was published, newspapers across the country syndicated…
LatinaLista — Some disheartening news appeared in The Dallas Morning News last week. On the frontpage of the Metro section was an article titled “Foes of FB ban clash on tactics.” The article was about how a group of…
LatinaLista — The immigration debate is still in full force and Latino leaders are finally getting the hang of how to get the message out to the masses — Internet infomercials. Juan Hernandez, who used to work for Vicente…
