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Guest Voz, Racial Justice, Social Justice, zNew Headline

Guest Voz: CDC Blunders in Excluding Communities of Color Among High Risk Groups for Covid-19

Jul 30, 2020, 12:32 PM 0

By Edward T. Rincón LatinaLista (Editor’s Note: Crossposted from The Culture of Research blog) It really makes little sense. Despite the fact that Blacks, Hispanics and Native Americans are being hospitalized and dying at considerably higher rates than…

Economy, zNew Headline

New report reveals extent of Latinos’ economic clout — and it’s impressive!

Sep 24, 2015, 2:14 PM 0

LatinaLista — In this year’s annual report on the state of the U.S. multicultural economy from the University of Georgia’s Selig Center for Economic Growth, researchers found two groups blazing growth in the economy — Asians and Latinos. According…

Guest Voz, zNew Headline

Guest Voz: The Benefits of Increasing the Minimum Wage for People of Color

Apr 22, 2014, 4:05 PM 0

By Vanessa Cárdenas LatinaLista How much does a full-time worker earning the current minimum wage of $7.25 per hour make in one year? This worker earns only $15,080, which is $4,000 below the federal poverty line for a family…

Palabra Final, Politics

New study shows California’s online voter registration yielded surprising results that could strike fear in the hearts of critics

Mar 26, 2013, 4:29 PM 0

LatinaLista — Talk of modernizing the voting process always crops up around major elections. Unfortunately, it’s more talk of what can be done than doing it but one area that has gotten a boost from today’s technology is voter…

Children, Education, General, Palabra Final, Youth

Suburbs may be getting more diverse but same can’t be said about schools

Apr 2, 2009, 1:33 PM 0

LatinaLista — It’s no secret that Latinos can no longer be defined as only living in the “Little Mexico,” “Little Havana” or any other Hispanic-centric part of a city. Latinos have been moving to the suburbs for years now…

Government, Palabra Final

Does white America suffer from both inferiority and superiority complexes?

Aug 18, 2008, 3:52 PM 26

LatinaLista — Come November, Floridians will vote to eradicate a provision of their State Constitution that went into effect in 1926. It’s called the “Alien Land Law” and it prohibits anyone ineligible for citizenship from owning property. (Source: modernmechanix.com)…