Just when you thought there wasn’t anything that could surprise us anymore from this administration, this comes out (hint: it’s the first headline); Every business and organization is losing money these days and scrambling to make up for the…
Not even a week after a colluding GOP senate refused to find Trump guilty of any wrongdoing, Trump continues on his path of deceiving America’s Middle Class into thinking he’s on our side. How? Well, he plans on asking…
LatinaLista — Once upon a time Latinos were the darling of mainstream media. The major networks couldn’t do enough to tap into what they considered our sexy attributes: an influential market, a consumer-spending powerhouse and a political “sleeping giant.”…
By Gillian Kiley Futurity In all parts of the United States, the number of neighborhoods that are home to a mix of black, white, Asian, and Hispanic residents is growing. “It is striking that while the all-white neighborhood…
By Gilda Pedraza Latino Connection “Mommy, they marked I am White on my exam… Is that OK? I am sorry, I did not know what to mark and the teacher just did it for me” “Color canela, café…
Local News, Northeast, zNew Headline
Latino College Groups Play Critical Role On Connecticut Campuses
By Bill Sarno CTLatinoNews.com They offer salsa classes to foster awareness of their culture and hold forums on immigration to help their members, but Latino student organizations at many of the state’s college and universities have also have embraced…
Guest Voz, zNew Headline
Guest Voz: “You’re not really Mexican” – a personal essay about my cultural identity crisis
By Sophia Campos VoiceBox Media All my life I’ve lived between two worlds. As a Mexican-American, it’s easy to be confused as to which world you think you should identify with more; I feel undoubtedly Mexican-American when I make…
General, Videos
Video: Examining key Supreme Court cases in the fight for Latino civil rights
LatinaLista — “Latinos are everywhere!” It’s a common exclamation from people, Latinos and non-Latinos, who think that only a few states in the nation are home to Latinos. The Hispanic population is growing in ‘non-traditional’ states and in the…
Culture, General, Palabra Final
New study finds an “Americanization of ethnicity” among Latinos
LatinaLista — A new study on the Changing Racial and Ethnic Composition of the US Population found that 15.4 million Americans identify themselves solely as “some other race.” Ninety-seven percent of those Americans who do that are Hispanic. This…