By Nazih Richani The Conversation Colombia’s civil war is finally winding down. Over the past 51 years, it has killed over 250,000 people and displaced over five million. It has caused havoc in the rural economy and the…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Isidore: Creating Jobs 4 the Formerly Incarcerated It's all over the news: the criminal justice system is broken. As a result, American correctional facilities are acting as social-service programs – providing healthcare, meals, and shelter for…
By Stephanie Canales LatinaLista My story with Planned Parenthood is a love story. I’m an immigrant from El Salvador, and I’ve been in the Fresno (California) area for eight years. Soon after I arrived here, I began my…
By Laura Waxmann Mission Local As local musicians, poets, housing advocates and community members joined forces in commemorating one of the Mission District’s most beloved voices this Saturday, Carlos “Kookie” Gonzalez stood among his peers before a colorful…
Obed Manuel Latina Lista Managing editor Obed Manuel gives a rundown of the week's major news. Recording and editing by Obed Manuel
By Maryam Adamu and Lauren Hogan LatinaLista The term “school-to-prison pipeline” has become a powerful metaphor to capture the processes by which children—typically low-income children of color—are pushed out of school and into the criminal justice system. While…
LatinaLista — Pedro Castañeda Jiménez's latest invention isn't just blowing smoke. Rather, it's a welcome creation that could cut down on one of the major sources of urban pollution — car emissions. Castañeda Jiménez's invention has the potential of…
Futurity A new report says urban schools in the United States are failing to offer a quality education—especially when it comes to opportunities for poor students and students of color, who now make up the majority of America’s public school…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Bringing the necessities of life to desperate refugees Two weeks ago, the White House reached out to Kickstarter with an idea. What if Kickstarter could be used, they asked, to help the millions of refugees seeking…
By Alex V. Hernandez EXTRA! Providence of God Catholic Church’s auditorium was standing room only on Monday. Over 500 residents, community and faith leaders as well as elected officials were gathered at the Pilsen church for the launch…
LatinaLista —One rising indicator of a country's influence and wealth is how tech-savvy is its workforce. While there's a rush to teach everyone, from toddlers to seniors, how to code, there's no substituting for people who are trained as…
Obed Manuel Latina Lista 5. Latinos care about the environment About 70 percent of Latinos say they believe global warming is a threat and is caused by human activity. By comparison, just 44 percent of whites and 56…
By Sarah Barr Juvenile Justice Information Exchange Juvenile justice reformers risk leaving girls behind if they fail to consider how traumatic experiences push girls into the system, says a new report. Officials and advocates are more aware than…
LatinaLista — Campaign: The Grind for Your Soul: Skating Por-Vida Project The Grind for Your Soul: Skating Por Vida event will use the fashion and popular culture around skate boarding as a way to engage and expose youth…
By Anai Ramirez Borderzine A few months before Nadiezdha Dominguez was diagnosed with esophagitis, a medical condition that causes irritation or inflammation of the esophagus, she experienced first hand the stark difference in emergency room care provided in…
LatinaLista — Latino families are known to be large. A Pew report found that: Fully 20% of Hispanic moms have four or more children, as do 18% of black moms. In comparison, just 11% of white mothers have four…
By Paul Adriel Tavera Aragon Peru This Week Yes, you read that right. Coffee harvested from the excrement of small, raccoon-like mammals in Peru is fetching a high price in the European market Can you imagine paying US$…
By James Wiener Ancient History Encyclopedia Despite the popular appeal of the legendary city of El Dorado, our collective understanding of ancient Colombia’s history remains largely obscured by the advanced civilizations of Mesoamerica and the Andes. A new…
LatinaLista — Campaign: 450 missing, 125 houses buried, 131 deaths,36 hurt Marie Anne Hale is a 24-year-old student at Universidad del Valle de Guatemala and is passionate about her country. On Thursday, October 1, almost 600 people went…
By Tom Blanton Cronkite News WASHINGTON – Four of five adult Native Americans in Arizona were obese or overweight in 2013, the highest rate in the nation among states studied in a new report. “The State of Obesity…
LatinaLista — The rising level of corruption and impunity that exists in Mexico was bound to reach a boiling point sooner than later. The indiscriminate deaths of innocent students and women by police, cartels and the military, the lucrative…
LatinaLista — Latinos are not of one single country, history, customs, traditions or accent. Yet some pollsters, researchers, politicians and the proverbial "man/woman-in-the-street" still have trouble seeing Latinos as anything but homogenous. Frankly, Hispanic Heritage Month doesn't help the…
By Natalie Gross Latino Ed Beat The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics has launched a digital campaign to highlight the impact of Latino teachers and hopefully to attract more Latinos to the teaching profession. The…
LatinaLista — Campaign: recruitHER: Working For Equal Opportunity in Tech Tech companies who value diversity often struggle to hire diverse talent—either their current efforts are failing to move the needle, or they don’t know where to begin. Having a…
By Pablo J. Sáinz La Prensa San Diego The border region San Diego-Tijuana could well be Ground Zero for the education of migrant children. Whether dealing with children whose parents were deported to Mexico and families now reside in…
