By Dr. Maria G. Hernandez Latina Cubicle Confidential™ Many Latinos have embraced the American Dream by establishing small family-owned businesses. The U.S. Census reports that Hispanic-owned business increased by almost 44 percent between 2002 and 2007. This represents about…
La Costa Latina PENSACOLA,FL — La Costa Latina along with a group called “Word Have Meaning” invited Escambia County candidates running for various offices to speak to Latino and African American voters to discuss issues of concern among ethnic…
LatinaLista — Before reaching the legal age of adulthood, Javier Fernandez-Han has already accomplished more than most adults. To say this son of Chinese and Mexican parents has an active imagination is an understatement. From the age of 7,…
LatinaLista — Ever since the senseless murder spree at the Colorado theater last week, condemnation of the killer has been universal. Calls for stricter gun control have even surfaced though not with the same intensity of emotional outrage. However,…
LatinaLista — Thirty-one years after the discovery of AIDS in the United States, the hope was that the disease would have been eradicated by now. After claiming, so far, about 30 million lives worldwide, the disease still flourishes in…
By Anna-Claire Bevan LatinaLista For over 50 years, Lyn Hovey has been working with stained glass, using 13th and 14th century painting techniques to create complex and authentic works of art. From a 30-foot-tall window in a school chapel…
By Marcia Yerman Moms Clean Air Force The use of comedy and satire to inform and challenge has a long tradition. Before Lenny Bruce was taking on political issues, Aristophanes was writing about the futility of the Peloponnesian War…
By Christina Elizabeth Rodriguez Extra News CHICAGO — In the 1970s, the University of Illinois at Chicago was a site for change for the Latino community, on and off campus. Latino students and faculty demanded a need for educational…
LatinaLista — California may be known as the state where make-believe can turn into big bucks but there’s nothing make believe about California having one of the highest number of people who are going hungry. The University of California…
LatinaLista — Before the nation was shocked by the atrocity of the killings and shooting rampage at an Aurora, Colorado theater last night, some in the country were shocked and outraged over accusations made by former presidential candidate Minnesota Rep….
LatinaLista — The stresses of a bad economy always take a toll on people, especially the poorest. Latinos are not exempt from this reality. The results of one recent study destroys the fairytale myth that all Latinos share in…
LatinaLista — News about food prices isn’t getting any better. In fact, there are predictions that it will get a lot worse because of the massive drought across the country. That’s really bad news for families who are already…
By Ari Phillips On the Road with Ari Phillips: Energy & Climate Change in the American Southwest William deBuys is the author of seven books, including most recently “A Great Aridness: Climate Change and the Future of the American…
By Amanda Duran Borderzine EL PASO – The aroma of fresh churros, the clamor of vendors and blaring radio stations and tables of bric-a-brac are the usual stuff of a border city flea market. But between the bootleg DVD’s…
LatinaLista — Though Rudolfo Anaya‘s Bless Me, Ultima has long been recognized as a classic in Chicano literature and garnered its author many prestigious awards and recognition, it’s a book that is not without its own drama. From its…
LatinaLista — One of the most appalling displays of how little regard our American justice system has for the human rights of undocumented immigrants took place yesterday in a Missouri courtroom. Greene County Judge David Jones terminated the parental rights…
By Maria de Lourdes Perez Ramírez LatinaLista María and Luis Durán do not speak a word in English nor have a formal education. Yet, the couple who came to the US from El Salvador in 1989 was the critical…
LatinaLista — You know student debt must be a big problem when it becomes a talking point on the presidential campaign trail. As of the end of March, total student loan debt among borrowers under 30 has reached $292…
By Isaiah Marcano Council on Hemispheric Affairs With an electoral season approaching, the islands comprising Puerto Rico have once more become the center of debate and conflict. Recently, the current Governor of Puerto Rico and statehood advocate Luis Fortuño…
By Dalia Díaz Rumbo News LAWRENCE, MA — This summer, Lawrence will be the site of a study on the viability of ‘diaspora bonds’. Dhariana González, a Lawrence native and recent college graduate, is carrying out research on this important…
LatinaLista — Ever since Natalie Portman won the Oscar for her role in Black Swan and Billy Elliot wowed audiences, ballet has been “lifted” to new heights of public attention. For the first time, in a long time, viewers…
LatinaLista — Not sure if anyone has ever done a tally of how many polls are released in a presidential campaign season but it seems like we’re on our way to a record-breaking amount for this election. In the past,…
LatinaLista — The Latino vote is proving to be a challenge for not just politicians coveting the votes of Latinos but for Latino communities counting on those votes as a show of voter strength and influence. As noted in…
By Andres Gutierrez LatinaLista Do you remember how you felt when mama, tía or abuela would say, “Let’s make tamales”? That was never good news for me, because I knew how much work it was. It would involve cleaning…
Insight Tr3s Hispanic Millennials are different from Hispanics in their thirties and beyond — and even among themselves. Male and female adult Hispanic Millennials differ from each other in significant ways. According to an analysis of Simmons data, here…
