By Martha Ramos LatinaLista MEXICO CITY — Just when the presidential campaign was getting as boring as it can be, a bunch of university students raised their voices. What exactly happend? Enrique Peña Nieto, candidate of the PRI party,…
By Dr. Maria G. Hernandez Latina Cubicle Confidential™ If there is one topic that Latinas often fear to discuss — even among ourselves — it’s about having accents. Among immigrants who entered the US as teens or young adults,…
By José Antonio López LatinaLista Voting in Texas during the recent primary election races was one of the easiest and bureaucracy-free civic duties a citizen can experience. You show up at your precinct voting location, a friendly volunteer takes…
Bilingual Weekly STOCKTON, CA – Tracy Native and veteran Richard Soto began his life on the south side with his widowed mother and 4 siblings. Soto, after graduating high school enlisted into the military while the country entered into…
LatinaLista — What do the District of Colombia, Oregon, Arizona, New Mexico and Florida have in common? If you guessed these are the new battleground territories, you would be half right. Each of these states and the District of…
By Richard Romero LatinaLista OHIO — Saving the American Dream and bringing back the economy is what will bring out Latino voters in Ohio. Ohio has over 140,000 eligible Hispanic voters, and Ohio’s total Hispanic population is 354,674. Given…
SaludToday Check out these cool youth-oriented videos on diabetes. “The Corner,” a diabetes public service announcement performed by Jose Vadi: “Death Recipe,” performed by Erica McMath Sheppard:
La Voz Latina SOUTH GEORGIA — The shopping experience is mind-boggling. Nearly 20,000 square feet of merchandise that includes “gently-used” clothing, furniture, tools, and home furnishings make the new Goodwill store in Richmond Hill one of South Georgia’s largest…
By Anna-Claire Bevan LatinaLista When an accident forced her to stop riding five years ago, California-raised Suzanne Divoff was determined to keep working with horses, and on the streets of La Antigua Guatemala she saw an opportunity; Helping Hooves…
LatinaLista — Today’s Bureau of Labor Statistic’s employment report was not good news for Latinos. The report showed that the unemployment rate among Latinos edged up in May to now stand at 11 percent. Though the unemployment rate among…
LatinaLista — With a worsening economy, more states passing anti-immigrant legislation and the White House endorsing the controversial program known as Secure Communities, undocumented immigrants are under siege. These men, women and children are impacted financially by the nation’s…
By Carlo Alaimo CSI Today Irvin Ibarguen, College of Staten Island Valedictorian for 2012, is the first CSI undergraduate to be admitted into Harvard University’s prestigious PhD History program. Irvin, a senior History major with The Verrazano School honors…
By Scott Nicol LatinaLista Last month the Pew Hispanic Center reported that net migration from Mexico into the United States has dropped to zero, with roughly the same number of Mexican citizens heading south across the border as north….
LatinaLista — In one of the strongest signals that the education community supports the DREAM Act — allowing undocumented students, who were brought to the US as children, attend college or enlist in the military and be put on…
LatinaLista — The Republican leadership is counting on the discontent of Latino voters to keep them from duplicating their landslide support of Obama in this year’s presidential election. Yet, a 2012 version of the national get-out-the-Latino-vote movement is gaining…
By Katherine Leal Unmuth Latino Ed Beat The urgent need to increase the number of young people pursuing degrees in STEM areas–science, technology, engineering and math–is a hot topic in education circles. Especially during the current economic slump, having…
By Daniel Muñoz La Prensa San Diego SAN DIEGO — It started with a couple of veteranos reminiscing, over a couple drinks at the Don Diego post five years ago, when the idea of honoring Logan Heights’ war veterans…
LatinaLista — A New York Times article points out that in the rush to bridge the digital divide — giving low-income families access to computers and other high-tech tools to access online resources — it has created an unintended consequence,…
LatinaLista — For many Latinos, cuban-born, Queen of Salsa Celia Cruz was an iconic cultural treasure and epitomized the classic immigrant story involving discrimination, talent, perseverance and rise to success. Her story not only resonated with her fellow Latinos…
By Katy Farber Mom’s Clean Air Force Extra! Extra! Read all about it! I should say read more about it. There are more and more reports and articles showing the link between air pollution and health conditions, diseases, and…
Amigos805.com (LatinaLista Editor’s Note: Though the launch of this campaign has passed, the challenge for this community is not widely known and deserves attention.) VENTURA COUNTY — Indigenous Mexican leaders of Ventura County will publicly launch the “No Me…
By Rodolfo F. Acuña LatinaLista Since the trailers appeared “For Greater Glory” – a movie about the Mexican Cristero Movement of the 1920s – I have been receiving emails urging me to take a stand because one of the…
LatinaLista — Though Marco Rubio’s parents fled Cuba, Rubio had never been to the island. Technically, he still hasn’t though he did visit Guantanamo Bay today. Rubio was visiting the military installation as a member of both the Senate…
LatinaLista — May 28 is the official day to remember veterans who have sacrificed their lives in the line of duty for their country but remembering veterans is an all-year affair. It’s a message that the White House has…
By Carlyn Montes De Oca Modern Alchemy How Does Your Body Speak? Most people would probably say it’s with sound and words through your mouth. But the truth is that isn’t the only way our bodies speak to us….
