As the Trump administration steadily strips discrimination rules that helped make our country more equitable, his head of ICE just declared the next disturbing discriminatory action this administration will take if the Supreme Court does this; Thanks to Trump’s…
Say “the wall” these days and most everyone’s thoughts go to our southern border. So much injustice, heartache and harm has been and is being done and it’s not stopping; Most people know we shouldn’t eat late at night…
By Johanna Mendelson Forman The Conversation Latin America’s economy has grown enormously over the past two decades. However, unemployment in the region still hovers at 8 percent, double that of the United States. Youth joblessness is even higher –…
By Eric Moreno SaludToday The classic bully takes a kid’s lunch money. But a new type of bully—”school lunch shaming,” when a student has no money for lunch to begin with—is on the upswing in schools across the country, CNN reports….
By Dr. Amelie Ramirez SaludToday Does your supermarket prominently feature unhealthy foods? Last year, a report found that lower-calorie beverages and foods―including fruits and vegetables―drove the bulk of sales growth for supermarket chains between 2009 and 2013. The public can sign a…
LatinaLista — Science tells us that evolution is a natural process. However, it’s one thing when evolution is for the good of the species by ensuring “survival of the fittest,” versus an evolution that merely accommodates bad habits. A…
SaludToday Latinos tend live in neighborhoods with few supermarkets and other sources of healthy, affordable food options, but several promising solutions are emerging, according to a new package of research from Salud America!, a national network for Latino childhood…
Bill Sarno CTLatinoNews.com When it comes to traditional Spanish-style cuisine, whether it be soup, beans, chicken, shrimp or anything else bolstered by a zesty sauce, it is very likely that what gives these dishes their distinctive flavor and aroma…
Amigos805 VENTURA COUNTY — While September is typically the time to think about the coming fall and back to school, advocates want the public to start thinking about what they can do to combat the ongoing issue of hunger…
By Kent Patterson Frontera NorteSur It was one of those splendid cruises up Highway 26 and around the Mesilla Valley south of Las Cruces, New Mexico. A hot summer day and Mexican radio 106.7 FM from Ciudad Juarez was…
By Adriaan Alsema Colombia Reports Colombia’s Ombudsman’s Office has sued the governor of the country’s poorest province in order to prevent the governor from taking action that would leave 77,700 children without school food. The governor provisionally suspended a…
By Aaron de Leon LatinaLista Several months ago, I was told of a rooftop garden on top of a hotel in downtown Dallas, Texas. Intrigued, I embarked on a quest to locate this garden. I took a walk one…
LatinaLista — A recent obesity study made official what everyone already knew — being overweight shortens your life. The study from Canada’s Research Institute of the McGill Univ. Health Center found that overweight people lose three years of living…
By Sandra Treviño Extra! t was once written that food had replaced art as high culture. Chef Gabriel Moya, along with childhood friends Efren Candelaria, Felipe Cabrera and Mayra Estrella, believe differently. The urban culinary rebels have created their…
LatinaLista — York University undergrad Luke Durward saw that his younger brother was on his way to being unhealthy. How? The younger Durward was cleaning his plate — outeating grown adults several times over. Studying nutrition in college, Luke…
By Kerry Trueman Mom’s Clean Air Force There’s no Oscar for Best Manmade ‘Natural’ Disaster, but if there were, Southern California would win in a mudslide. After all, Hollywood’s movie studios have spent decades perfecting the cinematic catastrophe: earthquakes,…
SaludToday Toddlers from low-income Hispanic, American Indian (AI), and Alaskan Native (AN) homes are at increased risk for obesity, according to a new study, Medscape reports. The federal study, published in the journal Pediatrics, collected weight data for 1.2…
First Peoples Worldwide Look, we get it – everybody has an issue that they care strongly about. For us, that issue is the rights of Indigenous Peoples around the world. For you, it may be something different. You may…
LatinaLista — The global economic slowdown has been battering Spain. A 2012 report by the international charity Caritas showed that more than 11 million people were at risk for living in poverty and that more than 30,000 people were…
LatinaLista — For a community where 38.2% of its children ages 2-19 are overweight or obese, compared with 31.7% of all U.S. children those same ages and a segment of its male adults (Mexican Americans) come in second as…
By Marion Nestle Food Politics For my monthly Food Matters column in the San Francisco Chronicle, I devote the one in January every year to predictions. Last year I got them all pretty much on target. It didn’t take…
By José Villa Hawaii Hispanic News WAIANAE,Hawaii – Stevina (Chan) Kiyabu owns Coquito’s Latin Cuisine Restaurant. She’s a product of a Hong Kong Chinese father and a Cali, Colombian mother, but her story is even more global. She was…
By Jennifer Harris, PhD, MBA LatinaLista Obesity continues to hit the Latino community the hardest. Thirty-nine percent of Hispanic adults are overweight compared with 33 percent non-Hispanic whites. As obesity increases, so does the risk for chronic diseases like…
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 Deysi Cuevas Extra News De Colores restaurant opened in October of 2009 and its owners Sergio and Priscilla Reyes have a recipe book that spans generations. Sergio describes the menu as “different because we have a lot of…
