By Edith Manzanares The Venture Born in San Salvador, El Salvador, William Hernandez and his family moved to Houston, TX 23 years ago. Hernandez’s parents worked two jobs and helped him and his younger brother and older sister provide…
By Wayne Jebian CTLatinoNews.com State Rep. Matt Lesser (D-Middletown) with his fair skin, brown hair and blue eyes, does not “look Latino” in the stereotypical way and his last name is not Spanish. Last month, when Lesser asked to…
By Insight Tr3s A Pew nationwide survey finds that Hispanic identity continues to be most rooted in family country of origin while the terms Latino and Hispanic are not as top of mind. The United States government uses the…
LatinaLista — According to journalist and educator Miguel Perez, 2013 is a very important year for the United States — it’s the 500th anniversary of the nation’s discovery. Not by Christopher Columbus nor British colonists but by a Spanish…
By Juan Miret A Hispanic Matter Hispanics observe the nine days between December 16 and 24 with parties, singing, praying, piñatas, carols, scooters, punch, sparklers and many more symbols. That is how they celebrate and remembers the pilgrimage of…
By Elaine McArdle LatinaLista People often complain there are too many lawyers in the world, and you may think they have a point. After all, an astonishing 40,000 students graduate from American law schools each year, and there are…
LatinaLista — Temperatures are warming up. School is winding down. Kids are looking forward to doing their favorite summer activity — swimming. Unfortunately for too many Latino children swimming can be a death trap. The Centers for Disease Control…
By Juan Miret A Hispanic Matter What happens when you mix pre-Hispanic sounds with electronic music played with the rhythm of cumbia? The birth of the tribal guarachero movement. According to Esteban Cárdenas, who authored an article and a…
By Gilbert Martinez La Voz de Austin In 1960, before the John F. Kennedy campaign, I along with Gus Garcia, Roy Velasquez and several other folks organized voter registration drives. We did it because there were very few Mexican…
LatinaLista — A new poll shows that not even sharing the same religion can deliver a voting bloc to a political candidate. According to today’s Gallup survey, Roman Catholics are divided between Obama and Romney. Hispanic Catholics — about…
LatinaLista — Every day the list of city councils and organizations that either call or plan to boycott Arizona keeps growing. The (Washington) D.C. Council waded into the fight over illegal immigration today, as all 13 members sponsored a…
LatinaLista — The Latino population may be increasing, and it’s a fact that it is, but one particular area where there is a sore lack of Hispanic representation is on corporate boards and among senior corporate management. The 2009…
LatinaLista — Today’s Spotlight on a non-profit serving the Latino community is Avance. Since 1973, AVANCE has helped parents prepare their children for school by focusing on what parents can do during the critical first three years of their…
LatinaLista — The big question since the GOP lost the Latino vote in the 2008 presidential election has been: How serious are Republicans about including Latinos in the GOP? The answer, fresh from the heart of GOP country —…
By Congresswoman Nydia M. Velazquez LatinaLista — Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez is serving her ninth term as Representative for New York’s 12th Congressional District. Currently, in the 111th Congress, she is Chair of the House Small Business Committee and…
LatinaLista — The U.S. Census released a new report today — New Analysis Offers State-by-State Look at Fertility. (Source: lacuna.org) Among the findings, there is an interesting tidbit of news that is not really new but doesn’t get the attention…
LatinaLista — The Houston Chronicle reports that Rice University sociologist delivered some startling news to attendees at a Hispanic Chamber of Commerce gathering: Houston, Texas 70 percent of Houstonians over the age of 60 are Anglo. 75 percent of…
LatinaLista — Today, nationally syndicated radio talk show host Eddie Sotelo, better known to his legions of Spanish-speaking fans as Piolin, delivered one million letters to the steps of Congress today from immigrants and citizens across the country who…
