By Alex Shashkevich Futurity Police officers consistently use less respectful language with black community members than with white community members, the first systematic analysis of body camera footage shows. Although subtle, widespread racial disparities in officers’ language use may…
BlogBeat, zNew Headline
What’s Next for the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics?
By Natalie Gross Latino Ed Beat A Q&A With Outgoing Executive Director Alejandra Ceja Alejandra Ceja has been the executive director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics since 2013 — a position she’ll give up at…
Community Stories, Southwest, zNew Headline
Report: Gains in Hispanic education, business aren’t closing income gap
By Tom Blanton Cronkite News WASHINGTON – Increasing college enrollment rates among American-born Hispanics and a surge in Latina entrepreneurship aren’t enough to eliminate wage disparities that prevent Latino families from improving their economic well-being, a new report said….
Language, zNew Headline
New research suggests Spanish-language centered marketing approach may be outdated
Obed Manuel Latina Lista Have you noticed how some companies have started targeting Latinos with bilingual commercials? They may be onto something. Researchers with MAGNA GLOBAL and the Center for Multicultural Science have found that the language-only based marketing strategies…
Health, zNew Headline
National Latino Aids Awareness Day strives to start an overdue conversation
LatinaLista — October 15 is a day with multiple observances: Breast Health Day, Conflict Resoultion Day, Global Handwashing Day, National White Cane Day and it's even I Love Lucy Day. However, October 15 may best be known in the…
Community Stories, Great Plains, zNew Headline
Most Oklahoma police seizures of cash come from blacks, Hispanics
By Clifton Adcock, Ben Fenwick and Joey Stipek Oklahoma Watch Nearly two thirds of seizures of cash by Oklahoma law enforcement agencies come from blacks, Hispanics and other racial or ethnic minorities, an Oklahoma Watch analysis of high-dollar forfeiture…
Health, zNew Headline
Cancer remains leading cause of death among U.S. Hispanics
By Lisa Rapaport Reuters Health Cancer remains the leading cause of death among Hispanics in the U.S., driven in large part by lung malignancies in men and breast tumors in women, a new report finds. This year, Hispanics in…
Guest Voz, zNew Headline
Guest Voz: Facts don’t support political rhetoric scapegoating Latino immigrants for crime and lawlessness
By Arkady Bukh, Esq LatinaLista (Editor’s Note:The following is an excerpt from the full article which can be found online at nyccriminallawyer.com) When he announced his candidacy for the American presidency, Donald Trump delivered remarks that have echoed across…
Columns & Features, Politics, Politics
Guest Voz: Donald Trump is at it again. This time he messed with the wrong person.
By Obed Manuel LatinaLista GOP frontrunner Donald Trump caught the headlines again. What else is new these past few weeks? But this time he may have gone too far. At an Iowa press conference, Univision news anchor Jorge Ramos,…
Economy, zNew Headline
A future where 2.5 million Latinos won’t be able to own their own homes
LatinaLista — The ultimate symbol of the American Dream is owning a home. For many, it signifies planting roots in a community and having a stable foundation (no pun intended), both financially and socially. Yet, for Latinos, for whom…
By Star Hunter AmigosNAZ Higher tuition at NAU, CCC, cuts in programs at community college level pose challenges for first-generation students Immigration reform may lead in the headlines, but it’s not the top issue for Hispanics. According to Pew…
Guest Voz, History, zNew Headline
Student Guest Voz: Hispanics – The Forgotten Class in Civil Rights History
LatinaLista — Nicholas D. Dauphine, a senior at Johnson High School in Austin, Texas won first place in the LBJ Library “Civil Rights Today” Essay Contest. Dauphine was honored on April 8 at the LBJ Civil Rights Summit awards…
BlogBeat, zNew Headline
National Minority Health Awareness Month: A Time for Action to prevent or manage diabetes
By Judi Bonilla LatinoElders Earlier this year NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Harvard School of Public Health released a poll that found Latinos see diabetes as the biggest health problem for their own families. It was about…
Local News, U.S.-Mexico border, zNew Headline
Report: Rio Grande Valley has highest concentration of Hispanic voters in Texas
By Raul de la Cruz Rio Grande Guardian McALLEN, TX — There is a big difference between the total number of Hispanics living in the Rio Grande Valley and the number that are U.S. citizens, a new report shows….
Guest Voz, zNew Headline
Guest Voz: Texas — prime example of a state government failing its people and derailing its future, thanks to one man
By Eliot Shapleigh Rio Grande Guardian EL PASO, TEXAS – In 2000, when George Bush left Austin to run for President, Rick Perry was quietly sworn in to become Texas’ 45th Governor. Rick Perry has now been in office…
Causes, Nonprofit
Spotlight Nonprofit: Building bridges to bring all people together
LatinaLista — According to the BRIDGES for a Just Community 2012 Human Relations Progress Report Latinos and African Americans in the Greater Cincinnati area answered “yes” when asked if they had been treated unfairly because of their race or…
La Voz Latina Editor’s note: Last month the National Parks Service commemorated National Hispanic Heritage Month with a publication entitled Hispanics and The Civil War. The following essay is excerpted from that handbook which is available in many National…
General, Videos
Video: New bilingual ‘dramedy’ web series brings the issue of kidney disease home to Latinos
LatinaLista — With the holiday season quickly approaching, most of us will put on hold eating healthy. Unfortunately, for a lot of Latinos, this salute to the holidays will only aggravate such health problems as: obesity, diabetes, high blood…
By Warren Vieth Oklahoma Watch The growth of Hennessey’s Hispanic population is mirrored in other cities and towns. Hennessey ranks among the top 10 hot spots of Hispanic population growth in Oklahoma, according to an analysis of U.S. Census…
By Luis Carlos López Hispanic Link News Service Now that Wells Fargo, the nation’s largest home mortgage lender, has agreed it will no longer finance mortgages through independent brokers, things may be looking up for Hispanic homebuyers. Wells Fargo’s…
Business, Economy, General, Health, Women
Latina hotel housekeepers have highest rates of injury among peers
LatinaLista — Cleaning house is hard work. Cleaning a hotel room is even harder work. A study that will appear in the January issue of The American Journal of Industrial Medicine found that while studying workers at 50 hotels…
General, Immigration, Media, Palabra Final
CNN unveils “Latino in America” while ignoring Latino outcry over Lou Dobbs
LatinaLista — From all the pre-publicity, CNN’s special, Latino in America, which airs tonight and tomorrow night at 9 p.m. EST, is a program filled with enough anecdotal stories of Latinos that it serves as a great primer for…
Palabra Final, Politics
New Pew report reveals 84% of surveyed Latinos who were U.S. citizens not registered to vote
LatinaLista — The first bit of surprising news from the latest Pew Hispanic report entitled 2008 National Survey of Latinos: Hispanics See Their Situation in U.S. Deteriorating; Oppose Key Immigration Enforcement Measures is that immigrants account for 54 percent…
Palabra Final, Politics, Women
Trying to decipher Hillary’s true message at Democratic convention may be more confusing than hanging chads
LatinaLista — Not even the announcement of Sen. Joe Biden as Barack Obama’s running mate could minimize the long shadow cast by Hillary Clinton over the Democratic National Convention. Hillary Clinton (in yellow) appears at the Hispanic Caucus meeting…
Palabra Final, Politics
The clock is ticking — Latinos wait to be included in Obama’s campaign
LatinaLista — There has been (g)rumbling throughout the Latino blogosphere as to what is taking the Obama campaign so long to reach out to the rest of the Latino electorate that aren’t yet completely sold on his candidacy —…