If there is a person that personifies the rise of Latino discrimination in the country it’s former Maricopa Sheriff Joe Arpaio, a.k.a. Trump supporter and buddy. Yet, a court just delivered a blow to Arpaio that even Trump can’t…
A new study highlights something most Latinos already know: we worry a lot. Is it any wonder? Whether it’s 700,000 immigrants lighting candles that the Supreme Court looks kindly on DACA; Or mass shootings or the increasing unaffordability of…
By Julie Robert Futurity Researchers have created a website to ease the transition to fatherhood. Expectant and new parents look to the internet for parenting prep, but dads don’t always find the information they say they need about pregnancy,…
Philanthropy, zNew Headline
Latina Lista launches partnership with HIPGive to highlight Latino-focused crowd sourcing campaigns
May 5, 2014, 12:29 PM 0
LatinaLista — Ever since Latina Lista‘s own experience with crowdfunding among our readers to send a reporter to cover a hate crime trial in 2011, I have been a huge fan of supporting crowdfunding campaigns. So, when the new…
Technology, Videos, zNew Headline
Video: 2.5 million children later, One Laptop Per Child is transforming not only children but whole countries
Feb 11, 2014, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — In 2005, the acronym OLPC burst onto the tech/social good scene garnering headlines for its lofty mission — provide One Laptop Per Child to poor children throughout the world. Since that announcement, OLPC has put a special,…
Language, zNew Headline
New Pew Hispanic study shows more US Latinos using Internet to get their news — in English
Jul 23, 2013, 10:01 AM 0
LatinaLista — Throughout the immigration reform debate, most major media outlets have insisted on lumping all U.S. Latinos together. Not just the subgroups — Mexican-American, Puerto Rican, Cuban-American, etc. — but newly arrived Latino immigrants, for whom the immigration…
BlogBeat, zNew Headline
New Diverse Taskforce Aims to Promote Safe, Healthy Online Environment for Students
Jul 1, 2013, 1:15 PM 0
By Tiffany Bain Broadband & Social Justice Do students need Internet access at school, and are they responsible enough and prepared to use it there? If you ask Red State Contributor Neil Stevens, the answer you will get is…
By Sarah Inés Calderón Más Wired The number of Latinos listening to online radio has almost doubled in the past year, according to a report. The Media Audit just released a report that found that a total of 32.7%…
By Elaine Rita Mendus Más Wired Educated, middle class Latinos are embracing tech, English is not the dominant language Latinos use while engaging with social media and elderly Latinos who speak Spanish don’t have access to the Internet, according…
Videos
Video: Though smartphone use is on the rise, the digital divide still overshadows disadvantaged communities
Mar 25, 2013, 10:37 AM 0
LatinaLista — The digital divide use to be so easy to define — people without Internet access — via home computers — were said to be at a disadvantage and not just technologically behind the rest of society but…
Palabra Final, Politics
Modernizing the voting process is a step towards recommitting to voters’ rights
Sep 21, 2012, 4:09 PM 1
LatinaLista — Technology, aka the Internet, usually evokes one of two reactions from people — acceptance or resistance. The resistors usually hold out until they can see how it’s going to enhance their lives. For example, how many seniors…
BlogBeat
How Clinical Psychology is Improving our Understanding of Internet Addiction
May 4, 2012, 9:36 AM 3
By Angélica Pérez-Litwin New Latina: Psychology Corner The emergence of the internet in the past twenty years has changed the way we communicate, conduct business, and spend our free time. In many ways it has made our lives easier…
