By Dan Birman The Conversation Inside the Juvenile Justice Center in Nashville, Tennessee is a steel door fitted with a high-security system. Push a button and the door unlocks, revealing another steel door with a slot for IDs. When…
LatinaLista — The Mexican drug war and its fallout has inspired dozens of movies, documentaries and TV shows over the years and it would be easy to think they are all the same. Yet, the latest entry into this…
By Nazih Richani The Conversation Colombia’s civil war is finally winding down. Over the past 51 years, it has killed over 250,000 people and displaced over five million. It has caused havoc in the rural economy and the…
By Nancy Landa LatinaLista In 2012, a U.S. Border Patrol agent fired 12 times through the fence that divides the United States with Mexico, killing an unarmed 16-year old Mexican teenager named José Antonio Elena Rodríguez. His tragic…
LatinaLista La Perla Documentary La Perla is a historical community in San Juan, Puerto Rico. As of 2000, an estimated population of 338 was reported. La Perla is known for its alleged high rate of illegal activities. In recent…
By Kay Valle Infosurhoy.com Ninety-eight percent of femicides remain unsolved due to the lack of resources, according to Honduras’ Special Public Prosecutor for Women. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – One female was killed every 13 hours in the Central American nation…
J.Smith LatinaLista Philadelphia – “Sin Papeles, No Miedo.” Without Papers, We’re Not Afraid.” For more than five years, this was the defiant cry of immigrant advocacy groups fighting against the collaborative relationship between local law enforcement and federal immigration…
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…
LatinaLista — Move over Wonder Woman, Super Woman and every other female action heroine. It’s about time a Latina joined the ranks — and she has! By day, she is mild-mannered, tough-talking Assistant DA Sofía Escala. By night, she…
