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September 30, 2019

Sep 30, 2019, 6:31 AM 0

Did we really need a study to say that some Latinos pay this much of their salaries to rent?; Biden is looking otra vez to Latinos to help push him to win the nomination. Will he succeed?; and Los…

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People of color breathe more air pollution

Sep 21, 2017, 10:59 AM 0

By Jennifer Langston Futurity People of color are exposed to more pollution from cars, trucks, and power plants than whites, a new 10-year study shows. Researchers estimated exposure to outdoor concentrations of a transportation-related pollutant—nitrogen dioxide (NO2)— in both…

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Why Are Most-Stressed-Out Cities Largely Latino?

May 1, 2017, 10:44 AM 0

By Cliff Despres SaludToday Where you live could be impacting your stress levels (and overall health). SmartAsset, a financial company, recently examined the positive and negative factors of the largest 500 U.S. cities to determine the stress levels facing…

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Bilingual Texts to Help Quit Smoking

Feb 24, 2017, 10:23 AM 0

By Cliff Despres SaludToday Smoking is a tough opponent to beat. Quitxt is a free texting service in English or Spanish that turns your mobile phone into a personal coach to help you quit smoking, using interactive and entertaining texts,…

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Why Aren’t There More Latino NFL Players?

Feb 7, 2017, 10:26 AM 0

By Cliff Despres SaludToday Of the 106 players on the Atlanta and New England NFL rosters in this weekend’s Super Bowl, only one appears to have Latino heritage—Patriots’ long snapper Joe Cardona. Only 26 of 1,696 NFL players were Latino…

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Latino communities want to take action on climate change

Oct 18, 2016, 1:00 PM 0

By Lizette Escobedo Moms Clean Air Force   Latino leaders gathered in Washington, D.C. recently for the National Latino Climate Leadership Forum to discuss how to best tackle environmental issues impacting Latinos. As I’ve mentioned in my previous posts, low-income communities of color…

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Will Hispanic voters swing US presidential election?

Sep 13, 2016, 1:51 PM 0

By Clifton B. Parker Futurity Hispanics are the largest ethnic minority group in the United States, and their concerns will have a major impact on the 2016 presidential election. Stanford University historian Albert Camarill speaks here about their influence,…

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Latinos face digital divide in health care

Aug 9, 2016, 10:47 AM 0

By Mariaelena Gonzalez The Conversation When considering Latinos, educators often struggle with how to close the achievement gap. That gap is often defined as a disparity in academic success between native English speakers and those for whom Spanish was their…

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How Latinos Perceive the Role of Government

Aug 3, 2016, 9:57 AM 0

By Juhem Navarro-Rivera Demos Latino/as’ changing economic fortunes in the wake of the Great Recession and the racist undertones of anti-immigrant rhetoric are major sources of their disillusionment with the Republican Party. While Latino/as have more positive attitudes toward…

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Study: Latinos Not Eating as Healthy as Whites

Jun 30, 2016, 12:43 PM 0

By Cliff Despres Salud Today   More Americans are eating healthier, but a widening nutrition gap is separating Whites from Latinos and African Americans, according to a new study, the L.A. Times reports. The study, which examined 34,000 U.S. adults’ diets from…

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Why Latinos really do care about climate change

Apr 20, 2016, 11:00 AM 0

By Lizette Escobedo Moms Clean Air Force   While the Latino community certainly focuses on policy issues such as comprehensive immigration reform and unemployment, we also care deeply about the environmental issues, especially how pollution and toxic waste makes its…