LatinaLista — When it comes to politics, it’s understood that it can be a rough sport between the opposing parties. Extreme exaggerations, outright lies, name-calling — and that’s the civil part of it. However, Republicans have taken politics to…
LatinaLista — Since their defeat in the 2008 elections, the Republican party knows it has to build a better relationship with Latino voters but to date they refuse to seize those opportunities that could begin the process. It’s been…
LatinaLista — It’s been nine years since the Multi-Ethnic Media Coalition, comprised of the National Hispanic Media Council (NLMC), the Asian Pacific American Media Coalition (APAMC) and the American Indians in Film & TV (AIFTV), began pushing television networks…
LatinaLista — Identity politics, as defined by Wikipedia, is “ political action to advance the interests of members of a group whose members are oppressed by virtue of a shared and marginalized identity (such as race, ethnicity, religion, gender,…
LatinaLista — What if there was one place where at the click of a mouse you could immediately access audio, video and written documentation of the evolving history and culture of the Latino population in the United States? As…
LatinaLista Trivia Quiz: Where was the first Spanish-language newspaper in the United States published? If you guessed Los Angeles, San Antonio, Chicago, Phoenix, Miami, New York City or Santa Fe, you’re wrong! The first Spanish-language newspaper was in —…
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…
LatinaLista – While both presidential campaigns say they want the Latino vote, it’s been obvious for sometime that its Latinos in certain states whose votes will make or break the race to the Oval Office, and those are the…
By Maria del Carmen Salazar, Ph.D. Dr. Maria del Carmen Salazar Dr. Maria del Carmen Salazar of the University of Denver served as the lead author on “Agenda Latina,” a report that evaluated the current economic, health and educational…
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…
LatinaLista — The idea that the Latino vote could play a pivotal position with this year’s presidential election is one that is appreciated by all Latinos. It’s also being capitalized upon. After all, knowing that both parties are strategizing…
LatinaLista — AIDS is a Latino problem more than ever. That’s the analysis of a new report, The Crisis of HIV/AIDS Among Latinos/Hispanics in United States, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands, released today by the Latino Commission on…
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 —…
LatinaLista — Who can forget about the outrage that veteran PBS documentarian Ken Burns created when he left out mention of Latino contributions in his epic World War II film? If it had not been for the organized protest…
LatinaLista — The market research firm Synovate wanted to do a survey showing how whites, blacks, Asians and Hispanic voters feel about the major issues being debated in these presidential elections. Nothing wrong with that. The more insight in…
LatinaLista — For the last couple of weeks, one topic that has perpetuated the media and the blogosphere is the notion that there exists a Black-Brown divide on the national political front. It’s pretty much accepted among the inteligente…
LatinaLista — Last week, Nevada’s largest Spanish-language newspaper El Mundo announced they were endorsing Hillary Clinton for President. Frontpage of Nevada’s El Mundo newspaper. Mainstream media reporting on the endorsement were sure to include: El Mundo is the oldest…
LatinaLista — An interesting exchange recently with a young twenty-something Latino reader shed light on why so many young Latinos and Latinas are finding themselves attracted to Obama and plan to vote for him. Barak Obama (Source: slate.com) It…
LatinaLista — It used to be that when talk turned to political elections, the strength of the Latino vote always came into question. A viable threat or wishful thinking? Well, if the number of new citizenship applications is any…
LatinaLista — The war is over! Not that war but the one waged against documentarian Ken Burns by those of us frustrated that he left out any mention of the Latino contribution in his next marathon film for PBS…
LatinaLista — The Georgia Radio Hall of Fame is not short on worthy nominees for their annual Career Achievement awards. So, it’s puzzling why they would include syndicated radio host Neal Boortz in light of his decidedly anti-Hispanic (immigrant)…
LatinaLista — There are some topics worth talking about over…and over…and over… and, well, you get the idea. Aside from politics where issues are put to a vote by an assembly of people, I’m talking about the kind of…
LatinaLista — By now, the vast majority of states in the nation have considered or have passed legislation targeting undocumented immigrants living and working within their city limits. (Source: Angus Reid Global Monitor) The driving force to get this…
LatinaLista — At one level, any immigration debate concerns a raw political calculation: Who ends up with more voters? An article in today’s Washington Post makes an interesting observation about the Latino community as a whole — though not…
LatinaLista — Excuse me if I don’t laugh at the latest comic who thinks it’s hilarious that Ken Burns is including Latinos in his PBS documentary about WWII called “The War.” A monologue joke is one thing, sarcastic comedy…
