By Subramanian Shankar The Conversation In the United States, inequality tends to be framed as an issue of either class, race or both. Consider, for example, criticism that Republicans’ new tax plan is a weapon of “class warfare,” or…
General, Videos
Video: Hunger hitting low-income Latinos in California the hardest
Jul 23, 2012, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — California may be known as the state where make-believe can turn into big bucks but there’s nothing make believe about California having one of the highest number of people who are going hungry. The University of California…
By Mary Liepold Peace X Peace When the scandal around President Obama’s Secret Service took over the headlines last month, it all but obscured the reason he went to Colombia: the 2012 Summit of the Americas. Pan-American relations were…
Economy, Environment, General, Global Views, Human Rights
Dump Day campaign raises money to feed people who live at Honduras dump
Apr 14, 2010, 9:24 AM 1
LatinaLista — It wasn’t that long ago that Honduras dominated world headlines due to the country’s political turmoil, and remains in the spotlight because of the increase in violence and murders of journalists. Yet there is another story in…
Children, General, Health, Money, Nonprofit, Social Justice
Spotlight Non-profit: One little girl’s needless death inspired a community to create equal access to healthcare
Apr 2, 2010, 3:11 PM 0
LatinaLista — In 1975, a six-year-old girl named Virginia Garcia cut her foot in Oregon, where the girl’s farmworker family had come from their home in Mission, Texas to harvest the local produce. Speaking little English and having no…
Diversity, Palabra Final, Politics
Conservatives who blame minorities for economic meltdown should get their facts straight
Oct 3, 2008, 3:10 PM 10
LatinaLista — Now that the House of Representatives has signed off on the $700 billion rescue/bailout plan, people are breathing a sigh of relief that credit will finally start loosening up to get those car and college loans. They’re…
