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It is estimated that more than 22 million Hispanics will be eligible to vote in 2012 and that voter turnout could be as high as 12 million. Not only are Latinos the fastest growing block voters, they are especially important in battleground states with large Hispanic populations, such as Florida, Nevada, New Mexico and Colorado. Read More
Latinos Doing Their Thing… Andrea Arroyo is a Mexican-born, award-winning visual artist and curator who has received dozens of accolades for her work, including Groundbreaking Latina in the Arts Award, 21 Leaders for the 21st Century Award, and Outstanding Latina of the Year. She was also selected by President Clinton to create the Global Citizen Read More
Despite the recent popularity of shows like 16 and Pregnant, teenage pregnancy has reached an all-time low. At the same time, rates remain high for Hispanics. The latest numbers from the CDC show that the teen birth rate in 2010 dropped by 9 percent from 2009 to 34.3 births per 1,000 women aged 15-19—the lowest Read More
Latinos tend to be seen as more conservative than others, but a new survey shows that they are no more or less likely than the general population to describe their own views as “conservative” or “very conservative.” In fact, Latinos are more likely to describe their views as liberal.While 30 percent of Latino adults described Read More
About just as many Mexican families are leaving the U.S. as they are coming. A recent report by the Pew Hispanic Center shows that from 2005-2010, roughly 1.4 Mexicans immigrated to the United States, but about the same number of Mexican immigrants (and their U.S.-born children) moved from the United States to Mexico. These numbers Read More
The health community has known for decades that Latinos as a group have better health outcomes despite having less access to health and high poverty rates. This has been referred to as the “Hispanic paradox.” A recent study on lung cancer out of the University of Miami A University of Miami study confirmed the paradox Read More
Even though we know there are a million good reasons to work out, we always manage to come up with one excuse or another to get out of it. If any of these excuses sound familiar, try these strategies: No time: Try multitasking by exercising while you watch TV or when you’re at work. Sometimes Read More
As Latinos, our dinner tables are no strangers to healthy portions of meat. But we may want to consider the frequency at which we consume them. According to a new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, eating more red meat is associated with a sharp increased risk of death from cancer and heart Read More
Few Latina women make the news as often as Jennifer Lopez. Not only does she have successful movie and music careers while appearing as a judge on American Idol from week to week, but her love life is televised like the latest telenovela. While juggling all of these very public roles and her four-year-old twins, Read More
A recent article in the New York Times Magazine featured the story of a young girl who had begun to show signs of puberty at age six. She is far from alone. In August 2010, a study published in Pediatricshowed that by age seven, 10 percent of white girls, 15 percent of Hispanic girls, 23 Read More