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An item posted on Facebook caused me to take a step back and think about a question, two questions actually, which has been in the back of my mind for a long time: the classic Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s, 1960s and into the 1970s was concerned with creating equal opportunity for all Americans Read More
Imagine being an immigrant, sustaining an injury, being sent to the hospital for treatment and then waking up in your native country. It sounds like a pitch for a fiction novel, but this is true. It is called “medical repatriation” and according to a report by the Center for Social Justice (CSJ) at Seton Hall Read More
Hector Luis Alamo, Jr. in his March 25th article on this website, Pope Francis is not Latino (and barely Latin American),claimed that as a child of immigrants to Argentina, albeit one born in Argentina, Jorge Mario Bergoglio could not be considered either Latino or Latin American since he is the first generation of his family born Read More
There is no doubt that Latinas have proven over time that we are capable of accomplishing everything that we set our minds to do and much more. We have an unstoppable force that drives us to continue working hard with total disregard for the possible road bumps. A perfect example to this tenacity is Irma Read More
When it comes to Latinos’ presence in media, Soledad O’Brien insists it isn’t about numbers, it’s about impact. In her interview with Jorge A. Plasencia, chairman of the National Council of La Raza at the Hispanicize 2013 closing Latinnovator luncheon held Saturday, April 13, 2013 in Miami, Soledad appealed to the room of social media Read More
Since 1992, William Cepeda has been bringing Afro-Rican Jazz to the world. The music he shares with us is a combination of world music, progressive jazz, and traditional Afro-Puerto Rican roots and folk music and dance. A Grammy-nominated artist and composer, and the protégé of John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespsie, William continuously advocates for research and documentation Read More
Juanes – a household name among Latinos – is now becoming just as popular in the American mainstream. Not only did Juanes win a Grammy for Best Latino Album (he also won in 2009), he also just published his memoir, Chasing the Sun, in Spanish and English and will be performing on Dancing with the Read More
Recent findings from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) have come out indicating that Latino teen pregnancies have decreased by 12%. While this is a tremendous win, other CDC research finds that the downward trend in teen pregnancies doesn’t transpire to repeat pregnancies. In fact, according to the same report, 86% of teen pregnancies are Read More
On the one-year anniversary of his arrest, for the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman is defended by his mother, Gladys Zimmerman, in a letter that was released to the public recently, via the Twitter page of her son, Robert Zimmerman Junior. “April 11, 2012 will be forever remembered by the Zimmerman family as Read More
AT&T’s Social Media Blogathon Promotion Official Rules NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. 1. OVERVIEW: AT&T’s Social Media Blogathon Promotion (the “Promotion”) is sponsored by Being Latino, Inc. (“Sponsor”). The Promotion begins April 9, 2013 at 9:00 am Central Time (“CT”) and Read More