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It’s only been three weeks since President Obama voiced his personal support for same-sex marriage, making him the first sitting-president to do so, and unleashing a swelling of media coverage. And while this news has died down in the media, there are still plenty of developments, both in the United States and in Latin America, Read More
Pres. Obama awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Dolores Huerta, the 82-year-old activist who, along with the late Cesar Chavez, led a successful campaign to organize American farm workers. It was the least the president could do, though, because without “Si, se puede” – the Chavez-Huerta duo’s iconic slogan – there would’ve never been Read More
Weekend News Now that pools and beaches are open for the summer, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is urging the Latino community to teach children to swim, since the USA Swimming Foundation estimates that nearly three out of four Latino kids can’t swim. I personally don’t know what to believe, though. One the one hand, Read More
I find that many thoughts tend to keep me up at night, since I am quite fond of pondering our collective futures: the type of world we wish to leave our grandchildren, the manner in which we preserve our biosphere, and how we can become better global citizens. Such endeavors require effective leadership to galvanize Read More
Memorial Day is a day of remembrance and honor, dedicated to our fellow citizens who have chosen to serve our country by joining the military. Yes, it also marks the “unofficial” start of summer and plenty of us will be spending the day at a BBQ, the beach or at a pool. And there’s nothing 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
Life is filled with many unexpected events, and if you ask most Hispanic adults if their lives have turned out as they envisioned, very few – if any – would be able to say “yes.” This is certainly true for the roughly 40 million people who were born in a foreign country, but in one 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
The celebrated Mexican author Carlos Fuentes died Tuesday, May 15, at the age of 83, drawing in his last breath in the capital city of his beloved ancestral homeland. His death is a loss for the entire literary world, but especially for the people of Latin America, even those unfamiliar with his work. Fuentes was Read More
By now, everyone is clearly tired of hearing about immigration, and 2012 has already proven to be another frustrating year for advocates of immigration reform. Between Marco Rubio’s pathetic, watered-down DREAM Act and the several versions of the bill that were voted down in states like Colorado and Florida earlier this year, immigration reform has proven to be a real Read More