One North Dakota resident called into the Y94 radio station in Fargo offering some children tricks rather than treats this Halloween. Instead of simply giving candy to every child, children who she considers to be “moderately obese” will get a critical letter in their goodie bag as well.
Gourmet Gringos, known exclusively for their touring food trucks that distribute Latin cuisine, is opening a new 25-seat restaurant at Bathurst and St. Clair in Toronto, Canada.
Daylight saving time (DST) ends Sunday. We have all been told this means that we save energy and get an extra hour of sleep, but how does this work? Why exactly do we "spring forward" and "fall back?"
Día de los Muertos artworks, crafts and exhibitions are being brought to many Los Angeles residents by a non-profit art center in East Los Angeles, having done so for the last 40 years. These services are being made available to the public until Nov. 2.
BuzzFeed, a website that claims to have "the hottest, most social content on the web" has certainly caught on like viral wildfire - and they are planning to ignite more buzz by tapping into the multilingual media as well.
Jack Kerouac, the famed American novelist, wrote the postwar Beat Generation novel, "On the Road," which documented his travels as he journeyed across America. One chapter in the book focuses on Kerurac’s sexual relationship with a Latina farm worker, who Kerouac called “Terry, the Mexican girl,” a woman who was fleeing from an abusive husband and left her two children behind to do so. Novelist, performance artist and poet Tim Z. Hernandez uncovered “the Mexican girl’s” true identity, Bea Franco, and created his own work, "Mañana Means Heaven," about Franco’s life.
Knights Templar, a notorious Mexican drug cartel, is squaring off with self-defense groups from the Mexican state of Michoacan. The escalating conflict between the self-defense groups and cartels led to a shootout this past weekend in Apatzingan, as well as attacks on power stations that left thousands without power.
On Monday, a federal judge made a powerful determination that affects all women, including a large Latina population, stating that Texas' abortion restrictions place an unconstitutional burden on women seeking to end a pregnancy -- a ruling that keeps open dozens of abortion clinics across the state while officials appeal.
Latino Action Network (LAN), a Latino civil rights network filed complaints against the Christie Administration through the Department of Housing and Urban Development, alleging that the governor’s administration broke federal laws by failing to make public knowledge available in English and Spanish for those who seek Sandy recovery grant programs.
A study recently published in the journal Brain, Behavior, and Immunity examined the effects of red meat, soft drinks and refined grains on women. According to the study, women who have diets high in these foods, such as pasta, were more likely to suffer from depression.
Halloween is just around the corner and there are still many who are trying to figure out what to wear on this Thursday night. If you haven't decided yet, here are some last-minute simple yet chic Halloween costume ideas, taken from the iconic fashion-forward characters from the big screen.
Seventy-two U.S. Hispanic artists will be represented at the Smithsonian Institute’s American Art Museum, in hopes of showing the beauty and prowess of Hispanic art as well as artists who have often been ignored, and deemed unfamiliar or exotic by American viewers.
The Latino and black student population has dwindled greatly in NYC's elite specialized high schools over the last five years, but the next elected mayor could reverse this.
