Eliseo Medina is one of the loudest voices for reform One of the most pressing issues in American politics today is that of immigration reform. So far, all efforts to pass a bill to reform the current, broken system have stalled in Congress due to a lack of political willpower to push it through.
Fine points regarding Latino health has been revealed in multiple studies over the last number of years, and the public has become privy to information regarding conditions and diseases that most affect the Latino community.
The closure of Latino news sites questions the strategy and viability of targeting Hispanics with their own sites compared to reading English-language or general market news sources. Considering that Hispanics are such a large and growing market of United States media consumers, what went wrong?
Political parties' inability to secure a sufficient number of Latino candidates disallows the possibility that Latinos will be placed in political office, according to a study released by Michigan State University.
Dimly lit basements with buddies crowded around television screens and bosky public parks where friends are congregated around peeling picnic tables are the imagined settings for teenagers who engage in drug use and abuse. Though, the reality is that teens participate in drug use any and everywhere -and Latino teens are leading the trend
Poverty and birth rates share a dialogue, particularly for Hispanics. Families with children increasingly fall victim to poverty, an epidemic which mounted during the recession; caused by limited access to jobs, low wages, under-education, and high pregnancy rates. This directly relates to Latinas, as they have the highest rate of teen parenthood compared to other major racial or ethnic group in the country.
HSN and Univision have just bedded and conceived a new shopping portal, Boutique Univision, which will cater to Latino audiences and consumers. The partnership is a first-of-its-kind marketing partnership between two goliath companies, which will collaboratively tap the Hispanic consumer market.
Preheat the oven, and let the heat rise to an odd 425 degrees. Spray the roaster grill with oil. Then, add salt and pepper... let the meat sizzle on the grill. In no less than 45, you'll be serving 4-5 a warm and delicious meal. The Posh Latin Cook, Elena Carlo, designs and masters recipes like the Saffron & Honey Buffalo Drumsticks, and serves it up hot for her family to eat...but only after she photographs it for her blog.
The language barriers that Spanish-speaking Latino immigrants face whenever they enter a school hospital or courtroom, particularly in the South, is concerning. Very often, there are no interpreters present to answer questions or to respond when these individuals need to communicate with a teacher, a doctor or a judge, leaving them vulnerable and at the mercy of those individuals with whom they need to communicate. Nonetheless, things may be changing in one small city in Chatham County, Georgia.
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.
Unable to prove her heritage, Jakiyah McKoy loses her title as Little Miss Hispanic Delaware, though some say that it was stripped away because she is too black.
The U.S. Hispanic population is spreading throughout the country but is still mainly centered in California, Texas, and Florida, according to a study by The Pew Research Center's Hispanic Trends Project.
