National Latino Groups Mobilize to Get More Women in Politics

By Patricia Guadalupe, NBCNews Latinas are just over 1 percent of the nation’s more than 7,000 state senators and representatives, and just 2 percent of members of Congress. A coalition […]

By Associated Press/Fox News Latino NEW HAVEN, CONN. (AP) –  Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who grew up poor in New York City, described Monday how she navigated new worlds […]

By NPR/WEKU Like most sitting Supreme Court justices, Sonia Sotomayor is circumspect when talking about the court; but she has written intimately about her personal life — more so than is customary […]

By Paloma Corredor, Voxxi Margarita Garcia Nuñez, la Abuela Margarita, is a force to be reckoned with on the Internet. Healer and guardian of the Mayan tradition, this 76 year-old, wise […]

By Latino USA For Latina women it can often seem like there are only two types of representation they see in the media. They’re either sexy and “spicy” or religious […]

By Sandra Lilley, NBCLatino A group of women representing immigration, civil rights, labor and women’s rights – joined by undocumented immigrant women – blockaded an intersection outside the House of […]

By Kansas City InfoZine Lawrence, KS – infoZine – In her new book, “The Latina Advantage: Gender, Race and Political Success,” University of Kansas political science professor Christina Bejarano explores […]

By Zoia Zentella, Latina Voices By the time I was 16 my hair was a mess, brittle, split ends. I was told that the remedy lay in a bottle of […]

By Elizabeth de Armas, Miami Herald Every Monday, Iomara Morejon looks forward to attending Healthy Chicas, a program at Miami Children’s Hospital that is designed to empower overweight and obese […]

By Hispanically Speaking News You might not know who Daniela Liebman is but to truly appreciate her you must hear her.  Liebman is a Mexican-American piano prodigy who at the tender age […]