For Latinas, a Guide to Success at Work
For Latinas, a Guide to Success at Work
By Valeria Fernández, New America Media Editor’s Note: Rose Castillo Guilbault, celebrated author of the memoir, “Farmworker’s Daughter: Growing Up Mexican in America,” has just released a new work with co-author Louis […]
At Fifteen, Latina High School Scientist Is Making World-wide History
By Joe Mayfield/Milton Torres, Popular Hispanic Meet Samantha Marquez, junior at the Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School for Government and International Studies, a magnet high school in Richmond, Virginia. With a […]
Pay gap tied to minimum wage; Latinas hit hardest
By Jacquellena Carrero, NBCLatino The fact that women’s wages lag behind men’s is nothing new, but a new report is showing that the minimum wage may have something to do with […]
Racism key factor in Latino teens behavioral problems
By Hope Gillette, Saludify Non-Hispanic black and Hispanic adolescents are more likely to suffer the negative impacts of perceived racial discrimination compared to non-Hispanic whites, indicates a study from Laura M. […]
California’s Mental Health System Targeted Latinas For Sterilization
By Annie-Rose Strasser, Think Progress Latina women in California’s mental health system were disproportionately targeted for forced sterilization for seventy years, according to new research by the University of Michigan. Between 1909 […]
The Science of “Latina’
Maria Hinojosa, Latino USA Dominican-American author Raquel Cepeda went on a search to find out about her heritage and identity. How? Through ancestral DNA testing. María Hinojosa speaks with Cepeda […]
Latino Teen Birth Rate Drops Dramatically
By Hispanically Speaking News A new government study by the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics shows that teen birth rates have plummeted especially for Hispanic teen girls. The teen birth rate […]
Eva Longoria Stars at Senate Hearing to Promote Latina Entrepreneurs
By Kent Hoover, Austin Business Journal Celebrity advocates are common on Capitol Hill, but actressEva Longoria was more than just a pretty face at a Senate hearing on “Strengthening the Entrepreneurial […]
‘Latino Museum’ Proposed for National Mall
By Stephen Dinan, The Washington Times A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Thursday proposed adding an American Latino Museum to the National Mall, saying it’s time to recognize the growing public […]
Girls of Conjunto
By Delaney Hall, Laitno USA Meet the Garza sisters. Playing Tex-Mex Conjunto music publicly used to be the sole domain of men…till sisters Lala and Marcella took up the accordion […]
