Will Women Be Required to Register With the Selective Service?

Will Women Be Required to Register With the Selective Service?

NewsTaco May 9, 2013

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco It took more than 200 years for the United States to allow women to serve in the front lines of military combat. It might not take […]

Minorities Wait Longer For Breast Cancer surgery

Mary Mata April 29, 2013

By Genevra Pittman, Reuters/Chicago Tribune NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among young women diagnosed with breast cancer, black and Hispanic patients were more likely to wait weeks for treatment, in […]

Gender Wage Gap is Harsher for Immigrant Women

Mary Mata April 22, 2013

By Erika L. Sánchez, NBCLatino It’s no secret that Latinas are the hardest hit by the gender wage gap. A recent analysis from the National Partnership for Women and Families showed that Latinas are […]

Dolores Huerta Inducted Into California Hall of Fame

Mary Mata March 22, 2013

By The Bakersfield Californian Labor leader and human rights activist Dolores Huerta was inducted into the California Hall of Fame during a ceremony Wednesday night at The California Museum in Sacramento, according […]

Mother Faces Deportation for Having Barking Dogs

Mary Mata March 20, 2013

By Jennie Pasquarella, ACLU of Southern California and Axel Caballero, Cuéntame  Where would you expect to find half-a-dozen patrol cars on New Year’s Eve?  In Bakersfield, California, ranked in the highest […]

Girls of Conjunto

Mary Mata March 11, 2013

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 […]

Latinas Build Confidence Through Photography in LA

Mary Mata March 8, 2013

By Nadine Natour, NBCLatino This is the second installment of Latinas empowering other Latinas to succeed in honor of Women’s History Month.  For ten high school girls enrolled in the photography […]

Abnormal Mammogram Results Typically Delayed for Latinas

Mary Mata March 7, 2013

By Salud Today Latinas who have an abnormal mammogram result take 33 days longer to reach definitive diagnosis of breast cancer than non-Hispanic white women, according to a new study by the […]

GANGS: Cisco and the Streets

Mary Mata

By Sam Quiñones, A Reporter’s Blog Mexican Mafia member Rafael “Cisco” Munoz-Gonzalez was sentenced to life in prison today. Munoz-Gonzalez was tried on charges that he’d controlled the Puente 13 […]

7 Common Symptoms of a Heart Attack in Latinas

Mary Mata March 4, 2013

By Salud Today About 40% of Latinas have two or more risk factors for having a heart attack, according to a recent study. But fewer than half of Latinas recognize […]