Pressures On Latinas For The Perfect Body
by Christina Saenz The recent case of 17-year-old Dominique Ramirez brought to light of how Latinas experience sexist sizeism in ways that are similar to yet differ from white women. Dominique won […]
Why The EPA Is Important For Latino Families
The Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, has long protected the health and well-being of all Americans, particularly Latino families. Unfortunately, conservative politicians are leading efforts to attack, defund, and in some […]
Biased Study Shows Obese Latinas, Children Underestimate Weight
A new study shows that mothers who are obese, as well as their children, underestimate their weight. Most of those who participated in the Columbia University study were Latinos and […]
More US Latinos Live in Most Polluted Areas
When I was a kid I used to ride the public transportation in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico: over crowded and harried where the bus didn’t actually stop at the corner, it […]