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Plant closure sought for polluting Latino district of Los Angeles

Mary Mata March 12, 2014

By EFE/Global Post Los Angeles, Mar 11 (EFE).- Community leaders requested Tuesday the urgent closure of a battery-recycling plant in Vernon, California, after a report was published showing the existence […]

Marketing Mistakes Hurt Latino Enrollment In California

Mary Mata March 7, 2014

Poor and Hispanic Workers Are Least Likely to Have Sick Days

Mary Mata March 6, 2014

Salt Lake City teen wants to rename school for fallen Latino soldier

Mary Mata March 5, 2014

By Lisa Schencker, The Salt Lake Tribune Washington Elementary. Jackson Elementary. Lincoln Elementary. They’re all schools in Salt Lake City bearing the names of great men. But they’re also all […]

Solving ‘The Boy Problem’

Mary Mata February 28, 2014

By Michigan University Today Boys will be boys, goes the old adage, but it’s exactly this philosophy that has hurt young men in urban classrooms for more than a century, […]

Open letter to Chicago Public Schools CEO and the Latino Advisory Committee

Mary Mata

By Ray Salazar, NewsTaco As Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennet and the Latino Advisory Committee prepare for their second meeting next week, I share this feedback to emphasize that, […]

New data book outlines Hispanic/Latino health

Mary Mata February 27, 2014

PRESS RELEASE The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, released the largest and most comprehensive health and lifestyle analysis of people from a […]