climate change
Funny Or Sad: The GOP Presidential Candidates
What is passing as a Republican Presidential Primary is both sad and funny. Sad because the current process, very public and very embarrassing, is designed to nominate a candidate who […]
Latino Support Vital To Preserve Colorado River
Though its name might be a little misleading, the Colorado River flows through seven states, running over 1,400 miles through the U.S. Southwest before emptying out into the Gulf of […]
Latinos Face Major Risks From Delays Of Air Pollution Rules
Latinos are among those facing the greatest risk from efforts to block the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) updates to health safeguards protecting Americans from ozone, mercury and other dangerous air […]
Latinos In CO, NV & NM Work To Conserve Colorado River
A group that hopes to conserve the Colorado River and surrounding environment, Nuestro Río, is set to hold several events today in Albuquerque, Denver and Las Vegas to spread their […]
Watching Out For Our Water
By Shayda Naficy, otherwords.org Water is at risk in the United States and around the world. Its quality and availability is in peril. Today, nearly one in eight people lack access […]
Summer Heat Worse For Diabetics
This summer has been one of the hottest on record, thousands of temperature records have been broken across the country, killing dozens of people and sending thousands with illnesses like […]
Green Can Grow Latino Business Ownership
By Jorge Madrid Latinos are launching new businesses at greater rates than ever – more than double the rate of all new U.S. businesses from 2002-2007, according to a new […]
John McCain: Arizona Wildfires Caused By Immigrants
John McCain says that the wildfires that have destroyed almost half a million acres of land in Arizona were caused by undocumented immigrants. Seriously. I saw the fires, literally, as […]
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 […]
Obama: US-Latin America Past is Past
Ask pretty much any person from Latin America and they’ll tell you that the one word that defines the US relationship to that part of the world is paternalistic, at times either meddling or […]