15% Of Latina Teens Attempt Suicide

Latina youth attempt suicide at rates that are often twice that of other ethnic groups, we’ve reported on this before and noted that one reason may be the culture clash […]

I was riding on the bus today, on my way to work, when I was accosted by the weirdest solicitor of all time. He was a young man, about 17 […]

An actual “anchor baby” operation was recently shut down outside of Los Angeles, California involving pregnant Chinese women who paid to receive pre- and post-natal care and have their babies […]

I wanted to post the actual letter from substitute teacher Tony Hill, and then the response from the school where his alleged experiences took place, Harold W. Smith Elementary. He […]

An Arizona Republican state senator, Lori Klein, decided to add her name to the list of racist politicos in that state last week when she read what she said was […]

More young people than ever are being diagnosed with diabetes, meaning that the future of health care in this country is going to be even worse than we thought, and […]

Northern California Latino youth have been battling injunctions that underscore latent fears that all latino youth are gang members. According to the blog Dream Deployed: On March 4th 2011 , […]

[Editor’s Note: The following post was written by Abby Rapoport and originally appeared in The Texas Observer.] 11,000 parents, teachers and advocates stormed the Capitol Saturday to demand lawmakers spend […]

The U.S. will need one million Latinos with four- and two-year degrees for the next 14 years to catch up to goals set by non-profits and organizations like the Hispanic […]

Scientists may have accidentally discovered the cure for baldness, at least baldness due to stress. The researchers were studying stress-related stomach problems by injecting mice with a stress-blocking compound, which had the […]