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Thursday June 14, 2012 Aging Hispanics double in Washington, pose health-care challenge (The Seattle Times): Large numbers of migrant workers who came to the state decades ago and stayed after […]
Why Every Day Is Father’s Day
By Sandra Sanchez, Voxxi It’s the little things that remind me of my dad always – not just on Father’s Day. Like when I peel an orange and rather than reach […]
On Gender Disparities: Can Women Be Blamed For Machismo?
By Silvia Casablanca, Voxxi While teaching a family health course at the University of Cartagena many years ago, the stories students told about the different roles that members of their […]
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Tuesday June 12, 2012 Supreme Court to rule soon on health care, immigration; what happens next? (CBS News): Monday is the beginning of the final three weeks of the Supreme […]
Minority Youth Face Worse Health Due To More Discrimination
PRESS RELEASE WASHINGTON, DC, June 11, 2012 — An Indiana University study found that teens and young adults who are members of multiple minority or disadvantaged groups face more discrimination […]
Salvadoran Government Negotiates With Criminal Gang
By Texas Observer In March, a leading investigative online news journal in El Salvador, El Faro, broke the news that the government was negotiating a reduction in homicides with the […]
Hispanic Children Twice As Likely To Be At Risk Of Hunger
By Voxxi More than 48 million people in the United States live in food insecure households, and Hispanicsare twice as likely to live at risk of hunger, compared to non-Hispanic whites, […]
Not Enough Summer Programs To Feed Hungry Children
By Marian Wright Edelman, Other Words Summertime can be a carefree, relaxing season filled with cookouts, backyard picnics, and trips to the ice cream truck. But for too many kids, […]
Finding Oscar: Massacre, Memory And Justice In Guatemala, Chapter 8: Two Guatemalas
(Editor’s note: This is the last of an eight part series) By Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, and Ana Arana, Fundación MEPI Chapter 8: Two Guatemalas Last August, a Guatemalan court found three former […]
Finding Oscar: Massacre, Memory And Justice In Guatemala, Chapter 7
(Editor’s note: This is the seventh of an eight part series) By Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, and Ana Arana, Fundación MEPI Chapter 7: ‘Sorrows Can Swim’ Oscar waited about six weeks for the […]