Latina Rape Victim, 11, In Dire Straits, Family Seeking Donations

A sad, sad story from Texas that is being complicated on all sorts of ways. The basic story is this: Starting in September of last year, an 11 year-old girl […]

Ever wear a blouse that people just can’t stop complimenting you on? That’s what happens when you wear a color that’s perfect for you. When I was in high school […]

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 […]

Summer is here, or at least it will be soon, and you know what that means ladies — the ever painful search for chores, or unos chor, or shorts if […]

Grace Flores-Hughes is a federal employee who says she created the word “Hispanic” for official government use. She’s from South Texas and seems to be  Republican. There’s a long interview […]

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 […]

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 […]

Hey everyone, so in case you don’t know, this week has been the South By Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin, Texas. It’s a huge music showcase that takes over Austin, […]

Five Chicana artists will be part of an exhibit, “ChicaChic: The New Wave Of Chicana Art” for the next few weeks. The show runs at the California Institue of Integral […]

“You don’t look Mexican” is something I hear a lot. I hear it from whites, African-Americans, Asians, Mexican nationals, Latinos from Latin America, just about everyone. Of course, in polite […]