Yes, It’s summer: Now Quit Staring At My Butt
Yes, It’s summer: Now Quit Staring At My Butt
By Jeniffer Patiño, Gozamos Every year I get excited to wear summer clothes again. Flower print dresses, bright colors, big hats! Granted, compared to other people my summer wardrobe isn’t […]
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 […]
Mathematician: Chicanos Have Only One Degree Of Separation
By Maria Puriaima, Pocho Ñews Service (PNS reporting from EAST LOS) All people have six degrees of separation? Hells, nah! A new study by an area mathematician begs to differ. “The truth […]
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 […]
When A Beso Isn’t A Kiss: Integrating Our Cultures
By Maitri Pamo, Being Latino It was an awkward moment and we all felt it. My first official play date with a friend from school and Mami, upon meeting the girl’s mother, […]
The U.S. Latino Story Is Our Story, Let’s Tell It
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco First let’s list the things we know about being Latino in the U.S. These aren’t things that have been empirically proven, well promoted and marketed – […]
Pulp Fiction and the Latina Bombshell
From the textmex obsessed imagination of William A. Nericcio Another Chapter in the History of Pulp Fiction and the Latina Bombshell Huge thanks to Oliver Mayer, the amazing LA-based playwright and USC […]
How Latinas Are Changing The Face Of The Girl Scouts
By Rocio González, Voxxi The name Lidia Soto-Harmon might not ring a bell with many. But in the nation’s capital, the CEO of theGirl Scout Council chapter that serves Washington, D.C., […]
America Ferrera Heads Campaign To Mobilize Latino Voters
By Griselda Nevárez, Voxxi In 1994, America Ferrera was 9 years old living in Los Angeles when California voters overwhelmingly passed Proposition 187. The law, which was later ruled unconstitutional by a […]
Only Two Latinos In Key Positions On Network TV News?
By Grace Flores-Hughes, Voxxi Earlier this month, Univision, the most watched Spanish language television network in the United States announced that it was teaming with ABC News to target the ever-growing English- […]
