Civil Rights Figures: Alice Cardona, 1930-2011

Born New York City 1930 to Puerto Rican parents, Alice Cardona spent the rest of her life advocating women’s and Latino’s rights. She began her career providing psychological support to […]

CNN is mixing up its morning broadcast:  Soledad O Brien, the network’s lead documentary correspondent will be co-anchoring the 7 a.m. newscast, according to Mediabistro. Soledad O’Brien, who is of Afro-Cuban […]

I remember the exact moment I became a feminist. Imagine a chubby, 12 year-old Oh Hells Nah bored at church. I was daydreaming (probably about food, as I often did) […]

After the piece I wrote about my cruel grandmother, there was a maelstrom on my mother’s side of the family. In short, I have been shunned. Let’s just say that […]

Earlier this month 22 year-old Paola Longoria of San Luis Potosi, Mexico won the US Open Racquetball Championship, beating the #1 female player in the world Rhonda Rajsich, and earning her […]

Alabama’s highest ranking law enforcement officer is accusing President Obama of pulling the race card to unfairly target his state. Here’s what happened: After Alabama approved the strictest state-level immigration law […]

I grew up on a street with prostitutes on the corner. The Cove Motel on Cicero Ave. teemed with ragged-looking women and unctuous, terrifying men. At the time, I had […]

By Maria Elena Perez, interim Executive Director of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health “It’s like my mom… doesn’t exist. My mom doesn’t ask too much of her place […]

The headline across the top of a Pew Hispanic Center press release is ominous: The Toll of the Great Recession. The body of the story doesn’t get any better. More Latino […]

By Laura Donnelly Gonzalez, co-founder Latinitas I run a Latina-led and based non-profit focused on empowering Hispanic girls and teens using media and technology. I hire 20-25 Hispanic women between the […]