Breast Cancer Prevention Among Latinas is Overlooked

Breast Cancer Prevention Among Latinas is Overlooked

Mary Mata December 21, 2012

By Hope Gillette, Huffington Post Latino Voices A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) suggested women receive too many mammograms, thus increasing their likelihood for misdiagnosis […]

Rosie Castro Among NHLI Mujer Award Honorees

Mary Mata December 11, 2012

By Raisa Camargo, Voxxi The National Hispana Leadership Institute honored four Latinas for their lifelong contributions to society and of those awarded include civil rights activist Maria del Rosario “Rosie” Castro, […]

Eva Longoria to Co-Chair President Obama’s Inauguration

Mary Mata December 10, 2012

By Hispanically Speaking News Eva Longoria has been named one of the co-chairs of President Barack Obama’s inaugural committee after successfully helping during his re-election campaign. This year, the former Desperate […]

Mexico’s Street Battles Reflected in Embroidered Handkerchiefs

Mary Mata December 4, 2012

By Jose de la Isla, Voxxi MEXICO CITY — Elia Andrade Olea and I sit down on a bench on Avenida Juárez. She was telling me about her collective’s mission to […]

Latina Politicians Battling in Texas

Mary Mata November 28, 2012

By Hector Luis Alamo Jr., Being Latino Two Latinas are battling it out in Texas — and, no, they’re not clawing at each other over a suave macho like in […]

Latina to Head National Catholic Organization

Mary Mata November 26, 2012

PRESS RELEASE SAN ANTONIO (November 26, 2012) –The Catholic Association of Latino Leaders (CALL) (www.call-usa.org) today announced that Diana Richardson Vela will assume the position of President and CEO effective January 1, […]

Going Back to Latinos in Social Media in Texas

Mary Mata October 25, 2012

By Melanie Mendez-Gonzales, NewsTaco I’m headed back to the Latinos in Social Media Conference (Latism) but this time it’s in my home state of Texas: Houston, Texas October 25-27, 2012. […]

Romney’s Empty “Binders Full of Women”

Mary Mata October 19, 2012

By Maria Cardona, Latinovations Mitt Romney showed up Tuesday night talking about “binders full of women” being brought to him when he was governor. Sounds kind of kinky and certainly not something you […]

Disney’s Newest Princess Is Latina? Really?

Mary Mata

By Latino Rebels You know when you have pages like NBC Latino and Remezcla sending you posts about a new Latina Disney princess, the Rebeldes have to check it out. Ok, at first, we […]

A Job Training Program Prepares Farmworkers For The Modern Economy

NewsTaco October 5, 2012

By Jen Reel, Texas Observer When Bill Clinton spoke at the 2012 Democratic National Convention, he quoted a statistic that most people were probably surprised to hear—in a climate of […]