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Feed aggregatorUrban Youth Ask Are We Married to Facebook for Life
Ed Note Lowincome young people in the San Francisco Bay Area write about how they see their future with the regional Internet giant FacebookMolly Raynor 27 RichmondI am a 27yearold transplant from Ann Arbor Michigan I run a creative arts
Cutting School Buses Would Spell Disaster for CAs Desert Communities
Governor Jerry Brown recently announced that midyear budget cuts could include a reduction of school transportation budgets by 15 million throughout California The news was met with horror by students parents and community members in the eastern Coachella Valley an
Komen Reversal a Victory for Latina Fight Against Breast Cancer
NEW YORKWhen I was 16 a health educator came to my highschool gym class corralled the girls in the locker room and talked about breast health My experience that day proved fateful for me and those memories came back this
Study California Women Falling Behindand Held Back by Budget Cuts
ampnbspSAN FRANCISCOWomen are recovering from the recession at a slower rate than men according to a new report by the California Budget Project CBP published in partnership with the Womenamprsquos Foundation of CaliforniaThe report titled ampldquoFalling Behind The Impact of
Arizona Bill Would Bar Shackling of Mothers Giving Birth
ampnbspPHOENIX ArizLisa Marie Cookingham an OBGYN doctor at several hospitals in Maricopa County often sees cases of incarcerated patients being shackled to their beds during laborampmdasha practice she said puts women and their unborn babies at riskampldquoI experience firsthand the
School Nurses Become Medical Safety Net
ampnbspNEWMAN CalifWhen Bernice Arnett accepted a school nurse position with the NewmanCrows Landing Unified School District seven years ago people suggested the job would entail little more than applying BandAids to booboosBut as the sole medical provider for seven schools
Filipino Veterans Got 214 Million from US Last Year
MANILAThousands of Filipino World War II veterans or their family members last year received 2144 million in benefits and services from the US Department of Veterans Affairs VA according to the US EmbassyMore than 18500 veterans or their survivors received
Can Asians Save Classical Music
ampnbsp Michael Ahn Paarlberg of Slatecom posits that Asian and Asian Americans have now become the lifeblood of classical music Himself a Korean American hapa Paarlberg points out that fewer adults are attending classical concerts than before and the median
LA Hispanics Say Local Gym Conditions Discriminatory
MONTEBELLO Calif Hispanic gym goers in Los Angeles are about to flex their legal muscle against a nationwide fitness chain they claim deliberately failed to maintain proper health standards in clubs where a majority of members are Latino ampldquoThe
How Toxic is Black Hair Care
ampldquoTake the kinks out of your mindamprdquo intoned Marcus Garvey founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association UNIA ampldquoinstead of out of your hairamprdquo As founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association UNIA Garvey refused advertisements for products to
Iran Launches SpanishLanguage Satellite TV
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad officially launched HispanTV a Spanishlanguage satellite TV network on Tuesday saying the station would help end theampnbspWests ampquothegemonyampquot of the airwaves The launch of the station comes on the heels ofampnbspAhmadinejads tour ofampnbspVenezuela Cuba and Ecuador
Innovative Latinos Showcased at SXSW The Social Revolucin
This year at South By Southwest SXSW Latinos in the digital media space will have their very own lounge party and award ceremony highlighting their innovative work in social media and beyond The events wrapped into the name The Social
Komen Decision May Deny Care For Latinas
The Susan G Komen for the Cure Foundationamprsquos decision to discontinue funds to Planned Parenthood health centers for breast cancer prevention screenings and education is ampquotpotentially deadly for Latinas the uninsured and lowincome women across the countryampquot according to Jessica
LA Hispanics Say Local Gym Conditions Discriminatory
MONTEBELLO CA Hispanic gym goers in Los Angeles are about to flex their legal muscle against a nationwide fitness chain they claim deliberately failed to maintain proper health standards in clubs where a majority of members are Latino ampldquoThe health
Skin Deep In More Ways Than One
ampldquoTake the kinks out of your mindamprdquo intoned Marcus Garvey founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association UNIA ampldquoinstead of out of your hairamprdquo As founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association UNIA Garvey refused advertisements for products to
East LA Cityhood in Limbo
Backers of a fouryear campaign to gain cityhood status for unincorporated East Los Angeles were left in limbo Wednesday when the Los Angeles Local Agency Formation Commission LA LAFCO voted in favor of closing public participation and tabling the matter
The Rise of the Hispanic SuperPAC
Thereamprsquos a new phenomenon in Washington the Hispanic superPAC which aims to give political voice to the nationamprsquos fastestgrowing demographicTwo have cropped up since the beginning of the year Another that formed as a regular PAC in 2010 has relaunched
Russell Pearce Elected First Vice Chairman of Arizona Republican Party
PHOENIX Two months after being ousted in a recall election Russell Pearce was elected by GOP leadership to the second highest position in Arizonas Republican Party Pearce won election as first vice chairman at a state party meeting on
Don Cornelius Dead Why Soul Train Will Never Leave Americas Station
A few days before the release of The Best of Soul Train DVD set Soul Train founder creator and impresario Don Cornelius was asked what it was that made Soul Train the hit that was Cornelius didnt hesitate ampquotThat was
Florida Latino Republicans Voted for Romney
A poll conducted by Latino Decisions for Univision News and ABC News and released January 25 2012 accurately predicted Mitt Romney would hold more than a 20point lead among Latino Republicans in Florida and exit polls released January 31 2012
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