The latest news relating to the political world as it impacts the US Latino community.
Hobnobbing at the White House is business as usual for Maria Cardona. She knows Bill and Hillary well. She served as a Senior Advisor to the ‘Hillary Clinton for President’ Campaign. She also helped spearhead Hillary’s Hispanic Outreach team, ensuring her message reached Latinos nationwide. When the Clinton campaign fell under, Barack Obama’s team called [...]
Picture this: You’re scared that you might be pregnant. You see an ad for a free pregnancy test and counseling. You call the number and make an appointment. During your consultation, you’re told that birth control is the same as abortion and that if you have an abortion, you will probably get breast cancer. You’re [...]
PARA PUBLICACIÓN INMEDIATA, Lunes, 31 de octubre de 2011 CONTACTOS: Ingrid Duran o Catherine Pino, 703-671-7365 CO-PRESIDENTAS HONORARIAS DE PODER PAC Y CONGRESISTAS LATINAS FELICITAN A MARÍA CARDONA, MIEMBRO DE LA JUNTA DE DIRECTORES DE PODER PAC Y A CNN POR SU NOMBRAMIENTO COMO LA MÁS RECIENTE COLABORADORA POLÍTICA DE LA CADENA [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, October 31, 2011 CONTACT: Ingrid Duran or Catherine Pino, 703-671-7365 PODERPAC HONORARY CO-CHAIRS AND LATINA MEMBERS OF CONGRESS CONGRATULATE PODERPAC BOARD MEMBER MARIA CARDONA AND CNN FOR HER APPOINTMENT AS NETWORK’S NEWEST POLITICAL CONTRIBUTOR WASHINGTON DC – PoderPAC, a political action committee founded by and for Latinas [...]
The American Civil Liberties Union announced last week that it filed a class-action lawsuit in Texas on behalf of three female immigrants who say they were sexually assaulted while in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. As many as 200 incidents of sexual abuse involving female immigrant detainees in custody may have occurred since [...]
Today CNN announced that Democratic strategist Maria Cardona has joined the the network for the 2012 election season, according to Sam Feist, CNN senior vice president and Washington bureau chief. “Having spent all of my professional career in communications, public policy, and politics, I’m thrilled to join CNN as a political contributor, especially as we [...]
Latinovations thanks Jessica Arons for her contribution to La Plaza, which is an exclusive adaptation of an article that was originally published in Spanish on the Center for American Progress website. Abortion funding policies in this country are discriminatory and put abortion care out of reach for the women who need it the most: low-income [...]
Engaging the Hispanic Community in Online Fundraising & Advocacy Every day, more and more Latinos and Latinas are going online. Whether for work, for play or to advance social causes, Latinos are increasing their presence and exercising political will with their laptops and cell phones. The mystery to many Latino advocacy and civil rights organizations [...]
A new study suggests that the low rate of cancer screenings among Hispanic women may be due to a fatalistic attitude among Latinas that cancer is not preventable and a diagnosis will almost surely lead to death. The researchers found that Hispanic women often forgo life-saving cancer screening services out of this belief, which they [...]
As a reproductive health organization, sometimes people are surprised to learn that the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health does immigrants’ rights work. The truth is that immigration and reproductive justice are inextricably tied, and the health and struggles of immigrant detainees is an area that is particularly ripe for action. Though we envision a [...]
