The latest news relating to the political world as it impacts the US Latino community.
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 [...]
My friend asked the question during a conversation about my mother, who has Alzheimer’s: What about a nursing home? She asked because I was on my way to El Paso to relieve my sister for two weeks. My sister works fulltime but she is in charge of scheduling Mom’s care. She ferries Mom to doctor [...]
On Tuesday afternoon, Senators confirmed the judicial nomination of Marisa Demeo, a Latina and an openly gay candidate for the D.C. Superior Court. Republicans had been blocking her confirmation since she nomination to the bench by President Obama in March 2009. Demeo was one of a number of judicial appointees that has been stalled by [...]
When the team at Latinovations asked me to reflect on my recent trip to Copenhagen, I wasn’t sure that my focus area of garbage would be of particular interest to their blog readers. Alongside the Cinderella of the United Nations Summit was its less publicized sister, the International Solid Waste Association’s Conference on Waste and [...]
Prominent conservative leaders are crazed looking for ways to bring down President Obama’s first nominee to the Supreme Court – Judge Sonia Sotomayor – who is the most experienced and best prepared jurist in 100 years. She also happens to be Latina. Newt Gingrich and conservative pundit Rush Limbaugh have called her a racist. Former [...]
By: Ingrid Duran, Grace Garcia & Catherine Pino Founding Executive Board Members of Poder PAC Latino elected officials currently comprise a little more than 5,400 of the total population of elected officials and of that, one-third of them are Latinas. Of the one-third, most of the Latina elected officials are concentrated at the school board [...]
As Featured in MSNBC by Carlos Watson, MSNBC anchor: History rarely remembers Cabinet members. The worst performers tend to get a little more shine, but even their names fade out over time. Ask political observers who will be written about decades from now (for better or worse), and they’re likely to say Hillary Clinton or [...]
Today, following a vote in the Senate of 80-17, Hilda Solis was confirmed as Secretary of Labor. Solis, the first Latina to serve in Obama’s Cabinet, will lead the Department of Labor and is one of the strongest supporters of America’s workers and labor movement. Hispanic and Labor groups are applauding the Senate’s approval. “The [...]
