Chilean Rapper Ana Tijoux, the Newest Face of Latina Hip-Hop
Chilean hip-hop artist Ana Tijoux sees herself as a musician first, and a rapper, second. The combination of clear homage to the kings and queens of soul, hip-hop and funk come through in her music,...
View ArticleIn San Antonio, A Lifeline for the Hispanic Uninsured
In March 2010, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Commonly referred to as Obamacare, this law lays out numerous goals. But one of its primary objectives is...
View ArticleIs Sotomayor Hispanic or Latino?
by Alex Goldmark and Janaya WilliamsWith Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Sonia Sotomayor starting next week, be prepared for the words "Hispanic" and "Latino" to scroll across the bottom...
View ArticleSuicide Attempts by Hispanic Girls Decrease in the City
The number of suicide attempts by Latina teenage girls has dropped slightly in New York City, according to recently released data by the Centers for Disease Control.The number dipped from 14.7 percent...
View ArticleStoryCorps 393: Two Peas in a Pod
Tina Vasquez tells her mother, Sonia Vasquez, about what it was like to grow up broke in the 1990s.
View ArticleIf Immigrants Held Office
Finding that "fewer than 2% of the 500,000 state and local seats are held by Asian Americans and Latina/os," Sayu Bhojwani, founder and president of The New American Leaders Project, talks about the...
View Article'Saturday Night Live,' Late to the Diversity Party, Hires First Latina Cast...
"Saturday Night Live" has added its first-ever Latina cast member: Los Angeles-based comedian Melissa Villaseñor.Yes, it's true. The show has only ever had two Latino cast members: Horatio Sanz and...
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Meet the writer of Marvel’s first queer Latina superhero
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioBy Ivette Feliciano and Zachary GreenIVETTE FELICIANO: Author Gabby Rivera hasn’t always been a big comic book fan, but growing up in the South Bronx, she had her fair...
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