Top Stories + Latinas Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
November 18, 2009
Video report of Latina forced to give birth while in chains in Maricopa County, AZ courtesy of Sheriff Joe Arpaio (en Español)
November 12, 2009
Her Honor: A Portrait of Justice Sonia Sotomayor
For Battered Latina Immigrants: Dwindling Resources, But Also Hope – This is the second report in a special two-part series on domestic violence in immigrant communities by Feet in Two Worlds reporters.
November 6, 2009
Carmen Ortiz has been confirmed as the U.S. attorney for Massachusetts, becoming the first Hispanic and the first woman to hold the state’s top federal prosecutor’s job.
October 30, 2009
Sanchez sisters eyed by House ethics panel for alleged collusion – Linda and Loretta CA Democrats
October 26, 2009
Latinos lag in skills as toddlers, studies show – Poor, immigrant Latinas have healthy babies but by age 2 or 3, their toddlers begin to lag behind white middle-class children in vocabulary, listening and problem-solving skills, according to two new studies.
October 14, 2009
A Cuban blogger who has become an international sensation for offering frank criticism of her country’s communist system said she was denied government permission Monday to travel to New York to receive a top journalism prize. – Yoani Sanchez
Decapitated body among 100 girls, women killed in Cuidad Juárez in ‘09 – “first time a woman has been decapitated and her body displayed in this manner” – (NOT GOOD but nothing seems to change) + The death toll in Juárez has surpassed the 1,900 mark for the year over the weekend, according to a tally kept by the El Paso Times.
October 9, 2009
LATINA VOTER INTERNET AND NEW MEDIA USAGE: Groundbreaking Poll Shows Internet & New Media Usage Vital for Engaging Latinas
Justice Eva Guzman – A judge whose Mexican immigrant mother earned only a third grade education and worked as a cleaning woman was named to the Texas Supreme Court on Thursday, becoming the first Latina to serve on the state’s highest court.
October 4, 2009
Award-Winning Singer Mercedes Sosa Dies at 74
October 1, 2009
Sotomayor’s impact on trial as high court returns to work
September 30, 2009
NASHVILLE: Amber alert issued for abducted 4-day-old baby – Yair Anthony Carillo – Police believe a woman posing as an immigration worker went to Carrillo’s home and demanded his mother Maria Gurrolla, give her the baby. When refused, the woman stabbed her.
September 24, 2009
Salvadorans Seek a Voice To Match Their Numbers – Summit Aims to Raise Political Visibility – First Salvadoran American Leadership Summit
September 17, 2009
Obama praises Sotomayor at Hispanic gala
September 8, 2009
Justice Sonia Sotomayor has taken her seat at the Supreme Court in front of a packed courtroom that included President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.
September 2, 2009
Health Care Woes for Latinos – talk with Pilar Marrero, Political Editor for La Opinion and Fabiola Pomareda, reporter for La Raza (audio)
August 27, 2009
Can the U.S. government take a woman’s baby from her because she doesn’t speak English? That’s the latest question to arise in the hothouse debate over illegal immigration, as an undocumented woman from impoverished rural Mexico — who speaks only an obscure indigenous language — fights in a Mississippi court to regain custody of her infant daughter.
August 21, 2009
Three women of Hispanic background were among those selected for Forbes magazine’s annual “100 Most Powerful Women” ranking. – Cristina Kirchner, Michelle Bachelet, Sonia Sotomayor
August 18, 2009
Sotomayor On Losing End In First Supreme Court Decision
August 10, 2009
Video of Sonia Sotomayor ‘Taking the Oath’
August 8, 2009
Sonia Sotomayor was sworn in Saturday morning as the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court in a brief ceremony that completed a remarkable ascent for a Puerto Rican girl from the South Bronx .
August 7, 2009
For Puerto Ricans, Sotomayor’s Success Stirs Pride
August 6, 2009
Judge Sonia Sotomayor, who grew up speaking Spanish in a public housing project, is headed for a seat on the Supreme Court after an overwhelming Senate vote Thursday to make her the first Hispanic member of the court.
Sonia Sotomayor poised to make history – Senate set to vote about 3 p.m. ET today
August 4, 2009
She Made ‘Hispanic’ Official – A Conversation With Grace Flores-Hughes, Hispanic wordsmith
Recession leads to drop in birthrates in California – 3.2% decline in births to Hispanic mothers from 2007 to 2008 — the largest one-year decline in at least two decades – “That seems to be because a lot of working-age and childbearing-age Hispanics are moving out of state to take jobs elsewhere, coupled with the fact that the border crossings” into the U.S. from Mexico “have declined.”
July 29, 2009
Olga A. Méndez, First Puerto Rican Woman Elected To U.S. State Legislature, Dead At 83
July 28, 2009
Sonia Sotomayor Confirmed By Senate Judiciary Committee
June 25, 2009
Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez not running for governor of California
June 23, 2009
Sotomayor Nomination Close To A Done Deal, 70 Votes Predicted
June 15, 2009
The president of Texas A&M has resigned — the day before a meeting of school regents to discuss her job. Elsa Murano, the school’s first female and first Hispanic president, announced her resignation in a statement Sunday
June 5, 2009
New & first Hispanic president of Texas A&M University Elsa Murano not getting good grades/reviews
May 31, 2009
Two sides to Sonia Sotomayor – The passion for minority rights that she showed from Princeton onward is scarcely reflected in a review of her judicial decisions. So which way would she lean on the Supreme Court?
May 29, 2009
A new report about Latina teen pregnancy doesn’t just examine the issue but, for the first time, breaks down the differences found among Latino families and how they contribute to Latina teens having the highest rates of teen pregnancies and births.
May 27, 2009
Latino differences muted in Sonya Sotomayor celebration
May 26, 2009
President Obama will nominate Judge Sonia Sotomayor of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit as his first appointment to the court – could be the first Hispanic justice to serve on the Supreme Court
May 6, 2009
Appointing Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court might soothe frayed Hispanic nerves, writes New America Media contributor Gebe Martinez, but legal conservatives do not believe that President Obama should give importance to a diverse life experience in making his choice.
March 3, 2009
Jane Velez-Mitchell was until recently a glorified freelancer for Headline News, the sister channel of CNN. Now she is one of Headline News’s nightly hosts — and her 7 o’clock show is setting ratings records for the network.
February 28, 2009
Kathy Cano-Murillo, the Crafty Chica make the New York Times: “She has gradually expanded her audience for years, making objects with a glittery Latino aesthetic and offering instructions and tips to those who want to do the same. Her most recent venture is the creation of a line of branded craft supplies and packaged projects, and it is finding its way into mass retail.”
February 24, 2009
Hilda Solis Confirmed As Labor Secretary By Senate
February 4, 2009
Research shows Hispanic women get breast cancer treatment late
January 26, 2009
Some 300 women held at immigration detention centers in Arizona face dangerous delays in health care and widespread mistreatment, according to a new study by the University of Arizona, the latest report to criticize conditions at such centers throughout the United States.
December 19, 2008
Rep. Hilda L. Solis (D-El Monte), a Congressional Hispanic Caucus leader considered to be one of the most reliably pro-union voices in the House, is President-elect Barack Obama’s choice to head the Labor Department, a Democratic official said Thursday.
December 18, 2008
Field of Calzones – A shame and a travesty as female farmworkers suffer from sexual harassment – It is estimated that about 400.000 women are working in the U.S. fields and packing sheds. The average pays about $11,000 per year.
December 9, 2008
UC Santa Cruz senior Danielle Soto follows family footsteps in politics – The 22-year-old environmental studies major will be sworn into the Pomona City Council on Dec. 13, just two days after her last final. – granddaughter of the late Philip Soto one of the first two Latinos elected to the California Assembly in 1962
December 5, 2008
On Wednesday, Republican congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen got a call from President-elect Barack Obama, didn’t believe it was him, and hung up on him. Twice.
December 2, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama continued rounding out his White House staff naming Cecilia Muñoz director of intergovernmental affairs.
Anita Alvarez sworn in as Illinois state’s attorney – She is 1st woman and 1st Hispanic to hold top Cook County prosecutor’s post
November 20, 2008
Congresswoman Nydia M. Velazquez (D-N.Y.) Chosen to Lead Hispanic Agenda in the 111th Congress – Unanimously elected Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus
November 7, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama has looked to South Texas where he selected University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College President Juliet V. Garcia to join his transition team
November 6, 2008
Hispanic women (aka Latinas) swell ranks of Obama support – Focus on education, health care, economy led to wide margin
September 22, 2008
Hispanic law students help others up Offering practical advice and serving as role models, they urge high schoolers to aim for college – (Great photo) Corina Rocha, Siria Gutierrez and Leslie Nino Fidance who lead UNLV’s La Voz, an organization of Hispanic law students, recently named No. 1 in the country.
September 19, 2008
Esperanza “Hope” Andrade, a San Antonio native who was born into a family of cotton farmers and rose to become a successful businesswoman, was formally sworn in as Texas secretary of state Thursday, becoming the first Hispanic woman to fill the post.
September 12, 2008
Jessica Alba, who appears in a in new bondage-inspired campaign for the voter group Declare Yourself, isn’t afraid to employ a little shock value for a cause she believes in.
September 10, 2008
U.S. teen: ‘I felt like there were no dreams for me’ – Julie Quiroz – (CNN picks up that: 3 million U.S. citizen children are believed to have one undocumented parent and tells this Latina’s story)
September 5, 2008
Guest Voz: Academic researchers discover the lack of comprehensive immigration reform increases disparities and limits future progress of Latinos nationwide – Dr. María del Carmen Salazar of the University of Denver
Under increasing criticism, the LPGA Tour on Friday backed off plans to suspend players who cannot speak English well enough to be understood at pro-ams, in interviews or in making acceptance speeches at tournaments.
August 14, 2008
The first sisters in Congress, Loretta and Linda Sanchez of California, say they had to fend off propositions and patronizing from men to get there and to stay. Their joint memoir, “Dream in Color: How the Sanchez Sisters Are Making History in Congress,” being published Sept. 2, traces their paths to Washington, where they found themselves a minority of a minority — Latina women in an institution still dominated by white men.
August 11, 2008
Daughter of Mexican immigrants became a force in U.S. women’s water polo – Brenda Villa began her third Olympics on Monday by scoring a goal in the United States’ riveting 12-11 victory over China
August 6, 2008
Honduran Girl Electrifies AIDS Meeting – Keren Dunaway-Gonzalez, 12, opened the 17th International AIDS Conference in Mexico City.
The state Democratic Party has named Emilia Pablo, one of the most widely recognized local faces in Hispanic households across the Las Vegas Valley, as its new spokeswoman.
July 30, 2008
Local New York Univision reporter Miriam Ayala filed a federal lawsuit against the local Univision station (channel 41) and the larger network, claiming that she was passed over for plum positions anchoring and on good stories because she wasn’t light skinned enough, young enough or pretty enough.
July 22, 2008
The next extinct species: the Latino journalist – Esther J. Cepeda
June 29, 2008
Cuban-American woman leads McCain’s Florida campaign – Arlene DiBenigno
June 24, 2008
Professor to join Hispanic journalists’ hall of fame – Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez
June 18, 2008
Andrea Bazan, a longtime leader of the North Carolina Hispanic community, was named chairwoman of the National Council of La Raza’s board of directors Tuesday.
June 17, 2008
Patti Solis Doyle Joins Obama Campaign
May 28, 2008
Hispanic women face wage gap compared with others in the U.S. – Legal status, education level and language barrier can impact pay
May 20, 2008
Top Hillarylander mulls Obama job – Patti Solis Doyle
May 9, 2008
Pew Hispanic Center Factsheet: Hispanic Women in the United States, 2007
May 8, 2008
Depression on the rise among US Hispanic women: experts
April 28, 2008
Director of Chicago’s Latino Union gains respect of day laborers, groups formed to help them – Jessica Aranda
Nun who led civil rights march in Dallas leaving for Mexico – Sister Consuelo Tovar
SBA Deputy Jovita Carranza Expected to be Nominated as Agency Chief
Diabetes Before Motherhood More Than Doubled In Six Years, Study Finds (52% of the participants were Latinas)
April 14, 2008
US teen pregnancy rate near historic low – (not, however, for Latinas)
April 12, 2008
Christina Silva Sues Miss California USA Pageant, Claiming Racism
April 7, 2008
For Lorena Ochoa, a Title, a Soak and a Serenade – a grandstand full of singers serenaded her in Spanish
March 25, 2008
Sadly, CDC study overlooked Hispanic women
March 6, 2008
Hispanic Women Outvote Men in Texas
February 20, 2008
Dolores Huerta Chooses Clinton Over Obama
Georgia Hispanic Chamber CEO Sara González dies
February 19, 2008
RIP Catalina Garcia – a Northern Illinois University student from Cicero, Illinois
February 11, 2008
After Obama sweep, Hillary Clinton replaces loyal campaign manager – Latina Patti Solis Doyle
January 28, 2008
Texas Sen. Leticia Van de Putte to give Democrats’ Spanish State of the Union response
January 23, 2008
Crying Out For Help – Suicide Attempts Reveal Strains on Young Latinas
January 17, 2008
Nuevo Mundo: Getting Visible – We all should value our voting privileges like this Mexican immigrant family.
January 16, 2008
Mexican Sprinter Ana Guevara Retires from Track
December 11, 2007
Dr. Elsa Murano tapped to be President of Nation’s 6th largest University
December 9, 2007
Texs A&M set to name first female and Hispanic president – Elsa Murano sole finalist for job vacated by Robert Gates.
November 30, 2007
RIGHTS-MEXICO: Supreme Court Lets Governor Off the Hook – (the Lydia Cacho story)
November 26, 2007
In Mexico 80 per cent of murdered women killed by family members
November 25, 2007
Proportion of Mexican women with AIDS doubles from 5 years ago
Houston girl’s book tells of life as an immigrant – Yuliana Gallegos
November 19, 2007
Immigration Quandary: A Mother Torn From Her Baby
November 14, 2007
J Lo’s Pregnancy Scare – Singer ordered to slow down her busy lifestyle…
November 13, 2007
Biding their tongues – Cuban-born Maria Carreira is a professor at Cal State Long Beach. She has a finely honed sense of Spanish-English etiquette that leads her to use Spanish sparingly in public, unless she is approached in that language.
November 2, 2007
Battling Latino Teen Pregnancy – Teen pregnancy rates decreased 29 percent for blacks and whites in the 1990s, compared to just 19 percent for Latinas, according to one group’s research
October 30, 2007
Designer confirms J. Lo pregnancy
October 28, 2007
Folic acid use declining among Latinas
October 21, 2007
A matter of ethnicity and journalistic ethics – the Rebecca Aguilar saga in Dallas
October 15, 2007
Defending champion Lorena Ochoa cruised to her seventh LPGA title of the year with a four-shot victory at the women’s World Championship in California.
October 9, 2007
Thalí Is a Mommy!
October 4, 2007
America Ferrera named Hispanic Woman of the Year
September 17, 2007
Maria’s hopes rest on a DREAM
Stephanie Lopez is changing face of U.S. women’s soccer team
September 12, 2007
Linda Chavez-Thompson Steps Down From AFL-CIO
September 11, 2007
Democrat Linda Reyna Yanez joins race for Texas Supreme Court
August 21, 2007
Activist says shell fight from abroad – Elvira Arellano
August 19, 2007
Immigration activist Elvira Arellano arrested in Los Angeles
August 13, 2007
A day in the life of a woman living in sanctuary – Elvira Arellano
July 24, 2007
Macy’s T-Shirts Found Offensive By Latina Shoppers – “Brown Is The New White”
July 17, 2007
Top Latina officers demotion upsets Hispanic leadership – Boston
July 15, 2007
Hispanic athletes learn life skills from West Palm professor – Dr. Lynette Nadal
Energy, humor propel Texas lawmaker to national stage – Leticia Van de Putte – co-chairing next year’s Democratic National Convention
The Farmers Branch Rotary Club mum over its rejection of Hispanic businesswoman – Texas
July 12, 2007
Arizona urges VD test for pregnant Hispanics – Rate of syphilis higher in Latinas, AZ statistics say
July 9, 2007
Guatemalan factory making Daisy Fuentes clothing for US department store chain agrees to follow labor laws
June 27, 2007
Community Leaders Introduce New Program For Latina Health – New York City
May 26, 2007
U.S. women, especially minorities, short on folate
May 23, 2007
Domestic violence stalks Mexican women – Domestic violence is not a phenomenon exclusive to Mexico. But the figures you are about to read are chilling. – from the BBC
May 13, 2007
That hair, those hoops . . . Chonga Girls find fame – The Chongalicious Girls
May 8, 2007
UC Riverside Chancellor France A. Córdova Named Purdue University President
April 23, 2007
Legendary activist gets out Latino vote – Dolores Huerta
April 18, 2007
Dress with ’20s Mexican uprising draws outrage – Miss Mexico’s pageant gown depicts hangings
April 11, 2007
Professor Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez criticizes PBS film
April 9, 2007
Salma Hayek wins MGM backing for Latin-themed films
Hispanic Women At Higher Risk For Breast Cancer – May Be Biological
April 6, 2007
Jenny on the rocks – Lopez hits career slump
April 3, 2007
UFW Co-Founder Dolores Huerta Recognized for Labor Organizing and Activism
March 25, 2007
Beauty products for minorities move to front shelves
March 22, 2007
A culture of young motherhood: Teen pregnancy remains an issue in Santa Cruz County – California (part 1 of 2)
March 19, 2007
Latina author shares trailblazing tales – Sylvia Mendoza’s “The Book of Latina Women: 150 Vidas of Passion, Strength and Success.”
March 13, 2007
Number of Hispanic women with HIV grows – El Paso, Texas
March 12, 2007
Comic book on statutory rape aims to help young Latinas
March 9, 2007
Salma Hayek engaged, pregnant
March 8, 2007
“South of the Border” Party Changes Latina’s View of University
March 5, 2007
For Rep. Sanchez, a hot-tomato label means a hot potato
Hispanic Women’s Hearts at High Risk: Study
February 22, 2007
Women Call for Change in Hispanic Caucus
February 16, 2007
Cristina Saraleguis eclectic eye and trusted name are paying off
February 15, 2007
Virginia Mother Becomes Symbol on Immigration – Leticia Alonso-Silva
February 8, 2007
Latina comic Jackie Guerra talking daytime show
February 5, 2007
Aggressive breast cancer hits Latinas
February 2, 2007
Hispanic Caucus Boils Over on Complaints about Treatment of Women
February 1, 2007
Rep. Loretta Sanchez quits Hispanic Caucus
Rep. Loretta Sanchez Accuses Democrat of Calling Her a ‘Whore,’ Resigns from Congressional Hispanic Caucus
January 19, 2007
Ugly Betty’s America Ferrera Saluted in Congress
January 11, 2007
Kern woman true Latina of substance – Dolores Huerta
January 2, 2007
For young Latinas, hope – A new Lawrence school opens their eyes to opportunities – Massachusetts
December 28, 2006
Sofia Vergara gets a role she can sink her perfect teeth into – The Knights of Prosperity
December 21, 2006
More Hispanic moms putting careers on hold
University of Arizona student enjoys TV stardom – Bunny Uriarte
December 19, 2006
Huge jump in number of Latinas seeking cosmetic surgery – but why?
December 17, 2006
Mexican girl’s tragic odyssey all too common – First of a seven-part series.
December 11, 2006
High infant birth weights seen in Latinos
December 8, 2006
Maternal weight, glucose tolerance affect Mexican-American newborns
November 27, 2006
Why Ercilia Sandoval Took Her Wig Off – In Houston, an immigrant janitor’s moment of truth shocks management negotiators — and sets the stage for a health care breakthrough.
November 3, 2006
“I got Latinos to vote . . . but they voted religion” – Stephen Armstrong talks to Eva Longoria
October 12, 2006
Low-Paid, Uninsured (Latina) Janitor with Breast Cancer, Finalist for Glamour’s “Woman of the Year”
