The Latino gender gap: Latina voters prefer Obama by 53 point margin
With seven weeks until the election Republican candidate Mitt Romney’s potential gender gap with women faces a new hurdle in the Latino community.
Culturally sensitive mental health treatments for young Latinas that work
Latina adolescents must not only deal with typical teenage problems, they must also navigate the role of their ethnicity in their identity. Their rates of depression and suicide are high.
Latinas leaving the nest sooner than men
According to a study by the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) in 2007, before the recession, 12 percent of Latino men returned home. The figure has now grown to 21 percent. For Latinas the figure only increased from 9 to 11 percent.
Women’s wage gap is big economic roadblock for Latinas, says new report
Latina women make 62 cents for every dollar made by an average white male, according to the Department of Labor.
Latina mothers hope Supreme Court upholds health care law
The suspense continues on how the Supreme Court will render its ruling on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act.
Is Arizona the worst place in the country to be a Latina?
While nearly every state in the nation has seen some level of attacks on women's health care and immigrant communities, Arizona seems to be vying for first place in the Oppressor Olympics.
Latinos, Latinas: More difference than ‘o’ or ‘a’
If you turn the spigot and a trickle comes out, you might have a pipeline problem. We have leaky pipes when it comes to Latino males and their college-going and graduation rates.
Toy-buying habits of Latina moms, revealed
BabyCenter en Español polled more than 400 Hispanic moms and found some revealing facts about Latina moms and their toy-buying habits.
Quiara Alegría Hudes wins Pulitzer Prize for drama
Quiara Alegria Hudes’s play “Water by the Spoonful,” about an Iraq war veteran struggling to find his place in the world, has won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for drama.
10 facts about Latino women and pay inequity
Numbers show Latinas disproportionally impacted by unequal pay.
Could immigration reform give Latina workers a voice against exploitation
A recent report released by the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement underscores the need for CIR to protect one of the most at risk segments in our labor market.
Ethnicity plays role in triple-negative breast cancer in Hispanic women
Overall, Hispanic women have a lower incidence of breast cancer, but among those who develop the disease, prognosis and survival are poor.
Latinas are lowest-paid in the US, report says
Pay below the national average persists among the majority of Latino women, who earn, on average, 40 percent less than white non-Hispanic men, according to the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement.
California National Guard promotes 1st Hispanic woman to rank of General
Governor Brown and the California National Guard have announced the promotion of Col. Sylvia R. Crockett to the rank of brigadier general in a ceremony at the state Capitol in Sacramento on Wednesday, March 28th.