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UPDATE: Aspiring Dancer Laura Garza's Remains Found, Family Seeks Justice

By Mariela Rosario | 04/27/2010 - 15:00 | 5 Comments

The remains of what police believe to be the body of Laura Garza, a 25-year-old Texas native who went missing over a year ago, were identified over the weekend. DNA tests confirmed that bones—originally discovered by ATV riders on April 11th in an out-of-the-way mining area of Mount Cobb, PA— were definitely those of the aspiring dancer.

"After...

AZ Gov. Jan Brewer Signs Racist Immigration Bill into Law

By Mariela Rosario | 04/26/2010 - 16:00 | 12 Comments

The immigration debate has always caused a rift among citizens of Arizona —a state that has one of the highest Latino populations in the country. Though Hispanics own businesses, hold public office and help support the local economy, the perception that immigrants do nothing but drain community resources, take away jobs and increase violence persists for some in the...

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Pregnant 10 Year Old Reignites Abortion Debate in Mexico

By Mariela Rosario | 04/21/2010 - 16:00 | 7 Comments

How exactly does a ten-year-old even become pregnant? That's the same question we were grappling with, and your worst assumptions about how this happened are unfortunately true. A little girl was raped by her stepfather (subsequently charged and in custody) and is now almost four months pregnant in Mexico.

Now, her case is seemingly being used by opponents of...

Watch: John McCain Says, "Immigrants are Crashing Cars on Purpose"

By Mariela Rosario | 04/20/2010 - 16:30 | 3 Comments

Since when is John McCain a hard line conservative Republican? Though he was once known as a "maverick" it looks like these days, McCain is drinking the right-wing Kool-aid (or maybe it's just too much tea time with Sarah Palin)? Either way, McCain took to Fox News's The O'Reilly Factor to address the incredibly...

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Venezuelan Boxer Admits to Murdering Wife, Commits Suicide in Jail

By Mariela Rosario | 04/19/2010 - 17:00 | 0 Comments

Edwin Valero, the Venezuelan World championship boxer who was coined the next Manny Pacquiao, was found dead of apparent suicide this weekend after admitting to murdering his wife. Valero was taken into police custody on Saturday after the body of his 24-year-old wife, Jennifer Viera, was found violently stabbed to death in a hotel in the...

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Latinos, Race and the 2010 United States Census

By Mariela Rosario | 04/15/2010 - 17:00 | 5 Comments

After posting a few articles on Latina.com about how important it is for everyone, especially Latinos, to fill out the US Census, I began to notice a trend. Everyone agrees about the importance of standing up to be counted—after all, the census is the way our government determines how direly necessary federal funds are allocated to schools and hospitals and how...

Hate Crime Trial Shines Spotlight on Violence Against Latinos

By Mariela Rosario | 04/13/2010 - 17:30 | 1 Comment

When Marcelo Lucero was murdered in March of 2009, his mother traveled from Ecuador to the US for the first time to ensure that her son murderers were brought to justice. She may finally get what she came for, although more than...

The New iPad: Welcome to the Future

By Chris Hermosilla | 04/12/2010 - 13:00 | 1 Comment

Apple's new full-touchscreen iPad just hit store shelves, and after spending some time road-testing it, here's what I've discovered: The iPad is an evil genius mashup of your computer and your television. It's a flexible, ever-changing window for your media, one that lets you consume it, discover it and interact with it in totally different ways—it might...

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