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Pablo Neruda's Remains To Be Exumed

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Pablo Neruda's Remains To Be Exhumed

By Amaris Castillo | 04/08/2013 - 10:05 | 0 Comments

Pablo Neruda’s story isn’t over. The body of the late Chilean poet is scheduled to be exhumed today from his grave, NPR reports.

As...

Connecticut's Tough New Gun Law: Why Latinos Should Care

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Connecticut's Tough New Gun Law: Why Latinos Should Care

By Amaris Castillo | 04/04/2013 - 11:08 | 0 Comments

Connecticut governor Dannel P. Malloy is expected to sign off on a tight gun control law this afternoon. After more than 10 hours debating the wide-ranging bill (which totals up to 139 pages), both the state’s House of Representatives and the Senate...

Racially Integrated Prom

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Georgia High School To Have Its First Racially Integrated Prom - Ever

By Samantha Leal | 04/04/2013 - 09:42 | 0 Comments

It is 2013, right? Sorry, we're just a little confused as news broke that students at Wilcox County High in Rochelle, Georgia, are trying to plan the first racially integrated prom in the school's history. Yes, you read that right. The high school, located about two hours outside of Atlanta, has white and black students learning in the same classroom, but have segregated...

Google Doodle Celebrating César Chávez Somehow Sparks Outrage

Google Doodle Celebrating César Chávez Somehow Sparks Outrage

By Latina Staff | 03/31/2013 - 14:42 | 0 Comments

Google hasn’t dedicated one of its doodles to Easter in 13 years and on past Easters, it’s featured people like German chemist Robert Bunsen instead of marking Christ’s resurrection. No one has ever complained.

So, what’s the big deal about the search giant’s celebration of Cesar Chavez’s 86th birthday (and the...

HRC Red Equal Sign

Gay Marriage: HRC Red Equal Sign Goes Viral on Facebook

By Samantha Leal | 03/27/2013 - 10:32 | 0 Comments

As the Supreme Court hears arguments to decide the fate of marriage equality, including the fate of Proposition 8, which outlawed same-sex marriages in California, a number of Facebook users have changed their profile pictures to a red image featuring an equal sign. But what's this all about?

Turns out, it's the red version of the Human Rights Campaign logo, an...

Sonia Sotomayor speaks at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco

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Sonia Sotomayor Destroys Anti-Gay Marriage Argument in 60 Seconds

By Sugey Palomares | 03/27/2013 - 10:25 | 0 Comments

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor challenged the anti-gay argument during the Prop 8 hearing yesterday. The Supreme Court could end up finding bans on same-sex marriage unconstitutional across the board. The Latina justice...

Dominican Immigrant is $338 Million Powerball Winner

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Dominican Immigrant Wins $338 Million Powerball Jackpot

By Samantha Leal | 03/26/2013 - 10:56 | 0 Comments

What a lucky guy! The winner of the $338 million Powerball jackpot, 44-year-old Pedro Quezada of New Jersey, told media that his first priority will be helping out his family. He was validated as the winner at the Eagle Liquors store on Monday afternoon, the same store where he bought the ticket.

Quezada is an immigrant from the Dominican Republic and lives in...

NYPD Sued for Mocking and Arresting Spanish-Speaking Domestic Violence Victims

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NYPD Sued for Mocking and Arresting Spanish-Speaking Domestic Violence Victims

By Sugey Palomares | 03/22/2013 - 10:16 | 0 Comments

Legal Services NYC filed a lawsuit on behalf of five Spanish-speaking domestic violence victims who claim that they were not provided translators, mocked and arrested instead of their abusers, reports The Daily News....

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