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In Support of Legalization: 5 Reasons Pot Is Okay With Latinos

In Support of Legalization: 5 Reasons Pot Is Okay With Latinos for 4/20

By Latina Staff | 04/18/2013 - 18:00 | 0 Comments

Happy (almost) 4/20! A recent Pew Research poll suggests that most Americans agree with the legalization of marijuana. Support for this move has increased over time, but now we see an 11% spike in approval since 2010. Even more surprising are the amount of...

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Meet Carlos Arredondo: Boston Marathon Bombing Hero Helps Wounded Victim

By Sugey Palomares | 04/17/2013 - 10:10 | 0 Comments

While some describe him as the man in a cowboy hat, others simply refer to him as a hero. Carlos Arredondo, 52, ran from the bleachers as soon as he heard the horrifying blast during the Boston Marathon. Photographers from the Associated Press snapped the Costa Rican...

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AP Officially Drops 'Illegal Immigrant' Term from Stylebook

By Sugey Palomares | 04/02/2013 - 16:28 | 0 Comments

The Associated Press, which is known as 'the world's oldest and largest news-gathering organization,' will no longer include the term 'illegal immigrant' in their Stylebook. The Senior Vice President and Executive Editor Kathleen Carroll confirmed the news in a blog entry and explained the motive...

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Latina Responds to Rick Ross Date Rape Song "UOENO"
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Rick Ross' Date Rape Song "UOENO" - Where's the Outrage?

By Sugey Palomares | 03/28/2013 - 11:00 | 0 Comments

Every 2 minutes, someone in the U.S. is sexually assualted. Latinas are disproportionately affected by sexual assault and rape crimes. In 2011, reported rapes among Latina students (between the ages of 12 and 24) where the highest than any other ethnic group. In addition, 1 in 7 Hispanic women have experienced...

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Perez Hilton on the First Argentine Pope: "The Catholic Church Wants To Engage Latinos" (EXCLUSIVE)

By Lee Hernandez | 03/19/2013 - 14:17 | 0 Comments

The selection last week of Argentine Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio as the new Pope (the first-ever Pope from Latin America!), took some Latinos by surprise......

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The Way We Worship: Why Latinos Are Leaving the Catholic Church

By Franziska Castillo | 03/14/2013 - 11:20 | 0 Comments

More Latinos than ever are leaving the Catholic Church for other religions and spiritual practices—whether it be Pentecostalism, Islam or no spiritual practice at all. What the way we worship says about us as a changing community.

Sunday morning around Manhattan’s West 107th...

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Erica de Jesus outside the Justice Sonia Sotomayor Community Center
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A Place Called Hope

By Sandra Guzman | 02/06/2013 - 19:04 | 0 Comments

The name Sonia Sotomayor did not ring a bell for Demi Torres and Hillary Silva when they first heard it three years ago. They had been asked to help with a petition drive to change the name of the housing project where they live to honor its most famous former resident, the Supreme Court associate justice. But once the...

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Latino High School Graduation Rates Increase by 10 Percent
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Latino High School Graduation Rates Increase by 10 Percent

By Sugey Palomares | 01/23/2013 - 15:46 | 0 Comments

As our nation’s high school graduation rates continue to improve (with only a 3 percent dropout rate), Latino students are also graduating at higher rates compared to almost 5 years ago. According to a report by the National Center for Education Statistics, Hispanic high school students graduated...

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