Rachel Rosenthal Contributing Writer Racial diversity in fashion is still an unrelenting issue although the industry is consistently tasked with expanding and defending its narrow view of beauty. Over the past two to three years, plus-size female models like Crystal Renn, Marquita Pring, and Robyn Lawley have conquered high-fashion magazine covers, ad campaigns and runways. [...]
Rachel Rosenthal Staff Writer Siestas, two to four hour long midday breaks spent leisurely eating lunch or taking a nap, are customary in Spanish culture, but with a struggling economy, Spaniards may not be able to afford this tradition that for some borders on sacred. “It is quintessentially Spanish,” said Lauren Feldman, junior Spanish major [...]
Gabby Siskind Contributing Writer The Supreme Court has decided to review President Obama’s 2010 health care reform, and more specifically the provision of the statute to extend Medicaid to cover a greater number of the poor, which could have a major impact on the Latinos community. As of 2009, Medicaid covered 45 percent of Latinos [...]
Jenn Davis Co-editor-in-chief Hispanics were at a higher risk for the flu during the 2009 pandemic, according to a new study from the University of Maryland’s School of Public Health. The study found that the lack of paid sick leave, having more children and crowding in the household made the Hispanic ethnicity more susceptible to [...]
Amanda Ziadeh Contributing Writer The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s 2010 Hate Crime statistics reported that 66.6 percent of ethnically motivated hate crimes were because of an anti-Hispanic bias, an increase from 62.4 percentin 2009. Of the 1,122 victims of ethnically or nationality biased hate crimes in 2010, 747 of those were targeted because they were [...]
Claire Yan Contributing Writer The number of Latinos diagnosed with diabetes has continued to increase over the past decade, making them almost twice as likely as non-Hispanic Whites to have thedisease, according to a report by the National Alliance for Hispanic Health (NAHH). The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stated that 11.1 percent [...]
Jenn Davis Co-editor-in-chief After the original Broadway production closed almost 30 years ago, the award-winning musical Evita will return to Broadway in spring 2012. The revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s popular piece will star pop icon Ricky Martin as Che Guevara, Argentine actress Elena Roger as Eva Peron and Michael Cerveris as [...]
Gabby Siskind Contributing Writer Republican members of Congress have proposed a bill that would deport undocumented immigrant women who come to the police for help as victims of domestic violence. Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) is the sponsor of Hinder the Administration Legalization Temptation Act (HALT). Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.), Rep. Richard Nugent (R-Fla.) and Rep. [...]
Eric Garland Staff Writer Republican students at the University of California, Berkeley sparked outrage when they held an “Increase Diversity Bake Sale” sale on Sept. 27 where they charged people prices based on their race. On the other side of the country, officials and students at the University of Maryland are expressing their disbelief. The [...]
Samantha Goldberg Contributing Writer Whether it’s through the political system, the entertainment industry, or the fashion world, Latina Magazine’s “Most Powerful Latinas in the World” have made a name for themselves in the U.S. With Hispanics making up 16.3 percent of the population, according to Pew Hispanic Center’s 2011 findings, an increasing amount of Latinas [...]