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 [...]
Samantha Goldberg Contributing Writer With slow progress in job creation and economic recovery in the United States, the spread of poverty has been substantial, especially for Latino children, according to a Sept. 28 Pew Hispanic Center report, which is a project of the Pew Research Center. The report added that 6.1 million Latino children are [...]
Mark Sanchez Contributing Writer Immigration laws are becoming an increasingly hot topic in the United States, causing many Latinos to question the location of their true home. There is no such controversy on the Internet, however, as Latinos have carved their own niche in social media. Latinos in Social Media, or LATISM, a huge nonprofit, [...]
Sarah Hogue Contributing Writer A recent study by the Pew Hispanic Center shows that for the first time, Latino children have surpassed the number of white children in poverty. At 6.1 million Latino children living in poverty in the United States, they have officially surpassed the totals for whites and blacks, with 5 million and [...]
Eric Garland Contributing Writer Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is back on the comic shelves. Once you see who is under the mask, you will not need your Spidey-Sense to tell you something is out of the ordinary. That is because the Marvel Comics replaced Peter Parker, the geeky yet witty photographer superhero fans fell in [...]