With her lacquered lashes and glossy lips, the Barbie doll has always been the picture of perfection. And while the doll has had her fair share of makeovers, this is the first time Barbie has had a ‘makeunder’ since she emerged on the scene in 1959. Images created by a Mexican graphic artist that recently hit […]
Matt Damon and his Latina wife renewed their vows on Saturday with a lavish party on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Lucia. The couple celebrated eight years of marriage at the Sugar Beach resort with an invitation list that included George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and Ben Affleck. According to US Weekly, Damon rented […]
Si, ¡hablo Español! (Yes, I speak Spanish!) Whether it was singing or talking in Spanish, multiple contestants were showing off their bilingual skills Tuesday night on The Voice. With their accordion and guitar, the duo Midas Whale brought the hippy vibe to the singing show after performing Folsom Prison Blues. They had all four judges […]
When Sarah Diaz was a freshman at the Environmental Charter High School in Lawndale, Calif., one of the nation’s first ‘green’ charter schools, she didn’t know much about conservation or social justice. But she soon had her family recycling, planting native plants and installing low-flow shower heads. She also learned about César Chávez, founder of […]
Penelope Cruz showed off her baby bump to the world as she frolicked in a black string bikini on the beach in Barbados, where she and her husband, actor Javier Bardem, vacationed last week. Spanish magazine ¡Hola! published the first photos of the Pirates of the Caribbean actress. In the photos, Cruz looks happy and relaxed. Us Weekly magazine […]
Four years ago, surveys suggested that Latinos had fallen behind other groups in the digital divide. Today, Latinos have either narrowed or closed that gap, a recent study found. Latinos own smart phones, access the Internet through mobile devices and use social networking sites such as Twitter or Facebook at similar—and sometimes higher—rates than other […]
In the spring of 2003, Dr. Ellen Silber of Fordham University heard this from the superintendent of a school district outside New York City: ”Hispanic girls are a quiet problem; too many of them quietly drop out of school due to a growing sense that they can’t make it.” “That was the moment I realized […]
Six Latino college students who attended a leadership program at Harvard College returned to Miami with an idea. They decided to found a group, 305 Rise, devoted to help minority students become better prepared for college. The students had been part of the 2011 Miami Dade Cohort of the Harvard Latino Leadership Initiative. After their […]
The Tea Party group that sponsored a prime-time response last week to President Obama’s State of the Union address is the latest group recognizing the power of the Latino vote. Officials with the Tea Party Express, the nation’s largest Tea Party political action committee, have been discussing their own Latino outreach, said Sal Russo, the […]