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Top 40 Latinos in Social Media

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Shakira rocks it when it comes to social media. She boasts a combined total of 65.4 million likes on Facebook and followers on Twitter, according to @Plus_Three’s semiannual analysis of leading Latinos in social media #2012LatinoRanking.  Musicians…

Eva Longoria Defends ‘Devious Maids’

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Eva Longoria is a producer on the Marc Cherry’s upcoming show Devious Maids, which—despite featuring four fantastic Latina actresses in leading roles—is already stirring up controversy in the Latino community over whether it reinforces…
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LGBT Acceptance Among Latinos

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Anyone who knows me personally knows that my favorite TV show of all time is Rupaul’s Drag Race. It’s everything I always wanted Project Runway and America’s Next Top Model to be, plus it’s about a squillion times more entertaining. I…

I Don’t Need No Stinking Papers!

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Some University of Southern Mississippi band members chanted “Where’s your green card?” at Kansas State University point guard Angel Rodriguez during Thursday’s first round of the NCAA’s Men’s Basketball Championship. The school…
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Is Techno Bigotry Real?

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Nothing is more discouraging than the state of diversity in Sillicon Valley. As a portion of the country speeds up with the latest iPad and gets richer off of Facebook going public, the majority of minorities in America find themselves left…

Sh*t Latinos Don’t Say

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From eating at Taco Bell to confusing the Virgen de Guadalupe with guacamole, this hilarious, satirical spoof on the Sh*t People Say videos proliferating YouTube takes the opposite approach, Sh*t Latinos Don’t Say! It pokes fun at stereotypes…
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The Danger in Words for the GOP: Alienating Latino Voters?

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As mothers, we know very well the old adage "Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me." We also know from consoling our little hijitos when they’ve come home from school after being made fun of, that nothing could…

Best Latino Vids of 2011

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We first fell in love with single dad Jorge Narvaez and his adorable six-year-old daughter Alexa almost exactly one year ago when their first YouTube video went viral. Their heartfelt cover of Home by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros was…
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College Resources for Latino Families

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More Latinos than ever before are finishing high school—73 percent of be exact. That’s what the latest study by the Pew Hispanic Center found in 2010, and it’s the highest it has been since 1972. And with this increase in college-bound…