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Mon14Jul2008

Human Rights Abuses Against Pregnant Undocumented Workers

Latina Lista is reporting on the story of Juana Villegas DeLaPaz, an undocumented pregnant worker who was recently arrested and imprisoned for driving without a license. If that wasn't bad enough, Villegas DeLaPaz went into labor while in prison.... Read more »

Monday, July 14 2008 | 13:25 H

Wed28May2008

But the New Family Detention Centers Will Look So Nice!

Last week I wrote about a call for bids to build three new immigrant detention facilities. For those worried about the demand to build more glorified jails and the money it will cost to build them, maybe this will make... Read more »

Wednesday, May 28 2008 | 11:51 H

Tue20May2008

ICE Planning to Build Three More Family Detention Centers

Who said the U.S. government isn't listening when the community demands that immigrant families not be broken up, that parents and children shouldn't be separated?Anna Gorman of the Los Angeles Times reports that ICE has solicited bids for three more... Read more »

Tuesday, May 20 2008 | 06:30 H

Mon19May2008

Those Left Behind : Postville , Iowa

This is the face of what is left behind after the huge ICE raid in Postville, Iowa exactly one week ago today. Half of the school system's 600 students were absent Tuesday, including 90 percent of Hispanic children, because their... Read more »

Monday, May 19 2008 | 07:30 H

Wed07May2008

ICE Ups Their Scare Tactics by Targetting Elementary Schools

Immigration and Customs Enforcement, better known as ICE, has upped it's scare tactics and now is resorting to terrorizing families by waiting outside elementary schools. Yesterday afternoon ICE agents parked outside Stonehurst Elementary School in Oakland, California. The agents did... Read more »

Wednesday, May 07 2008 | 09:44 H

Thu24Jan2008

Puerto Rico OKs Gay Marriage Ban Referendum

Opponents of rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people in Puerto Rico have pushed for a referendum to ban gay marriage on the island, and the government is letting it happen.Puerto Rico's governor said Wednesday he would not block... Read more »

Thursday, January 24 2008 | 14:49 H

Mon07Jan2008

Book Review : Body Drama

Mujeres: if your new year's resolution is to love your body more then come closer. When I was going through puberty, I learned everything I needed to learn about my body from two sources: porn I found in my dad's... Read more »

Monday, January 07 2008 | 10:31 H

Thu22Nov2007

My 10 Year Old Sold Out on Thanksgiving

My position on Thanksgiving has been well documented here. Don't get me wrong, I'm not off throwing cranberry sauce on those who choose to keep the turkey and all the trimmings on a day that, I, personally feel is nothing... Read more »

Thursday, November 22 2007 | 09:27 H

Fri05Oct2007

Guatemala Suspends Adoptions

Let me come clean. I have problems with transnational and transracial adoptions. There, I said it. I think the system is racist on a number of levels. The president of Guatemala has some concerns too, leading him to suspend adoptions... Read more »

Friday, October 05 2007 | 06:42 H

Thu04Oct2007

Mala Knows Breasts : Review of Book Mama Knows Breast

As some readers may have figured out, I'm into breastfeeding. Not in some weirdo pervy fetish way and not in a judgemental "you're killing your baby if you give it formula". I breastfeed and I think if you can do... Read more »

Thursday, October 04 2007 | 12:54 H

Mon24Sep2007

Latino Baby Celeb Watch : Salma Hayek Has a Girl

Bella and talented Salma Hayek is mami, having given birth to a nena, named Valentina Paloma Pinault. Nice name no? Salma's publicist said on Friday that mami and hija are doing well. We don't know yet what the baby looks... Read more »

Monday, September 24 2007 | 11:16 H

Thu20Sep2007

Kajeet Cell Phones : So Far a Good Option for Padres and Kids

Thankfully my 10 year isn't one of those kids, the kind that are up your ass to have what all her friends have. Most of her fifth grade friends do have cell phones, used to communicate with their parents as... Read more »

Thursday, September 20 2007 | 17:00 H

Mon13Aug2007

Where Are the People of Color in the Parent Blogosphere?

Anti-RacistParent has a great article up about the state of the parenting blogosphere and the place of people of color mamis and papis. Not surprisingly, the blog world reflects the real world.As for the perception that PR folks don’t pitch... Read more »

Monday, August 13 2007 | 12:25 H

Wed04Jul2007

Saying No to Nestlé

If you've lived in Latin America for any amount of time, you know that Nestlé is everywhere from instant coffee to baby formula. It's precisely the baby formula that's the target of International Nestlé-Free Week, which began yesterday, July 2-8... Read more »

Wednesday, July 04 2007 | 08:00 H

Tue13Mar2007

Mexico City to educate men on being domestic

As normal as it might seem to some of us here in the U.S., the concept of a man doing housework or taking care of kids is still unheard of in some parts of Latin America. Mexico City wants to... Read more »

Tuesday, March 13 2007 | 11:42 H

Tue20Feb2007

Naming Our Babies Maria not Mary

As Latinos move from a "minority" in the U.S. to the majority, how babies are named is changing. According to an article on Univision.com, the baby girl name Maria is now more popular than its English counterpart, Mary. Among Latinos,... Read more »

Tuesday, February 20 2007 | 12:40 H

Tue06Feb2007

Mamis : Show Us Your Tetas

No, I'm not talking about Girls Gone Wild or even about a novela about breasts. Besides being objects of desire, breasts are pretty damn functional especially for many mothers. But baring breasts to feed a baby has become so controversial,... Read more »

Tuesday, February 06 2007 | 16:00 H

Wed03Jan2007

Spanish Mami is World's Oldest Mami

Medical technology especially in the area of fertility treatments is allowing women who most likely wouldn't be mothers have children. A 67 year old woman from Barcelona just broke the world record as the oldest mami by giving birth to... Read more »

Wednesday, January 03 2007 | 14:28 H

Tue21Nov2006

Latino family hardship rates high

According to data just released by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Latino and African American families are having a hard time making ends meet, and "experience difficulty affording food, lack needed medical care, and/or live in overcrowded conditions."... Read more »

Tuesday, November 21 2006 | 18:54 H

Mon23Oct2006

Is money wiring destroying families?

Is Western Union-ing some money back to your familia in Mexico destroying the family structure in Latin America? That's what some experts are saying. While the economies of Latin American countries are bolstered by the remittances made from the U.S.... Read more »

Monday, October 23 2006 | 15:25 H

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