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Ad Featuring Undocumented Immigrants Asks Whether They Deserve Healthcare Too
by Jorge Rivas on April 30 2013, 11:55AM
The state is launching its insurance exchange program that will make health care more affordable for residents once Obamacare kicks in but it’s planning but it’s planning on leaving undocumented immigrants out.
Study: Undocumented Latinos Get Into HIV Treatment Dangerously Late
by Jorge Rivas on April 1 2013, 3:18PM
Undocumented Latinos and black Americans both arrive in care later than others. But undocumented Latinos are still likely to do well in treatment once there.
Bruno Mars Explains Why He Dropped His Puerto Rican Father’s Surname
by Jorge Rivas on March 22 2013, 11:57AM
Bruno Mars was born Peter Gene Hernandez on October 8, 1985, in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog
Academy Adds Lupe Ontiveros to ‘In Memoriam’ Slideshow
by Jorge Rivas on February 28 2013, 11:22AM
After pressure from Latino organizations the Academy adds the actress to the ‘In Memoriam’ slideshow on their website.
Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog
Oscars ‘In Memoriam’ Snubs Lupe Ontiveros, Twice
by Jorge Rivas on February 25 2013, 11:08AM
Last night’s Oscars ‘In Memoriam’ reel left out actress Lupe Ontiveros. The Mexican-American actress passed away on July 26, 2012.
Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog
The New and Improved ‘God Made a Farmer’ Ads
by Jorge Rivas on February 6 2013, 3:32PM
“We saw Dodge’s ‘God Made A Farmer’ ad and we thought it didn’t reflect the whole picture. So we gave it a bit of a fix,” reads the description for the video uploaded to the Brave New Foundation’s YouTube channel. The video…
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
Latino Farmers Breaking Barriers in Midwest
by Jorge Rivas on February 5 2013, 1:22PM
PRI’s “The World” reporter Anna Boiko-Weyrauch reports on a new U.S. government project is supporting immigrant farmers.
First Latina to Send Hello Kitty (Almost) Into Space
by Jorge Rivas on February 4 2013, 3:40PM
Lauren Rojas of Antioch, Calif., wanted to test the effects of altitute on air pressure and temperature for school.
Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog
Here’s What the Super Bowl Farmer Ad Left Out
by Jorge Rivas on February 4 2013, 11:16AM
There is growing ethnic and racial diversity among farm operators nationwide, and the percentage of women operators is up.
Jobs Report Still Bleak for Black Workers Under 30
by Jorge Rivas on February 1 2013, 12:59PM
The U.S. economy added 157,000 jobs in January, according to a Labor Department report released Friday.
Man Who Killed Latino For Pulling in to Wrong Drive Way Out on Bail
by Jorge Rivas on January 31 2013, 11:29AM
Phillip Walker Sailors, the man who shot and killed 22-year-old Rodrigo Diaz for pulling in to his driveway is out on bail.
Topics: Criminal Justice, /NOW Blog
Georgia Man Kills Latino After GPS Sends Him to Wrong Driveway
by Jorge Rivas on January 30 2013, 10:10AM
Phillip Walker Sailors, 69, has been charged with malice murder in the killing of Rodrigo Abad Diaz, a 22-year-old Cuban immigrant who mistakenly pulled into his driveway due to faulty GPS directions.
Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog
Study Finds Latino Toddlers Make Up For Scholastic Shortcomings With Strong Social Skills
by Jorge Rivas on January 25 2013, 4:17PM
Mexican-American preschoolers start school way behind their white counterparts. But new research is showing that their social skills are fully developed and robust by the time they start school and are indistinguishable from their white peers.
Topics: /NOW Blog, Schools & Youth
Gay Cuban-American Poet Richard Blanco to Read at Obama’s Inauguration
by Jorge Rivas on January 9 2013, 8:10AM
Blanco will become the fifth poet in history to read an official inauguration poem and the first Latino and openly-gay poet to have the honor.
Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog
Insiders Say Jenni Rivera’s Death Shows U.S. Media is Clueless About ‘Mexican Anything’
by Jorge Rivas on December 11 2012, 5:36PM
But the biggest media failures in the Jenni Rivera coverage were stories that led with comparisons between Rivera’s death and the murder of Mexican-American singer Selena Quintanilla.
Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog
Jenni Rivera’s Kids Say Keep Your Condolences, ‘She is Not Dead’
by Jorge Rivas on December 11 2012, 11:05AM
Jenni Rivera’s immediate family has taken to social media to release statements saying they’re still holding on to hope.
Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog
Jenni Rivera Fought For Women, Immigrants and LGBT Youth
by Jorge Rivas on December 10 2012, 10:23AM
She was one of the first celebrities to call Arizona’s SB1070 law racist and attended marches in Arizona.
Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog
Comedian Fakes ‘Mexican Accent’ For Entire Semester of Spanish Class
by Jorge Rivas on November 26 2012, 2:39PM
Jose Barrientos began his comedy career in Baghdad Iraq, while Serving in the ARMY. He says he became a comedian after realizing he was a better clown than he was a soldier.
Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog
Walmart is Nation’s #1 Employer of Latinos, and Also Big Funders of Anti-Immigrant Efforts
by Jorge Rivas on November 20 2012, 6:25PM
They found the vast majority of recipients of funding voted against the DREAM Act, supported E-verify, immigrant detention, and militarization of the U.S.-Mexico border.
Meet the New Gerber Baby: Mary Jane Montoya
by Jorge Rivas on November 9 2012, 12:29PM
On November 6, 2012, the same day millions of Latinos took to the polls to vote, Gerber announced the winner of their latest Gerber baby photo contest.
Topics: /NOW Blog, Schools & Youth
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