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Unions take aim at discrimination against Latinas WASHINGTON - With Latinas being among the most-discriminated-against groups in US society, the union movement's major constituency group for Hispanic-named workers, the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement has issued a comprehensive report ...

The Rise of Latinas As Top Spenders Among other reasons, such as earning higher wages, pursuing higher education and a growing Hispanic population , the authors of the Nielsen study say  ...

Health Advocates Urging Politicians to Support Health Care Access for Latinas New census data last week revealed record numbers of people living in poverty and without health insurance, and Latino families represent a disproportionate percentage of those in need. Despite the high rate of unemployment and growing number of ...

Latinas More Susceptible to Heart Problems at a Younger Age  - The study found that younger Hispanic women were one-and-a-half times more likely to experience an in-hospital death from a heart attack than white men .

Neilsen: Latinas Control Spending Power, Love Smartphones Along with that, Latinos are seen "outpacing Latino males in their educational pursuits and career development, are overwhelmingly the decision-makers in  ...

Two Latinas Making a Difference in Hispanic , LGBTQ Communities  - Roughly 146,000 Latinos live in same-sex couple households, and the three states with the most LGBT Latinos are Texas, Nevada and California.

Latinas & Other Minority Women Targeted For Violence  - During the 1990s, reports were released that indicated that violence against all races, Hispanic women and non- Hispanic , were equal -but also indicated that  ...

Suicide rate of young Latinas may be exacerbated by immigration rhetoric - Martinez's mother remembers the way people who suffer from a mental health condition are treated in parts of Latin America and by many in the ...

8 Latinas Inspiring New Generations: Eva Longoria, America Ferrera, Jennifer Lopez & More - We don't see enough women from different backgrounds together, and even in the Latino community, we don't see people coming across from the ...

Rita Moreno and Mercedes Ruehl are among Latinas in the movie industry who have won Oscars for their work on great films. View article...

Fear of Deportation May Keep Latinas From Reporting Domestic Violence  - A new survey suggests that more than half of Latinos in the U.S. know a victim of domestic violence — and that they believe fear of deportation stops ...

Transgender Latinas' stories reveal how much intolerance they still endure  - trans woman queens While we celebrate gains for same sex marriage, many LGBT people still fight for the right to just exist.  

More Latinas leaving home for college According to a study by the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) in 2007, before the recession, 12 percent of Latino men returned home. The figure has now  ...

Latinas Come Forward in LA Cockroach Teachers Abuse Case : The acts allegedly occurred at Miramonte Elementary School, a low income school in Los Angeles where 98 percent of the students are Latinos , according to the school's website. Berndt taught at the school for 30 years. The two students who came forward ...

QLatinx, a new community group for Central Florida's LGBT Latinos and Latinas, fills a need after ... - As the national media covered Pulse, most of them acknowledged the massacre had taken place in a gay nightclub on Latin night. But few recognized ...

Famous Latinas Who Battled Domestic Violence and Prevailed  - In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, which takes place during the month of October, Latina Magazine highlights these powerful women who have  ...

When Latinas Succeed, America Succeeds  - After raising seven children and instilling in us the value of education , my mom returned to school to become a bilingual education teacher. It takes a ...

J.Lo one of People en Español's most powerful Latinas  - Singer and actress Jennifer Lopez was selected by People en Español magazine to appear on the cover of its issue on the 25 most powerful Latino women in  ...

How Do Pro-Life Latinas Feel About Abortion? It's Complicated - The mainstream narrative around Latinxs and abortion goes something like this: Because most people within the Latinx community are deeply religious and have roots in countries with highly restrictive abortion laws, they will inevitably oppose a woman's right to choose. And because they hold these ...

10 Struggles All Latinas Who Don't Speak Spanish Understand  - Whenever non- Latino people find out you're Latina and you don't speak Spanish, their minds are blown. "But ... but, how can you not speak Spanish?