Dreams Built in the Projects

This excellent article on today's online version of the Washington Post tells it like it is. We all love success stories but when they are true, it seems that we are all caught by surprise. If anything, the Obama's administration has brought up some examples -starting with himself- that with effort and perseverance anything is possible.

I also believe that the surprise factor comes from too many years of "same old, same old" nominations. Wow, there still are people in this country that are hard-working, engaged and passioned about what they do, and their only goal is NOT greed. What a concept!

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Murió la grabadora, pintora y muralista Fanny Rabel

La grabadora, pintora y muralista Fanny Rabel, una de las discípulas de Frida Kahlo y Diego Rivera y la única mujer que formó parte del Grupo de los Fridos, falleció la noche de ayer a los 86 años de edad en su domicilio de la ciudad de México.

The HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Latin America

A study by the Kaiser Family Foundation shows the impact of HIV/AIDS in Latin America and the cultural barriers including poverty, stigma, discrimination, homophobia, gender inequalities, migration, and lack of access to education and health care that become obstacles for treatment and early detection. Find out how your country of interest ranks in the disparity list.

The Interaction of HIV, Drug Use, and the Criminal Justice System (R01) Grant

African-Americans and other racial/ethnic minorities disproportionately high rate of incarceration has affected the social environment of many minorities communities in ways that have increased HIV risks to other community members, particularly women. Because detection of HIV infection usually occurs later among ethnic/racial minority groups, who also bear a greater burden of disease, criminal justice settings (including community correctional programs) have the potential to address health disparities by providing individual and community-based prevention programming, including HIV testing. Funding for $1.5 million to be awarded.

Every Woman Is a World
Interviews with Women of Chiapas

By Gayle Walker and Kiki Suárez
Edited by Carol Karasik
Prologue/preface by Elena Poniatowska

Older Chiapas women telling their stories and reflecting on major historical events as far as the Mexican Revolution and the 1918 Spanish influenza epidemic. In the personal dramas of daily life, these women tell tragic stories of deprivation, hunger, and family violence, and their view of marriage, work, religion, and their own mortality.

In a Generation, Minorities May Be the U.S. Majority

According to new Census Bureau projections, ethnic and racial minorities who identify themselves as Hispanic, black, Asian, American Indian, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander will become the majority of the US population by 2042 -sooner than the anticipated date of 2050-, Sam Robert reports. Main reasons are higher birthrates among minorities and predicted rising influx of immigrants. Read how these changes will affect presidential elections, baby-boomers' retirement and life expectancy.

Minutemen Launch National Campaign in San Francisco

Read and watch this incredible video of the Minutemen activities now creeping up to additional cities. Excellent report from New America Media, the country's first and largest national collaboration and advocate of 2000 ethnic news organizations.

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