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Latinos Are Mostly Excited About Kamala Harris as Vice President

Virginia IsaadAugust 12, 2020August 12, 2020

by Virginia IsaadAugust 12, 2020August 12, 2020077

Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden announced Kamala Harris as his vice president and immediately many praised his progressive choice. If they win she’ll not only become the first female VP but the first Black woman and the first Indian woman...

17 Immigrants Have Died in ICE Custody This Year

Virginia IsaadAugust 11, 2020August 11, 2020

by Virginia IsaadAugust 11, 2020August 11, 20200319

The 17th person has died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody making this year the deadliest since 2006 when 19 immigrants died. A total of eight people died in custody in 2019 so this year had been twice as...

News and Entertainment

Women of Color Are Running for Congress in Record Numbers

Virginia IsaadAugust 10, 2020

by Virginia IsaadAugust 10, 20200767

2020 may be remembered as the year of the Coronavirus pandemic, but one of the historic triumphs of this year is the number of women of color who ran for Congress. A minimum of 267 women of color are major-party...

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Is Bad Bunny Engaged to Girlfriend Gabriela Berlingeri?!

Virginia IsaadAugust 7, 2020August 7, 2020

by Virginia IsaadAugust 7, 2020August 7, 20200905

Latin trap artist Bad Bunny and Gabriela Berlingeri have been keeping it relatively lowkey for the better part of their relationship so, true to form, they have similarly subtly hinted at a quarantine engagement. Yesterday Berlingeri posted a video on...

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Austin Police Arrest Suspects in Murder of Ice Cream Vendor Adelaido Bernabe Urias

Virginia IsaadAugust 6, 2020August 6, 2020

by Virginia IsaadAugust 6, 2020August 6, 202001867

Adelaido Bernabe Urias was a 70-year-old paletero from Guerrero, Mexico who was working his usual shift on June 23 in north Austin when he was killed. While pushing his cart though an apartment complex, he was shot during a robbery...

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Latina Stanford Student Exposes Reality of Farmworker Wages

Virginia IsaadAugust 5, 2020

by Virginia IsaadAugust 5, 20200808

Incoming Stanford medical student and Mixteca Oaxaqueña Gianna Nino has been working the fields since she as 14. But it was her recent tweet about picking blueberries that went viral for putting farmworker wages in the spotlight. In the tweet,...

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Esther Salas, Judge Assigned Jeffrey Epstein Case, Speaks Out After Son’s Murder

Virginia IsaadAugust 4, 2020August 5, 2020

by Virginia IsaadAugust 4, 2020August 5, 20200482

On Sunday, July 19 the son of Judge Esther Salas was murdered in their home in North Brunswick, New Jersey. Now, for the first time since the tragedy, Salas is speaking out. The Savoy Show aired her statement where she...

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El Marro, Leader of Guanajuato Cartel, Arrested in Mexico

Virginia IsaadAugust 3, 2020August 3, 2020

by Virginia IsaadAugust 3, 2020August 3, 20200671

Cartel leader José Antonio Yépez Ortiz aka “El Marro” (the sledgehammer) was arrested on Sunday in the north-central state of Guanajuato by Federal and state authorities. The leader of the Santa Rosa de Lima cartel, 40, is notorious for stealing...

Family

20 Latina Celebrities Get Real About Motherhood

Virginia IsaadMay 10, 2020August 10, 2020

by Virginia IsaadMay 10, 2020August 10, 202003336

Familia is everything and Latina mothers are often the heart of the family. Though celebrity moms have certain privileges that the average Latina doesn’t, they aren’t exempt from the challenges every mom faces. This list is about the good as...

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Coronavirus Crisis: 85% of ICE Detainees Tested are Positive for Covid-19

Virginia IsaadApril 29, 2020July 24, 2020

by Virginia IsaadApril 29, 2020July 24, 20200973

ICE recently announced that it has tested 995 of its 30,737 detainees as of April 21 and of those, 449 have tested positive. Of the 1.38 percent of the detainees that have been tested, about 85 percent were positive, with...

Culture Lifestyle

Undocumented Latina Entrepreneurs Thrive Despite Their Status

Virginia IsaadApril 23, 2020July 24, 2020

by Virginia IsaadApril 23, 2020July 24, 202002097

Rosa Torres is a 23-year-old undocumented sociology student who co-founded Floreria Esperanza with her mom selling custom flower arrangements through Instagram as a creative avenue to make money. Torres was born in Guadalajara, Mexico and came to the U.S. when...

Culture

Chingona Ventures Jefa Wants to Fund Latina-Owned Businesses

Virginia IsaadApril 8, 2020July 24, 2020

by Virginia IsaadApril 8, 2020July 24, 20200740

Venture Capitalist Samara Hernandez, 35, has invested in non-diverse teams and when confronted about why she doesn’t only invest in Latinx businesses she explains that working in a white male-dominated space means she can be a better advocate for women...

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