When it comes to gaining access to health insurance, Hispanics have struggled more than any other demographic in America. Roughly 30 percent of Hispanics remain uninsured compared to just 19 percent of African Americans and 11 percent of Whites. And growing demand for health care services coupled with the dwindling numbers of primary care physicians […]
Guest Blogger: Dr. Elena Rios “Technology Offers Solutions for Patients and Doctors”
April 8, 2014 By
Guest Blogger: Wendy Rivera-Aguilar “Building Ladders of Opportunity For Economic Development”
April 1, 2014 By
Recently, the Washingtonian highlighted extraordinary success stories of some of the most influential Hispanic achievers of our time. Among the Latino faces featured on the cover was Andres W. Lopez. A Harvard Law graduate and trial attorney from Puerto Rico who is often described as having a “ steamrolling personality,” Lopez has become one of […]
Guest Blogger: Jose Aristimuño “Venezuela’s fight is far from over”
March 31, 2014 By
Ever since Venezuela’s National Youth Day on February 12th, students in the coutry of Venezuela have been protesting their frustrations with the country’s national government and their incapicity to deal with the country’s problems such as record high levels of insecurity, record inflation levels (estimated to be close to 56.2%), a corrupt legal system and […]
Guest Blogger: Janet Murguia “By Ignoring Lessons Of 2012, GOP Is Driving Latino Voters Further Away”
March 27, 2014 By
It was exactly a year ago that the Republican National Committee (RNC) released an assessment of its resounding defeat in the 2012 election, known as the “autopsy report.” That soul-searching piece rightly laid the defeat of Mitt Romney at the feet of the party’s profound disconnect with anyone outside its “core constituencies,” including young people, […]
Guest Blogger: Kristian Ramos “Unlocking The Power Of Broadband Throughout Our New America”
March 24, 2014 By
My brother, a young millennial, is devoted to his mobile device. He connects to social networks, videogames, and apps anywhere, anytime. He uses it to check sports scores, to buy movie tickets, and when it suits him, to ignore the rest of his family at the dinner table. My younger brother is representative of the […]
Guest Blogger: Dakar Lanzino “Gloria Abajo el Pueblo: El futuro de Venezuela está en las manos de los Venezolanos”
March 20, 2014 By
Hay un dicho que dice: Cada país tiene el presidente que se merece. Por 14 años, el “Comandante de la Republica” Hugo Chavez Frías estuvo en el poder y cuando falleció, fue reemplazado por el ahora Presidente, Nicolas Maduro, un personaje que no heredo la visión de Chavez con respecto al socialismo del siglo 21, […]
Guest Blogger: Adrianna Quintero “From Farms to Solar Farms: Women Are Leading the Fight on Climate Change”
March 12, 2014 By
On March 8th, we celebrated International Women’s Day, so it’s only fitting to also celebrate some of the many ways that women are helping to solve one of the biggest challenges of our time: climate change. It is well-recognized that in many ways, climate change disproportionately impacts women. However, from farms to solar farms, women around […]
Guest Blogger: Vanessa Cárdenas “6 Steps the President and Congress can Take to Help Young Men of Color”
March 6, 2014 By
Last Thursday, President Obama launched “My Brother’s Keeper,” an initiative that aims to address the profound challenges young men of color face. A long overdue and sorely needed endeavor, the President is using his bully pulpit to call on government, nonprofit, and corporate leaders to get serious about improving the life outcomes of young men […]
Guest Blogger: FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel “Closing the Latino Achievement Gap with Broadband”
March 5, 2014 By
Across the country, one in four public elementary school students is Latino. And this number is growing. The U.S. Census Bureau projects that, in about 20 years, Latinos will compose one-third of the nation’s school age children. And in some states, like Texas, Latinos became the majority of public school students years ago. These numbers […]
Guest Blogger: Kristian Ramos “Our Country Has Changed; Why Hasn’t The ’96 Telecom Act”
February 19, 2014 By
This month marks the eighteenth anniversary of the 1996 Telecom Act. This landmark piece of legislation paved the way for a new era of competition, innovation, and consumer choice – and it all began at a time when information services, as we know them today, barely existed at all. It also began in a much […]
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