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Residents of East Los Angeles, a predominantly Latino area, are expressing concerns that further light rail or freeway construction in the area will expose them and their children to harmful pollution. “I’ve had enough of those who want to continue taking advantage of East L.A. because we are Latinos,” said…
Blaming “out of control” vaping, Hawaii has become the first state in the nation to raise its smoking age to 21. The new law, which will go into effect on January 1, 2016, will ban the sale of tobacco cigarettes and electronic cigarettes to anyone under the age of 21,…
A nursing home in Mexico designed to take care of formerly homeless seniors may have been intentionally set on fire, according to investigators. The tragedy killed at least 17 residents, and more are left injured or unaccounted for after the dormitory part of the wooden, tin-roofed structure burned to the…
Business is booming in the U.S. construction industry, as spending rolls towards a staggering $1 trillion volume in 2015. This will mark the best year for construction volume since 2007, prior to the beginning of the Great Recession. Last year at this time, the construction spending was less than impressive,…
Summer isn’t the only season about to start: the 2016 presidential campaign season has finally arrived. And in late May, Columba Bush, the former First Lady of Florida and wife of the Republican establishment front runner candidate Jeb Bush, joined social media for the first time. Columba was born in…
It’s a well known fact of life: giving birth is typically painful; very, very painful. Thanks to new technology, men are finding out just how painful it can be, and their cries of anguish are going viral. Virtually all women find that giving birth hurts to some extent. According to one study,…
In many areas of the healthcare industry, the American Hispanic population seems to trail behind other ethnic and racial groups, and lower-than-average incomes and education levels aren’t helping matters any. But despite these setbacks, Hispanics actually have a higher life expectancy than both white and black Americans, according to a…
It’s estimated that 70% of all social media users in North America are connected to at least one local business. As such, it comes as no surprise that politicians are turning to social media — in hopes of earning votes. And in an effort to secure the coveted minority vote…
Vanessa Casanas, who recently graduated from Rutgers University-Newark with a 3.9 GPA and honors, isn’t a remarkable student just because of her impressive academic achievements. Canasas, a native of Colombia who majored in computer science, is remarkable because she succeeded in a primarily male-dominated academic field. In fact, she is…
The U.S. is changing the way it eats. Several studies have found that where Americans are eating has been evolving as well. According to the latest report from The NPD Group, a global information company, the growing influence of Hispanics on other demographics is one of the main factors driving…