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Globalization’s most unlikely export? Heavy metal. This extremely loud, extremely epic musical genre includes famous acts like Metallica, Pantera, Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, and countless local bands headbanging away in sweaty rock clubs the world over. The average U.S. consumer is wearing or using about four leather products at any…
While one-fourth of customers who pay their bills electronically only have to worry about an improved relationship with their biller, some don’t have that luxury. Puerto Rico is nearly $72 billion in debt, and they’re searching for ways to resolve it. Enter Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator of the wildly popular…
According to the United States Department of Education, there are now more minority students in U.S. K-12 school systems than there are white students. Despite that, there still seems to be a lack of minority educators, specifically from the Latino community. New data from the Education Department’s Office of Civil…
Recently, General Motors announced that they would continue to manufacture automobiles without airbags until 2019 in Mexico. In the wake of this shocking announcement, Consejo de Latinos Unidos (CDLU), a Hispanic consumer advocacy group and public charity in the United States, officially denounced General Motors, accusing the auto company of…
For those living or planning to travel to the New Mexico area, the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum recently opened two new exhibits that you may want to check out. According to the Las Cruces Sun-News, a photography and ancient weaving exhibitions are expected to help the museum start…
New York City officials are trying to figure out where the city’s recycling goes once it is picked up.Experts estimate that the amount of waste produced in New York City ranges from 3.5 to 5.5 million tons every year.And it is mostly minorities who do the collecting. Each night, 4,000…
While national teen birth rates have significantly decreased in recent years, a new report reveals that black and Latino teens still have the highest rates in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Hispanic and black Americans are still leading in high rates for…
Many tech investors believed that an impending Uber initial public offering would be one of the hottest IPOs of 2016, but those predictions are starting to look like wishful thinking after Uber and Lyft’s latest defeat in Texas. Even in hip, tech-friendly Austin, the ride sharing companies recently wasted $8.6…
Tobacco and the health problems that can arise from its use have been societal issues for many years, but lawmakers and leaders of the Hispanic health community believe new legislation will help support efforts to combat the destructive habit. According to a press release on PRnewswire.com, the U.S. Food and…
Venezuela’s Electricity Minister Luis Motta Dominguez announced on Thursday that the country intends to shut off all power for four hours a day for a 40-day period in response to the current energy crisis. Venezuela is cutting power as a last-resort effort to save energy during the drought that has…