California inasequible: Tom Steyer habla sobre políticas de vivienda, salud e inmigración
Tom Steyer. Foto: Gage Skidmore   El candidato demócrata a la gubernatura de California, Tom Steyer, afirmó que los votantes del estado enfrentan una elección entre los “intereses corporativos” y un cambio estructural profundo durante una entrevi...
It’s costing California more than expected to provide immigrant health care. Is coverage at risk?
California is spending more than it expected on Medi-Cal and Republican lawmakers are pointing to coverage expansions that benefited immigrant households.   The California health care program that covers almost 15 million people is costing more m...
Steve Hilton presenta una visión conservadora para California en foro de medios étnicos
Steve Hilton. Foto: Gage Skidmore (CC BY-SA 2.0)   El candidato republicano a la gubernatura de California, Steve Hilton, presentó una visión conservadora para el estado durante un foro virtual organizado por American Community Media, argumentand...
I judged Gavin Newsom’s podcast before listening. Then I realized I was part of the problem
The California governor’s new podcast, where he broke with Democrats on trans rights, triggered a media firestorm and evoked a variety of opinions from Californians.   When I saw the headlines about Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new podcast, “This is Gavi...
Perspectivas y Experiencias de los Latinos sobre el Idioma Español
Si bien la mayoría de los latinos en EE.UU. hablan español, no todos lo hacen. El 24 por ciento de todos los adultos latinos dicen que solo pueden mantener un poco o nada una conversación en español.   Más de la mitad de los latinos en EE.UU. que...

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Passionate dance

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15 November 2008 Visión Hispana Print Email

 

“We have the best salsa dancers in the world coming to the event,” says Ricardo Sanchez about the San Francisco Bay Area International Salsa Congress and Competition. Taking place November 20th-23rd at the Oakland Marriott City Center, the annual event attracts Latin dance and music

Getting off the streets

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18 October 2008 Visión Hispana Print Email
Child prostitutes in Alameda County and throughout the state will no longer be treated as criminals under a new law signed by Governor Schwarzenegger. When police pick up children younger than 18 who are suspected of being in the sex trade, they now will be required to identify and

Saliendo de las calles

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Las prostitutas menores de edad del Condado de Alameda y a lo largo del estado ya no serán tratadas como delincuentes bajo una ley nueva firmada por el Gobernador Schwarzenegger. Bajo esta ordenanza,

Family builders

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26 July 2008 Visión Hispana Print Email
“I want to find a family that could be mine forever,” says fourteen year old Caesar, who is one of many older Latino children in California waiting and looking for a new family that will love them. Like most children who are available for adoption, Caesar is in the foster family system. Without a permanent family,