Starting Feb. 15, the days of buying knock-off Narciso Rodriguez designs will be over. The charismatic Cuban designer, who has dressed the likes of Sarah Jessica Parker , Jessica Alba and Michelle Obama , will be launching a new line to be sold directly...(read more)
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine surveyed 1,347 women who had children ages 35 months to 4 years to assess just how much time the kids spent in front on the tube. They knew that young children of white mothers and young children...(read more)
PHILADELPHIA -- For some Hispanic students, navigating the college application process can be a double-whammy: Balancing high school coursework with essays and interviews, and then translating the whole system for their parents, who don't speak English....(read more)
Day laborers in Costa Mesa, California have filed a lawsuit against the city after police dressed in plain clothes posed as employers and subsequently arrested dozens of workers attempting to solicit jobs. Costa Mesa, a small city about 35 miles outside...(read more)
Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira and two other Grammy winners will grace the stage of the NBA All-Star game on Valentine's Day. The 33-year-old Shakira, the highest-selling Colombian musician of all time, will play two tracks from her new album "She...(read more)
Kelli Wright thinks “cultural humility” can help people better appreciate America’s rich diversity. It’s a twist on the better-known and more-widely discussed idea of “cultural competence.” Wright pointed to a recent article on the Community Partnerships...(read more)
Getty Images Zoe Saldana is super excited at the prospect of having a starring role in not one, but two blockbuster sci-fi franchises. Star Trek 2 is already in talks and J.J. Abrams is reportedly in the process of writing a script, while James Cameron...(read more)
The unemployment rate among immigrants in the U.S. outpaced that of native-born workers last month, with the gap particularly pronounced among women. Some 11.8% of foreign-born workers were unemployed in January, compared to 10.3% of native workers, the...(read more)
MEXICO CITY -- Mexico already has many of its monuments on UNESCO's list of protected sites. Now the government is asking for international recognition for the country's cuisine. U.N. officials will decide in April or May whether to add Mexico's food...(read more)
Getty Images Of Mexican heritage and fiercely proud of it, Eva Longoria Parker always thought her ancestral makeup was mostly Mexican-Indian with a smattering of European blood. But she discovered that the opposite is true, among other surprising revelations,...(read more)
THURSDAY, Feb. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Rates of HIV infection in infants are significantly higher among blacks and Hispanics than whites, and preventive measures are needed to reduce the disparity, a new government report says. Although the number of HIV-infected...(read more)
PHOENIX -- A federal judge will decide whether to impose sanctions against the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office for its acknowledged destruction of police records in a lawsuit that accuses deputies of racially profiling countless Hispanics in immigration...(read more)
After achieving superstardom throughout Latin America, Colombian-born Shakira became Latin pop's biggest female crossover artist since Jennifer Lopez broke...
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