Puerto Ricans

In Florida, Romney Finds the "Lucky Corner"

Maribel Hastings | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Hialeah, Puerto Ricans, Mitt Romney 2012, Cuban-Americans, Cubans, Florida Primary 2012, Mitt Romney, Florida, Romney, Republicans, Latino Voices News
Maribel Hastings

Hispanic voters constitute 11% of all registered Republicans throughout the state of Florida, but here in Miami-Dade County in the southern part of the state, where the Cuban and Cuban-American vote reigns supreme, they constitute 72% of Republican votes. Spanish-language television and radio ads are the order of the day.

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WATCH: Sh*t Abuelas Say vs Sh*t Spanish Girls Say (NSFW)

Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Video, Cultura, Shit Abuelas Say, Youtube Videos, Top Youtube Videos, Latino Stereotypes, Youtube, Juan Ortiz, Puerto Ricans, Hispanics, Latina Beauty Obsession, Sh*T Spanish Girls Say, Shit Spanish Girls Say, Sh*T Abuelas Say, Latino Voices News

The inevitable has happened. Joining the series of viral videos "Sh*t (insert race, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity) People Say", are the La...

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WATCH: Learn How To Make Middle Eastern Shrimp Recipe, Puerto Rican Style

Posted 01.06.2012

Read More: Puerto Rico, Ecorico, Hispanic Food, Video, Latino Food, Middle Eastern Shrimp, Latin Food, Hispanic Heritage, Food, Puerto Ricans, Recipe, Giselle Achecar, Latino Voices News

In honor of my quarter Lebanese roots (I’m still 100% boricua), an Egyptian friend sent me a family recipe for shrimp. As soon as I read the recipe,...

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Rita Moreno: On Her One Woman Show, Life, And J-Lo

Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Video, Cultura, California, Jennifer Lopez, Berkeley, Sunset Boulevard, Puerto Ricans, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Latina, Rita Moreno, Latino Voices News

Latina.com Rita Moreno has done it all. She's won an Oscar, an Emmy, a Grammy and a Tony, and she's already played the role of her dreams—the par...

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How Race and Class May Affect Asthma

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stress, Hygiene, Children, Health, Asthma, Puerto Ricans, Pollution, Race, Class, Health Care, African Americans, Allergies, Personal Health, Home News
Philip N. Cohen

Childhood asthma is more common among Blacks and Puerto Ricans than among Whites.

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Puerto Rican Americans Have Highest Asthma Rate In Nation

HuffPost Citizen Reporting | Wanda Hellmund | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Asthma, Huff Post Eyes and Ears, Puerto Ricans, The Bronx Ink, Pollution and Asthma, Bronx, Hunts Point, Health, Video, New York News

Produced by HuffPost Eyes&Ears Citizen Journalism Unit in collaboration with The Bronx Ink at the Columbia Journalism School. Eighteen percent of Pue...

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Latinos in America

John Riofrio | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Latinos, Cnn, Mexican-Americans, Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Soledad O'Brien, Mexico, Bilingual, Media News
John Riofrio

CNN's commitment to balance in the form of equal representation of both sides with little context or social theory was troubling instead of enlightening, and pedantic rather than productive.

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New Muslim Cool Forges Path for New America

Bakari Kitwana | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islam, New Muslim Cool, Youth, America, Puerto Ricans, Propaganda, Pew Research Study, Arab-Americans, Latino Americans, Recession, Pittsburgh, Generation Gap, Culture, Entertainment News
Bakari Kitwana

Fighting against being defined by America's bygone eras, New Muslim Cool points us toward a more complicated future.

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6 Puerto Ricans Arrested For Disrupting Congress

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congress, Puerto Ricans, Puerto Rica, House, Congress Protest, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A group of six pro-independence Puerto Ricans was arrested Wednesday for demonstrating inside the House, a Capitol Police spokeswom...

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