California's low-income residents are most likely to benefit from Medicaid expansion. While states like Texas, Virginia and Wyoming don't allow qualified immigrants to receive Medicaid.
Everything seems expensive nowadays, particularly when you're a freshly graduated millennial burdened with student loan debt, while you're simultaneously searching to start a life in a city that has job opportunities and an affordable cost of living. Luckily, a new report was published that illustrates which cities likely offer prosperous careers.
Colombian authorities recovered the prized first-edition copy of "One Hundred Years of Solitude" after it was plucked from a showcase at the International Book Fair in Bogota, said officials.
Earlier this month, President Barack Obama underscored the importance of making college education accessible as part of his America's College Promise campaign, which is an initiative that's born out of a desire for quality college and affordable education. Also, the proposal would offer two years of community college education to responsible students at no cost.
Season three of the Lifetime series "Devious Maids" will return on June 1st, and fans will bear witness to reshuffling of the cast, with former regulars leaving or moved to the rear, while some interesting new additions are maneuvered to the forefront. Also, fans can look forward to the aftermath of the shooting.
Every 67 seconds someone in the United States develops Alzheimer's disease, which is the only top ten leading cause of death in the U.S. that presently cannot be prevented, cured or slowed. Just as unfortunate, the disease and other dementias disproportionately affect older African-Americans and Hispanics.
Hispanic/Latino students in Illinois are leading the nation when it comes to participation in Advanced Placement examinations, according to a national report.
When Spanish-born author Maria E. Andreu was five years old, she wrote what she thought was original stories. In retrospect, "Sleeping Beauty" as told by her wasn't quite an original composition. However, the young adult novel, "The Secret Side of Empty," which tells a candid and hard-boiled account of immigration, certainly is an original and powerful work.
With 1.5 trillion in spending power, there's little need for arguing -- Latinos have a firm hold on national wealth and spending that has influences the way mainstream marketers think, function and spend.
Clave al Éxito (Key to Success), an offspring of the award-winning Univision Contigo empowerment platform, is a new Spanish-language, mobile-optimized website that empowers and guides Hispanic parents in supporting their children's educational success from pre-kindergarten through high school.
The national graduation rate reached 81.4 percent in 2013, a record high, and its improvement is largely due to increased graduation rates among low-income, African American and Latino American students.
NPR's Latino USA with Maria Hinojosa, an English-language radio program produced from a Latino perspective, is the recipient of the 74th Annual Peabody Awards, winning the category in Radio/Podcast for their "Gangs, Murder and Migration in Honduras" episode.
National healthcare provider Planned Parenthood will file a lawsuit today to protect access to safe and legal abortion in Imperial County, California, which borders Arizona and Mexico.
House Speaker John Boehner and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi negotiated and passed a bipartisan $200 billion Medicare bill that quietly increased funding for abstinence-only programs. However, ignorance bred in abstinence-only education could've contributed to the chlamydia outbreak among students in an abstinence-only West Texas high school.
Everyone experiences sadness or momentary depression; however, individuals living with bipolar disorder experience extreme bouts of despair and sadness that can be dangerous. According to a new study, when comparing bipolar patients to "unipolar" depressed patients, their brain showed notable differences when attempting to regulate emotions.
Childlessness is so passé. There have been increases in large families among highly educated women. Yet, there has been a decrease in the number of large families within the Latino population.
Mexican painter and fierce fashionista Frida Kahlo showcased an assemblage of stylish fashion as frequently as she displayed provocative artwork. Fifty years after her death, Kahlo's sealed wardrobe has been pried open, revealing pieces: beautiful Tehuana dresses, cat-eye glasses, contoured corsets and much more.
Unprotected sexual intercourse can produce outcomes far worse than unintended pregnancy, and those unfortunate consequences include the contraction and transmission of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The DNA virus, Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common STI in the U.S. and it is one of the most infectious causes of cancer.
The shifting landscape of entrepreneurship in the U.S. has budged to include Latinos as key entrepreneurial leaders. As the National Small Business Week comes to an end, it's important to highlight the impact of small business ownership and Latinos' dedication to growing their businesses and their economies.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a new report on Hispanic health, which highlighted important facts about Hispanics, including news that Hispanics have better health outcomes than whites for most analyzed health factors, despite socioeconomic barriers. However, Latinos aren't totally out of the dark.
Angela Cervantes, author of "Gaby, Lost and Found," has employed her love of writing to pen the influence of friendship, animals, immigration and hope in the lives of children, by use of diverse and strong characters.
The second largest Hispanic cohort living in the U.S. are Hispanic Millennials, which is why it's important to understand their motivations when it comes to purchasing and food, beverage and alcohol consumption. According to a new study, Latinos are independent shoppers and they spend more money on groceries than other groups.
The University of Utah School of Medicine released new research that indicates workers who participate in light intensity activities, such as hourly, two-minute walking sessions will likely have better health outcomes and longer lives than their sedentary counterparts.
