Si usted nunca ha tomado una acción política en los Estados Unidos, HOY es el día de firmar esta petición y escribirle al presidente Obama. No le tomará ni un minuto para tomar esta acción importante y proteger nuestros hijos. El cabildeo de los contaminadores está presionando a la Casa Blanca para debilitar fundamentalmente o …

La protección de la Ley de Aire Limpio, así como de la Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EPA por sus siglas en inglés), debe ser nuestra prioridad número uno como padres. Podemos estar en desacuerdo sobre religión, política y sobre la forma en que manejamos nuestras familias. Como individuos, no tenemos control sobre la contaminación, por …

Protecting the Clean Air Act as well as the Environmental Protection Agency should be our No. 1 priority as parents. We can disagree on religion, politics and how we run our households. But as individuals we have no control over pollution, which is why our government needs to protect us from it. But what happens …

Like many Latinos in the United States, I was raised in Miami to believe that if one worked hard and made sacrifices, there wasn't a goal that could not be achieved. With just hard work – not money or fame – anything was possible. In terms of politics, my Cuban father would say of the …

Como muchos latinos de los Estados Unidos yo me crié -en Miami- creyendo que sí uno trabajaba duro y se sacrificaba, podría realizar cualquier meta. Uno no necesitaba ni dinero ni fama y podía trabajar para hacer posible cualquier sueño. De la cuestión de la política, mi papá -cubano- me decía que una elección presidencial …

For English, click here. Cuando recibí un correo electrónico con el asunto titulado, “UNA EPIDEMIA LATENTE DEL ENVENENAMIENTO POR MERCURIO DE SUS USOS MÁGICO-RELIGIOSAS Y ETNOMÉDICO EN COMUNIDADES LATINAS Y CARIBEÑAS,” sentí que la piel se me erizó. Por un lado, me ofendió el uso de la palabra “mágico” para describir una costumbre religiosa de …

When I first received an e-mail in my inbox titled: “A LATENT EPIDEMIC OF MERCURY POISONING FROM ITS MAGICO-RELIGIOUS AND ETHNOMEDICAL USES IN LATINO AND CARIBBEAN COMMUNITIES," I could feel the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. On the one hand, I was offended by the word “mágico” to describe a religious …

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and there’s no escaping it. Everywhere I turn, from the guy at my local supermarket’s deli wearing a pink ribbon pinned to his baseball cap, to the inundation in my email box with offers to buy pink tee-shirts, pink bracelets, and even “pink” perfume, there is no doubt that …

When I was growing up in North Miami, the kids with asthma were easily identifiable. They often sat out in P.E. class due to wheezing — this scary, non-stop hissing sound as they were literally sucking air in. Our P.E. coach would coolly and quickly pull out the students’ inhalers from plastic sandwich bags so …

At a recent Sunday mass, my parish in Oakland, California celebrated the feast of St. Francis of Assisi. He is the ultimate patron saint of creation: the poor, animals and environmental stewardship. During the mass, parishioners brought their pets for our pastor's blessing, and were reminded to generously donate time and money to the Catholic …