Latinos We Lost in 2011

A collection of stories from today’s Huffington Post Latino Voices

Count the Dead: Latinos We Lost in 2011

The oversight in the media of notable Latinos who died in 2011 is one more example of the invisibility Latinos experience in the U.S. I looked for Facundo Cabral, the Argentine musician, named United Nations Messenger of Peace in 1996, whose death captured Latino media in the U.S. for more than three days. I looked for Gaspar Henaine 'Capulina," the main star of a sitcom I watched for years in the U.S. when I was a child.

Ethnic Studies Ruling Escalates Arizona Schools Struggle

Analyzing problems in the real world and coming up with solutions. If officials think that's anathema to a sound education, they've given civil rights advocates the most principled argument yet for why ethnic studies is so vital for the next generation of leaders.

The Maya World Braces For 2012 Apocalypse, Tourism Boom

There are hundreds of theories about the supposed apocalypse predicted by the Maya for 2012, but the implication for Guatemala, southern Mexico and Belize is clear and immediate: more visitors.