Politicians call it the achievement gap. Educators and families call it heartbreaking. Only 69 percent of Latino students graduate from Utah high schools compared with 91 percent of white students. Many challenges keep young Latinos from graduating: language barriers, economic pressures, lack of role models and stereotyping in schools, to name a few. Experts say [...]
Adios Gidget, the Chihuahua who starred in a series of Taco Bell commercials and made famous the phrase “¡Yo quiero Taco Bell!” Gidget died of a stroke Tuesday at the ripe old age of 15, according to the L.A. Times. According to the article, she’d lived in comfortable semiretirement since the heyday of the Taco [...]
CNN…Univision…New York Times…there’s a lot of places you can go for Sotomayor confirmation hearing coverage, but only at Dos Lives will you get the coverage, plus meet additional potential Supreme Court candidates from the Bronx. Keep it with Dos Lives! Leave a comment and let us know what you think! What do you think? Leave [...]
Did you know that 24% of iPhone owners are Hispanic? Si, si it’s true. You could tell there were a lot of bicultural Latinos at the Apple Store today for the launch of the new iPhone…just take a look at what Web site was on all of the new MacBooks. What do you think? Leave [...]
Did you miss scrambled eggs with Obama this morning at the Esperanza National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast? No worries, Dos Lives has you covered! Below is a transcript of Obama’s remarks this morning: THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ____________________________________________ For Immediate Release June 19, 2009 REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT THE ESPERANZA NATIONAL [...]
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