25Dec2012
Smoking and Drinking Now Kill More than Hunger
The Fix
Smoking and alcohol have overtaken child hunger as the second and third greatest global health risks respectively. High blood pressure is now rated as the world's leading cause of death, taking an estimated 9 million lives in 2010.

25Dec2012
One Year Later, Kidnapping Leaves Mexican Family Still Seaching for Justice
Al Jazeera
The lives of the Ceron Moreno family changed forever when their son Alain was kidnapped on Christmas Eve, one year ago. He became one of tens of thousands of Mexicans who have gone missing over the past six years.

24Dec2012
The Unequal State of America: Why America is More Unequal than Most
Reuters
America has a higher degree of income inequality than almost any other developed country. Only three of the 34 members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development rank higher - Chile, Mexico and Turkey.

24Dec2012
Getting More Latinos Into the Great Outdoors
NewsTaco
This past week, a story via NPR highlighted another benefit of taking to the outdoors. The story referenced a study indicating how participation in nature activities has positive effects on cognition, specifically creativity.

24Dec2012
Mexico City Borough Offers Exchange of Cash, Toys for Guns
Associated Press
Mexico City is sponsoring a program offering cash, toys and computer equipment in exchange for guns in a rough neighborhood where a 10-year-old boy was killed by a stray bullet as he sat inside a movie theater.

24Dec2012
Builders Among Mexico's Most Exposed to US Budget Outcome: S&P
Bloomberg News
The Mexican homebuilding industry is among the nation’s most-exposed sectors to the outcome of U.S. budget negotiations, Standard & Poor’s analyst Eduardo Uribe said.

24Dec2012
Boy's Cardboard Creation Becomes Internet Sensation
VOA News
In a working class neighborhood of east Los Angeles, there is an auto parts store which has become famous. People fly in from all around the world and take taxis there. The visitors are not coming for the auto parts. They’re here to play in an arcade created by a 9-year old boy.

24Dec2012
Latino Families Go Into Debt to Keep the Quinceanera Tradition Alive
KPPC
Even on a crowded dance floor, it only takes a few seconds to spot the birthday girl. Cassandra Austin is practically floating on a frothy cloud of yellow tulle and sparkling sequence. She’s the quinceanera.


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