Elaine Rita
Elaine Rita Mendus is a undergraduate student working on graduating college (someday soon). Her career interests include geopolitics, the Hispanic community, and urban planning. She really wouldn't mind ending up a scriptwriter though...
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Boston Marathon shooting & Google Person Finder
The Boston attacks are still fresh in the minds of many. One suspect was killed in a firefight, another has been detained — and is… more -
Study: Latinos get online via mobile and in English
A data set released by the Pew Center in March examines Latino Internet usage. The report, entitled “Closing the Digital Divide: Latinos and Technology Adoption,”… more -
Do video games promote racism? A look at “World of Tanks”
Games are notorious for breeding racism. Not so much through in-game content, but through the charming player base. This is commonly looked down upon by… more -
Más Wired’s database of Latino academics, experts
As part of our ongoing goal to make the web more accessible to Latinos everywhere, we have begun to compile a list of Latino academics… more -
Study: No such thing as the Latino vote, Latinos critical to economy
A recent data set released by the Pew Research Hispanic Center allows us to look at the dominance of the Mexican vote, the crawl to… more -
Study: Latinos know English, don’t graduate college and rent
The Pew Hispanic Center recently released data on the Latino population in the U.S. The first of Más Wired’s look at the Pew Center’s massive… more -
Study: Latinos continue to grow, Mexicans continue to dominate
A massive amount of data from the Pew Research Hispanic Center has been released for statistic junkies, dataphiles and anyone else to analyze. In this… more -
UrbanTxT inspires young Latinos to work in tech
Teenage boys, especially low-income ones, are often typecast as problematic regardless of race. Although the problems facing low-income young men are great, Oscar Menjivar and… more -
In Mexico, Twitter used by few to inform many
A recently published paper by Microsoft employees is taking a close look at Twitter usage during the Mexican drug wars. The paper, “The New War… more -
Steve Jobs’ widow launches DREAM Act advocacy org
Emerson Collective, a group chaired by Laurene Powell Jobs, and filmmaker Davis Guggenheim launched a new platform for undocumented youth to tell their stories Tuesday.… more
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