Almost 15 percent of today’s active-duty military personnel are women, undergoing the same danger, responsibility and emotional trauma as their male colleagues. Women of color now comprise a higher percentage of all soldiers of color according to a Pew Research Center

Six of the ten women crowned Miss Universe in the last decade were from Latin American countries. But are Latinas really more beautiful? Or do they spend more time and money hoping to be?

Several studies indicate that Latina women are spending more energy and money on their physical appearance, for all the good and bad that entails.

The Boston Globe reports on statistics that baffle researchers: Latino children in the United States are diagnosed with ADHD, a common disorder marked by inability to pay attention, at roughly half the rate of non-Latino black and white children.

A Yale University student explores the "Latino gradient" in her essay for the Huffington Post, and explains that how Latin she feels depends on whom she's with.