NewsTaco Weekly Roundup: October 10 – 16, 2011

Thanks for joining us for yet another week of NewsTaco antics, here’s a quick rundown of the top week’s stories from NewsTaco editor Sara Inés Calderón. The best picks included NewsTaco’s bday, a farmworker-turned-astronaut-turned congressional candidate, Halloween costumes to avoid, cooking, LAPD interrogations, Occupy LA/Wall Street, philanthropy and questionable politicking in Texas.

Sara’s Pick:

• NewsTaco’s One Year Birthday Is Today
• Bien Hecho: Former Latino Astronaut Running for Congress

Latinidad:

• How A Chicana Finally Learned To Cook
• When I Was Racially Profiled By LAPD Coming Home From School
• HIV, Homosexuality Challenged My Abuelo’s Notions Of Family
• Moles, Comida Oaxaqueña At The 4th Annual Feria De Los Moles
• 4th Annual Feria De Los Moles Food Slideshow
• The Top Latino Halloween Costumes To Avoid

Economy:

• NewsTaco Visits Occupy LA
• Occupy LA Photo Video And Slideshow
• Are Latinos Participating In Occupy Wall Street?
• Philanthropic Funding For Latinos Still Woefully Low

Politics:

• GOP Latino Voted To Disenfranchise Thousands In South Texas
• Texas Hiding The Truth About Voter ID
• Latino Students Need Libraries, Congress Pass The SKILLS Act

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