abuelos
Abuelos: The Gift That Keeps On Giving
Recently, I found myself wading through sick memories of my Guelito Chente, missing him (since he died in 2006), but also feeling so grateful for having spent a few precious […]
Anti-Immigrant New Mexico Gov Admits Abuelos Had No Papers
So here we go, again: the staunchly anti-immigrant New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez admits that, well, her grandparents came to the U.S. without papers. So all of this anti-immigrant work […]
Latino Grandparents as Parents—on Diaper Duty Again
*Why you should read this: Because this is important. Because abuelos raising nietos is a real concern. Because these statistics say a lot about Latino culture: “of the children in california […]
Where’s the Brown in Public Radio?
*There’s been plenty of discussion about the “whiteness” of public radio. But this is beginning to look like a public radio identity crisis. Especially since the majority of U.S. Latinos […]
‘La vida ingeniosa y creativa de Junot Díaz’
Por Ana Gamboa , AL DÍA La pregunta nunca tuvo una respuesta clara ¿Qué más podría escribir sobre Junot Díaz que no haya aparecido ya en todos los medios? Cuando […]
Margarita, Está Linda La Mar
Maria Lourdes Pallais, Reporte Indigo Todo empezó en febrero de 1998, con la decisión de quién sería el ganador del primer Premio Internacional de Novela Alfaguara, ahora un referente […]
Protect Seniors, Veterans And Close Corporate Tax Loopholes
By U.S. Representative Silvestre Reyes, El Paso – D A couple of months ago, the Budget Control Act of 2011 created a select committee of 12 Members of Congress charged […]
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 […]
Susana Martinez Blasts Rick Perry: What Is She After?
By the latest accounts Texas Governor and Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry has surged ahead of the GOP presidential crowd. The most recent CNN/Opinion Research poll puts him at a […]
News Taco Weekly Roundup, September 5-11, 2011
This week there was a lot going on in the U.S., and also elsewhere. Texas wildfires, politicos behaving badly while trying to recruit Latino support, police behaving badly in Puerto […]