Podcast Episode 1: Latinos and the Iowa Caucuses, part one

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Latinos are 5 percent of the population in Iowa, that’s a given. Iowa Latinos have never gotten attention from presidential candidates or the media because of their […]

*Seen many Latino-authored titles at the bookstore lately? Like the movies, the publishing industry is dominated by non-minorities. Specifically, according to this report, it’s dominated by white, straight, middle-aged women. […]

*Did you watch? What did you think? The usual reaction is to put these debates in terms of who won and who didn’t. A big part of the punditry thinks is […]

*I feel great and terrible about this. Great because it’s a good thing. Who would have thought that Mexico would win a world hockey championship?They won in the under-20 age […]

*What a great Friday story. Some good feelings to start your weekend with a smile, not because we need a reason to be happy, we’re just wired that way. VL […]

*Latino millennials are getting a big share of the media attention. It’s a story of potential because the first votes have yet to be cast this primary season. Many organizations […]

*An Associated Press report published this week found that “more than two dozen unaccompanied children were sent to homes across the country where they were sexually assaulted, starved or forced […]

*It’s been 32 years since a Latino professional football coach won the Super Bowl. Tom Flores says he’s proud. Ron Rivera, whose father is Puerto Rican and mother is Mexican, […]

*I’ve been asking the same question. Iowa is overwhelmingly white, where mostly evangelicals vote, it’s rural and it’s first to have primary in presidential election years. The point is that […]

*I get the premise of this story – that DREAMers have been scooped-up by the presidential campaigns because . . . Trump. But it’s not necessarily a bad thing. The […]