‘East Los High’ Isn’t Just A Soapy Teen Drama — It’s Also A Science Experiment
‘East Los High’ Isn’t Just A Soapy Teen Drama — It’s Also A Science Experiment
*Just when you’re at the brink of bailing out of the internet for all its mindlessness, you read there’s method to some of the mayhem – whatever it takes, the […]
Is the End of Latino Journalism Near?
*I don’t like the way this story is framed. Which is a shame because I think we should be talking, loudly and at length, about the lack of Latinos in the […]
Smithsonian collecting material for traveling exhibit about Latinos in baseball
*Latinos have been a part of U.S. baseball since the 1870’s. This tribute exhibition is overdue. VL By Fox News Latino Ever since Estevan “The Cuban Sylph” Bellán played third […]
Fugitive drug lord ‘El Chapo’ has been captured, Mexico’s president says
*Enrique Peña Nieto’s Tweet legitimizes the news. Chapo was reportedly apprehended in Los Mochis, Sinaloa. VL By Elahe Izadi and Joshua Partlow, The Washington Post Drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” […]
After immigration raids, Latino leaders ask Obama to show ‘moral leadership’
*The issue seems to be a simple choice of following, or not, the deportation orders issued by immigration judges. But the action is laden with nuance and contradictions. In November […]
Hasty raids led to mistakes: Deportation halted for at least 20 migrants targeted
*Some of the affected families were apprehended in their homes, sent to a detention facility in Texas, placed on a plane and were about to be deported when the Board of […]
Latino unemployment rate drops to 6.3 percent
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its December employment numbers this morning, and economists are calling the report stellar. [tweet_dis]There were 1,655,000 unemployed Latinos in the U.S. […]
The mainstreaming of the Hispanic telenovela
*This is an important aspect of the transformative energy of U.S. Latinos, it’s also important that this story is being told. Latinos are transformed by U.S. culture, that’s true, but […]
The Republican three-ring presidential show
*From our friend Tomas Ricardo’s perspective the GOP presiodential race is happening under the big top. VL By Tomas Ricardo, Friend of NewsTaco The vaudeville show is done. The entertainment […]
Cal State professor teaches students to ‘Decolonize Your Diet’
*From the article: ” . . . immigrants — and Mexican-Americans, in particular — should embrace the inexpensive and wholesome culinary traditions of their heritage, foods like homemade corn tortillas, beans […]
