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NewsTaco December 9, 2015

A quick question for you: Will Latinos be the deciding factor in the coming presidential election, or will we be packing our bags to board Trump’s deportation trains headed south? […]

So, now Trump’s a problem? – A letter to the mainstream

NewsTaco December 8, 2015

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Since last summer the political class – including politicians, pundits and reporters – have been asking how far would be too far for Donald Trump’s fear […]

Affirmative Action at UT and Beyond at Stake in Court Case

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*Today’s big case at the Supreme Court is the Evenwel v Abbott suit, where the  one-man, one-vote concept is at stake. Tomorrow won’t be any less important. The issue of […]

Senate Skips Obama’s Latino Judicial Nominee’s Confirmation Vote

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*When does this stop being OK? Judge Luis Felipe Restrepo is, by all accounts, a good and worthy jurist, yet his confirmation to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals has […]

A Politician Walks Into King Taco … A Look At The Political Term ‘Hispandering’

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*Loved this piece because it asks an important question. Why isn’t pandering to Blacks, or women, or other groups called-out and given a name? I think the answer is in […]

High Stakes for Democrats and Latinos in Redistricting Case

NewsTaco December 7, 2015

*Latino politicians and advocates call this case a “direct attack” on Latino political power. Arguments in the Evenwel V Abbott case begin tomorrow morning and the concept of one-man, one-vote […]

Hanukkah Holiday Foods Tell A Story About Early Latinos

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*According to the articl, Sofrito, so common in Latino Caribbean cuisine, was used by Sephardic Jews in their slow-cooking techniques. VL By Arturo Conde, NBC News NEW YORK, NY — […]

An Anthropologist Unravels the Mysteries of Mexican Migration

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*That’s a title you’d probably only find in National Geographic, and it did the trick for me – I clicked and read all the way through because an anthropologist talking […]

In San Bernardino: A womb provides the perfect cover

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*Sam Quiñones sounds off on the San Bernardino killings, terrorism, gun laws and fanaticism, then he parallels them to L.A Street gangs, dope addicts and an ominous tale by Dostoyevsky. […]

The Meaning of ‘One Person, One Vote’

NewsTaco December 4, 2015

By Henry Flores, NewsTaco Soon a case will be argued before the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) that may have far-reaching implications for how state legislatures should be […]