How you can make your voice heard to help South Texas Latino high schoolers get the technology they need to learn
How you can make your voice heard to help South Texas Latino high schoolers get the technology they need to learn
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco This is a blatant call to action to all Texas Taquistas. A group of high school students in the Rio Grande Valley needs your help to […]
Our Institutions as Sanctuaries
*Why you should read this: Because Eduardo Diaz makes a good point about expanding the idea of sanctuary to mean more than a religious place of safety. Because sanctuary should […]
Republicans unveil their health care proposal, it looks like Obamacare light
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (2.5 minute read) This is going to be a little heavy on policy, because it needs to be today. The GOP has revealed its version of […]
How Crazy Can It Get?
*Henry Flores lays out his case for why President Trump should be impeahced. VL By Henry Flores, NewsTaco (6.5 minute read) Just when you thought things had achieved a […]
An Unknown Latino Tuskegee Airman Has Been Discovered
*Why you should read this: Because this is new, or rather, resurfaced. Because It’s a cool story with cool pictures. VL By Juleyka Lantigua-Williams, The Atlantic (4.5 minute read) An […]
A U.S. citizen is denied college aid — because of her mother’s immigration status
*Why you should read this: Because at its surface this is an immigration and financial aid story, but in reality it’s about the definition of U.S. citizenship. Because MALDEF is […]
Scentists will begin sequencing Latino DNA – it’s serious, but there’s a punchline in there, somewhere
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (1.5 minute read) The image at the top is of the end result of a DNA sequencing process. According to an Associated Press report “Sanford Health, one […]
Mexico’s Cemex willing to provide quotes for border wall cement
*Why you should read this: Because the story is dripping with irony. That’s all. VL By David Alire Garcia, Jeffrey Benkoe and Alistair Bell, Reuters (1.5 minute read) Mexico’s Cemex, one […]
Trump administration considering separating women, children at U.S.-Mexico border
*Why you should read this: Because Trump’s immigration policy changes daily and we need to keep up on the changes. Because separating children from their mothers to “serve as a […]
Juan Felipe Herrera, the U.S. poet laureate, on what America should be reading now
*Why you should read this: Because we’re living strange political times, and in times like these we need to turn to our artists, our storytellers for guidance. Because it’s a […]
