Providencia Paredes – the woman behind Jackie Kennedy – dies at 90
Providencia Paredes – the woman behind Jackie Kennedy – dies at 90
*From the article: “From 1959 to 1965, Paredes was the woman behind Jackie Kennedy, tracking her engagements and taking her phone calls. She coordinated with designers and chose her clothes. […]
Ted Cruz Hopes Early Campaign Entry Will Focus Voters’ Attention
*This wasn’t unexpected. This first step speaks volumes of Cruz’s intention: he made his announcement at Liberty University, in Lynchburg Virginia. Appealing to the right-wing, Tea Party base in the […]
A Marvel Cartoonist Takes On Racism and Colorism
By Victor Lanada, NewsTaco A cartoonist named Ronald Wimberly recently composd a wonderful graphic essay about race and colorism for an online magazine called The Nib. The magazine’s tagline “Political […]
The Dark Side of Hispanic Media and PR
*I like this piece. Cesar Vargas stops, takes a step back and iterates the obvious, becasue apparently, in Spanish and many other places in Latino media, the obvious needs to […]
Iowa Pastor Deported Back to Honduras
*This happened today, in the era of Obama’s ordered “prosecutorial discretion.” Either this is a one-off case, or the immigration rank-and-file is blatantly disregarding the president’s directive. VL By Juan […]
Rep. Joaquin Castro climbs higher in Democratic leadership
*Castro said “I’m ready to be helping in rounding up Democrats.” This is like watching a political chess game between Democrats and Republicans. The funny thing is that they seem […]
A Latino’s Reality in an Elite College Classroom
*I want to introduce you to our newest contributor, Raúl Guzmán Ayala, a first generation student at Carleton College. He writes about his experiences as a Latino in an elite college, […]
Maria Carrillo High School students defend skit’s controversial depiction of Latinos
*This relates directly to the brouhaha over the recent Economist “stars-and-chiles” cover. It also points to the various college fraternity partys that have made headlines becasue of their discriminatory nature […]
Insuring undocumented residents could help solve multiple U.S. health care challenges
*Two things stand out in this article: the authors of the study and the specificity of their findings. The three authors, researchers at UCLA and Berkeley, are Latino, and they’re […]
Hillary Clinton looks to secure labor support
*The unofficial 2016 presidential campaign has officially begun. So while we’re not officially reading nuance into the statements and appearances of the unofficial candidates, we are officially saying: Did you […]
