In San Diego, Wild Discrepancies Between Video Footage And A Police Report

*This may be a local story, but it’s important to us at NewsTaco because it points to the main reason we do what we do. Our aim is to change […]

* … Texas. On the one hand, it’s easy and understandable to explain stories like this with that one word. On the other, it’s also very sad. Patrick is the […]

*Good piece, as always, from Latino Decisions. It’s a good read if you’re into political minutiae – x’s and o’s. Cutting to the chase, Damore says Latinos didn’t have a […]

By Dr. Henry Flores, NewesTaco One of my favorite all-time historiographic books is the classic Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.  The book qualifies as a tome being […]

*This is powerful. More like this should be done in all major cities, where media attention tends to focus. VL By Rigoberto Hernandez, Code Switch Brooklyn-based artist Tatyana Fazlalizadeh recently […]

*A follow up to yesterday’s story about a college fraternity “border patrol” party at the University of Texas at Austin. U.T. students have signed a petition demanding the frat be punished. […]

*Gang violence in El Salvador is causing the same family displacement as war. Many of the displaced find their way to the U.S. VL By Róger Lindo, New America Media Last […]

*I like the fact that beyond the complaint that we’ve often heard and made about the lack of Latino representation and opportunity in Hollywood, this piece, like several others, provides real, […]

*It’s frustrating that we’re talking about this as if it were a novel idea. The obvious way to  curb undocumented immigration is to develop the places they’re fleeing. VL By […]

*A developer, who is paying for the statues, says there aren’t many “representations for Hispanics” in downtown Napa. VL By Mike Blasky, Napa Valley Register Two legendary figures who fought […]