McDonald’s eats its words after tamales Facebook ad sparks backlash in Mexico

McDonald’s eats its words after tamales Facebook ad sparks backlash in Mexico

NewsTaco February 5, 2015

*There comes a point where blatant disregard for a culture can’t be written off as a “mistake.”  There are many Latino ad professionals who could have seen the problem with […]

What Might Have Been; Treaties and Nation-Building

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By Eduardo Diaz, Director/Smithsonian Latino Center “Great nations, like great men, should keep their word.” – Hugo Black, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Nation to Nation; Treaties Between the United States […]

The Best Democracy Money Can Buy

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By Dr. Henry Flores, NewsTaco Well did you see that sports fans?!?  The Koch Brothers are getting ready to spend more money on the 2016 Presidential Primaries than either major […]

House Postpones Contentious Border Bill Indefinitely

NewsTaco February 4, 2015

*For all of the insistence on securing the border as a requisite of moving on immigration reform, GOP legislators are squandering their first, best chance. The problem? An end game […]

Red Enchiladas For St. Valentine’s Day

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*Adán’s take is wonderfully kitchy: red enchiladas are the perfect way to say I love you. They look delicious. Anyone going to try them out? VL By Adán Medrano, Adán’s […]

Ethnic battles brewing in 2016 California U.S. Senate race?

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*Tension are building in California over the race to replace Barbara Boxer. One way or another this will be resolved at the polls, but will this possible rift have consequences […]

How America inspired the Third Reich

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*This is eerily similar to present anti-immigrant rhetoric. Not the blatant death camp Holocaust, let’s make that clear. But the point is that the calls for stopping “disease ridden illegals” […]

Congressman Speculates ‘Illegal Aliens’ Could Be To Blame For Measles Outbreak

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*There’s so much to lay-out here. First off, Mo Brooks’ ill timed, ill thought statement makes a case for comprehensive immigration reform. If those immigrants he calls “illegal” were documented […]

Seeking Asylum in Karnes City

NewsTaco February 3, 2015

*This is well worth the read. An inside look at a for-profit immigration detention facility in South Texas. VL By Victoria Rossi, The Texas Observer To get to Karnes City, […]

Pope recognizes martyrdom of Archbishop Romero

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*Pope Francis decrees that Archbishop Oscar Romero, of El Salvador, was killed in 1980 “in hatred of faith,” and not for political reasons. VL By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service […]