Latinos and Police Abuse

Latinos and Police Abuse

NewsTaco December 15, 2014

*A good case about why Latinos and Blacks should work together on law enforcement concerns. VL By David R. Ayón, Latino Decisions Unfortunately missing from the raging national debate over recurrent […]

Breakdown of negotiations in Peru puts Climate Change Convention in peril

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*This wasn’t the best start possible … Developing countries say the developed world should carry a larger burden to correct climate change. U.S. says the fix is equitable. VL By […]

Obama: US ‘Offered’ Help to Mexico in Search for Missing Students

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*The first official U.S. acknowledgement of the missing 43 came 11 days after the students went missing. VL By Daniel Hernandez, VICE News President Barack Obama said last week the […]

California’s rules displace children of migrant farmworkers from school and community

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*Latino children make up the bulk of this invisible population that feel as if they don’t belong in their community. Technically, they don’t. VL By Associated Press/Fox News Latino WATSONVILLE, […]

Spanish land grant heirs fight for mineral rights

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*There’s an unprecedented boom in the South Texas oil and gas industry. Some Latino families have claimed for generations that the land where that boom is happening is lawfully theirs, […]

The 43 Missing in Mexico – Thoughts From a ‘Normalista’ in the U.S.

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By Carolina Arceo, New American Media ENAM Editor’s Note: The 43 young men abducted and now presumed murdered in Mexico were students from Raúl Isidro Burgos, one of the many […]

On Our Lady of Guadalupe and manhood for my 9-year-old son

NewsTaco December 12, 2014

By Ray Salazar, White Rhino I value taking my 9-year-old son, Adrián, to the barber shop.  As we walk from the car to the shop’s door, I take his hand.  When […]

Applying for Immigration Action Could Begin in Mid-February

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*While the political bickering continues, the plan moves forward. VL By Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News Shortly after House Speaker John Boehner promised on Thursday to challenge President Barack Obama’s immigration […]

Missing Mexican students were cremated, not burned in garbage dump, scientists say

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*Reports of the burned bodies of the missing 43 Mexican students have only brought more questions. Scientists say the reports don’t jibe with findings. VL By EFE, Fox News Latino […]

Iñarritu’s “Birdman” snags 7 Golden Globe nominations

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*High praise for Iñarritu’s “Birdman.” Have you seen it? What did you think? VL By Fernando Mexia,EFE/Fox News Latino Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu’s “Birdman” picked up seven Golden Globe nominations on Thursday, […]