Women of Color Respond to Hollaback! Harassment Video
Women of Color Respond to Hollaback! Harassment Video
*Kudos to Jezebel for doing this! They took the popular Hollaback NYC street harassment video questioned the lack of white men in the piece, as well as the lack of […]
Latino unemployment stays under 7 percent for second month in a row
*While this is good news, there are some takeaways to consider: the National unemployment rate is 5.8%; the median weekly earning for Latinos is $578; over the past six months, […]
All About Latinos and the Midterm Election: the Outcome, the Turnout and the Missed Opportunities
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco You’d expect the day after a midterm election to be awash in opinion, commentary, punditry and speculation. Especially a midterm in which one political party took […]
Chino-Latino Food: Leaving a Bad Taste?
*You guys into the fusion cuisine? What do you think about ChinoLatino? Does it work? VL By Maria Hinojosa and Michael Simon Johnson, Latino USA When it comes to the […]
From NYC’s International Schools, Lessons For Teaching Unaccompanied Minors
*I’m always interested in sharing stories about ideas that work. Here’s one about educating immigrant children that has seen success in NYC. VL By Alexandra Starr, NPR Flushing International High […]
The Latinoamericanización of U.S. Politics
*So much to take-in, ruminate. Berkeley’s Roberto Lovato says that Latino politics in the U.S. follows a Latin American political pattern, that isn’t only about votes and elections but about […]
Obama will sign executive order on immigration by year’s end
*It hasn’t taken long for this to turn into a political showdown. Yesterday, President Obama signaled he’d sign an immigration executive order by the year’s end, and the GOP is […]
Big Midterm changes, But More of the Same
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Let’s cut through the noise, here’s what happened last night: the voters who bothered to go to the polls gave power to a political party they […]
Debunking the Myth That Latinos Are Anti-Choice
*Something new to talk about, post-election. As non-Latino politicos strain to understand Latino culture and politics, they’d do well to know that with Latinos aren’t what they appear to be. […]
‘La Chancla’: Flip Flops As A Tool of Discipline
*La Chancla is something we discuss with humor, and maybe a tinge of nostalgia. But, corporal punishment is not a punchline. 80 percent of Latino parents admitted to spanking their […]
