Latino voters likely to be decisive factor in handful of key races
Latino voters likely to be decisive factor in handful of key races
*Depending on who’s talking, Latinos will be either inconsequential, absent, important or decisive in the coming midterm election. I agree. But when you dig to specific races in specific places, […]
Pre-Hispanic codex returns to Mexico from London
*This is incredibly cool and significant. The Chimalpahin Codex is considered to be the first history of Mexico. VL By Associated Press/The Washington Post MEXICO CITY — Three volumes of […]
By Ted Cruz’s logic, Obama fixed the child migrant crisis by promising amnesty
* What’s that old adage? What you say may come back to bite you … VL By Dara Lind, Vox When the child-migrant crisis was in the headlines over the summer, […]
The Politics of Latino Representation in New Mexico
*This says more about U.S. Latino politics than any study, survey, poll or debate could ever say. A white non-Latino politician (to use the official term) speaks out of turn, […]
Netflixeando: 15 Mexican Films You Should Stream on Netflix
*Suggestions for the weekend, à propos of Hispanic Heritage month. I plan to start with Hecho en México. You? VL By La Remezcla How many times have you gone to Netflix […]
Latino Workers Dying at Higher Rates in Job Accidents, Report Shows
*At issue here, apart from job safety, is the fact that Latino immigrants are reluctant to protest job hazards. Fear and language barriers also play a large role. VL By […]
The child migrant crisis seems to be over. What happened?
*It was hard for me to buy into the “crisis” thing, because calling the surge of unaccompanied minors at the border a crisis narrowed it to an effect without considering […]
Latino Students Encountering Crippling Student Loan Debt
*Here’s the formula that’s affecting so many Latino students: an aspirational culture + for-profit universities + Latinos as a target market = 36% of students with high debt burdens. VL […]
Obama Nominates Maria Echaveste for Ambassador to Mexico
By Suzzane Gamboa, NBC News President Barack Obama is nominating Maria Echaveste, a former Clinton White House official, to be next ambassador to Mexico. If confirmed, she would be the […]
Breakfast Tacos with Alejandro Escalante – La Tacopedia
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco We do NewsTaco, our friend Mando Rayo, in Austin, Texas, does Taco Journalism. We love what he does, he reports on tacos. An enterprising culinary historian […]
