Chicago’s Tamal Underground

Chicago’s Tamal Underground

NewsTaco September 10, 2014

*What a great story! The entrepreneurial resilience of street vendors who should be brought out of the underground economy shadows. VL By In These Times/Feet In 2 Worlds Each afternoon […]

How Latinos Could Solve Hollywood’s Slump

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*Think what you will of the Cantinflas movie, it cost $3.2 million to make and made $2.6 million in it’s opening weekend. It’s not breaking records, but it is beating […]

Obama’s Decision to Postpone Action on Immigration Isn’t Political, It’s just Politics

NewsTaco September 9, 2014

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco To hear President Obama say it, politics didn’t trump immigration, politics did. Now, take that confused feeling and stretch it across most of the U.S Latino […]

Did Dems miss an opportunity for Latino mobilization?

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*From the article: ” … a lack of action by Obama on immigration policy will result in a majority of Latino registered voters feeling less enthusiastic about turning out to vote in […]

How the Government Created ‘Stop-and-Frisk for Latinos’

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*Again, immigration used as an excuse to violate people’s civil rights. VL By Zoë Carpenter, Mother Jones President Obama said in 2011 that he wanted to focus the government’s resources  on […]

Houston most Hispanic part of country without Hispanic in Congress

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*Something to consider about this story: Latinos are 75 percent of the population in the most Latino district in Houston, Texas. But only half are registered to vote. VL By Theodore […]

Demographic role reversals

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By Esther Cepeda, The Washington Post CHICAGO — In my fantasy world, public relations professionals send me pitches extolling the virtues of the “white Robert Rodriguez.” But no, I get […]

Faced With Restrictions, NYC Street Vendors Push Back

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*The reality of street vendors in NYC. Many are undocumented, many are women. VL By Camila Osorio Avendano, Feet In 2 Worlds They sell fast food to New Yorkers on the […]

MAYBE – Audio Release

NewsTaco September 4, 2014

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Last week we published a spoken word piece written by an artist known as Navarro (formerly Scheme). It was a response to, inspired by, the events […]

Reviewing the Evidence Part 2: CIR Failure and Political Fallout

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*Gary Segura says the number show no bright side for the GOP on immigration. If immigration reform dies, Latinos will blame Republicans and that blame will have political effects in […]