What if we reacted to everyday situations like soccer players?

What if we reacted to everyday situations like soccer players?

NewsTaco July 9, 2014

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Let’s face it, soccer players like to play up the drama. Call it a flop or a dive, I can’t help but laugh when world class […]

Damien Cave: On The Way North

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*I grew up where I-35 begins, at its southernmost point.  I always imagined a trip like the one Damien Cave took, straight up to Duluth, MN. I was curious about […]

Obama Heads to Texas With No Plans to Visit Border

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*Would Mr. Obama’s visit to the border produce more than mere optics? Or is there something to be gathered by a personal visit with the children in detention? Will the […]

Obama Asks for $3.7 Billion to Aid Border

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*The easy, impulsive thing is to do quick math and say that the President wants to spend roughly $52,000 per immigrant child to deal with the crisis on the border. […]

How America treats its immigrants – Nothing new

NewsTaco July 8, 2014

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco The recent humanitarian crisis along the U.S.-Mexico border has put a spotlight on U.S. immigration in  a way no other story has in recent memory. We’ve […]

Is Lucy Flores the Latina star Democrats have been waiting for?

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*I’m not a fan of waiting for a specific star, but here’s a Latina leader to keep an eye on – and support if you see fit. Good line in […]

Militia group says it’s heading to help secure Texas border

NewsTaco July 7, 2014

*How is this new? There have been so-called “militia” slithering along the border on many occasions in the past. They come from cities hundreds of miles from the border, set up […]

Las Cafeteras Do It Again: This Land Is Your Land

NewsTaco July 4, 2014

*Somewhere, you know Woody Guthrie is smiling. Thanks to our hermanos and hermanas at Latino Rebels for this find. VL By Latino Rebels We love Las Cafeteras. And now we love […]

A Latino Fourth of July

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*Mixing of traditions: Asado with fireworks. We can probably all relate. VL By Phillippe Diederich, MAMIVERSE I experienced my first Fourth of July in 1976 in Los Angeles, California. I was almost […]

How we adopted the Fourth of July

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*Beautiful read. Save it, come back to it over your long weekend, there are some great essays here. VL By New York Times Editors Perhaps because America is a nation […]