Arrested While Brown: Chicago Police Nab Two Latino Men
Arrested While Brown: Chicago Police Nab Two Latino Men
*Two young men in Chicago, arrested for doing grassroots work while Latino. VL By Brad Wong, Equal Voice News Similar to community outreach workers across the country in late March, […]
Oklahoma’s Latino Community Prepares For The Next Tornado
*Latinos living in tornado alley survive a devastating tornado, with incredible resilience they don’t want to be caught unprepared. VL By Hansi Lo Wang, NPR Code Switch A devastating EF-5 […]
Chipotle Responds To Latino Backlash Over Bookish Branding Campaign
*This Chipotle literary cups thing caused a ruckus some days ago – no Latino authors were included. It’s a big deal in some circles. Today Chipotle responded with the same […]
Why Do a Majority of Latino Students End Up at Two-Year Colleges?
*The problem isn’t getting Latinos to enroll in college, it’s helping them to complete a degree. VL By Janell Ross, National Journal In Los Angeles, the announcement last week made for […]
Latino Whiteness? They’re Asking the Wrong Question
Victor Landa, NewsTaco Here’s a fact: In the 2010 Census many Latinos, given the option, chose to identify as “white,” as opposed to black or Asian. Other Latinos chose to […]
Republican Latino Assemblyman Denied Entry to CA Latino Legislative Caucus
*This brings up a question that’s central to Latino politics. Granted, there are probably layers of buried muck and landmines under this story, but a Latino political organization that claims […]
White House Personnel Director On A Mission: Involve More Latinos In Federal Work
*This is one of those important yet under-the-radar stories. Latinos are underrepresented in the federal workforce. Archuleta’s initiative is a needed change. VL By Elizabeth Llorente, Fox News Latino The […]
With Cartels On The Run, Mexican Lime Farmers Keep More Of The Green
*Good news for Latino foodies. The price of limes is falling. You can thank good weather, crops from Veracruz vs Michoacan, and civilian militias that are defending communities from drug […]
Danza Azteca, exercise or sacred tradition?
* This is in response to a story posted on NewsTaco yesterday, about a former Danza performer who has turned the ritual dance into an exercise class. Tradition vs outreach? Is […]
More Hispanics Declaring Themselves White
*This isn’t a new discussion, it’s a technical issue where the U.S. Census form gave Latinos an option for racial identification as a subset of a larger “Hispanic” identifier. This […]
